Hi, I’m Marlo!
I’m a UX Writer / Content Designer who cuts through the noise. I turn messy, complex ideas into clean, useful experiences — one word at a time.
Design thinking? Love it. Clarity? Obsessed. People? Always first. I don’t write fluff. I write content that guides, supports, and gets out of the user’s way.
Words make or break an experience — and I make sure every one pulls its weight.
Check out my favorite projects by clicking or tapping an image below:
Purpose Design Co.
Landing Page: Designing Content via user research, A/B testing and auditing accessibility (full case study)
Springboro Panthers Touchdown Club
Website: Featuring an order form, a Coming Soon page and push notifications (specific UX writing elements)
🧱 Content Systems
Content Systems & Governance
I create scalable systems like style guides, content patterns, and naming conventions that teams rely on.
Voice & Tone Strategy
I define consistent voice and tone that adapts to user context and reflects brand personality across platforms.
Design Systems Collaboration
I contribute UX content components, naming, and documentation to ensure consistent language in design systems.
Localization & Translation Readiness
I write structurally clean, tone-neutral content ready for global audiences and .json translation into 42+ languages.
Carpool Champ
Mobile App: Showcasing information architecture based on prototyping and user research (full case study)
My Top Skills:
Strategic, scalable, human-centered UX content design
City Pups!
Mobile App: Setting voice, tone and style with usability testing and iterative writing (full case study)
⚙️ Execution
Content Audits & Ecosystem Mapping
I analyze large content sets to reduce friction, surface patterns, and align structure with user needs.
Accessibility-First Content
I ensure all content is inclusive and WCAG-compliant — with clear, readable, plain-language UX copy.
AI-Enhanced Content Workflows
I use AI for prototyping, copy variant generation, and audit summaries — always paired with human expertise.
Couch Captain
Mobile App: Developing a content strategy through user research, prototyping and usability testing (full case study)
🤝 Strategy & Collaboration
Cross-Functional Collaboration
I embed in Agile teams, collaborating daily with designers, product managers, developers, and researchers.
Information Architecture Strategy
I structure content and flows based on user intent, business goals, and mental models — not just features.
AI-Enhanced Content Workflows
I use AI for prototyping, copy variant generation, and audit summaries — always paired with human expertise.
My Projects:
Words that guide. Content that works.
Fun Facts:
I love to write crossword puzzles! I’m old school and write them with a pen and paper. I create them for specific people with themes and fun gems they enjoy. While in college, I created crossword puzzles for The News Record, our college newspaper.
I taught freshman English at the University of Cincinnati. It was a composition class, and the hardest part was grading papers because my grammar corrections couldn’t be wrong!
My superpower is empathy. I am really good at putting myself in another person’s position. It’s a blessing and a curse.