Principal Content Designer · Seattle area

I make complex software clear, then build the systems and AI tools that keep it clear.

25 years at Microsoft · Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Security

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A content review comment in a pull request. It flags three security claims in one string, names the rule behind each, and suggests a rewrite with its readability score.

AI content guidance and review

Scaling security content design with AI

What I did: Wrote the plan, turned our content guidance into a library any AI tool could load, and built a skill that reviews content inside pull requests, then partnered with engineering to ship it.

Role: Principal Content Designer

Impact: In testing, it caught more than 6x the issues the tool’s built-in review did. The guidance is used in pull requests, design tools, and AI skills across security teams.

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Microsoft Purview Information Protection page with a short list of setup tasks above two recommendation cards.

Onboarding and recommendations framework

Turning crowded setup pages into a clear path

What I did: Defined five recommendation types, three modes of action, and where each one goes, then designed and wrote the setup tasks and recommendations, working with UX design, product, and engineering.

Role: Principal Content Designer

Impact: Fewer onboarding support cases in three Microsoft Purview solutions. Picked up by other Purview solutions and Microsoft 365 Defender.

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Also at Microsoft

  • Co-led, then owned, content design for the unified Microsoft Purview portal: information architecture and terminology.

  • Wrote in-product help that guided admins as they set up data security and compliance controls to protect sensitive data in AI apps.

  • Led content design for Microsoft Sentinel graph onboarding in Purview and Defender, built on the same setup task pattern.

  • Designed content for the first release of the Data Security Posture Management solution when it wasn’t my assignment. A partner PM said they couldn’t have shipped it without me.

  • Designed and wrote the in-product GDPR experience in the Security & Compliance Center.

  • Helped connect content design to Microsoft Security’s design patterns, built on Fluent, and wrote some of their first content guidelines.

  • Wrote the protection messages employees see inside browsers and Office apps.

  • Ran content design office hours across six teams, and mentored designers.

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I’m looking for a principal or senior content design role, remote or Seattle area hybrid.

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