Hi there! I'm Danielle, a content designer and coach based in Seattle, WA.
Coaching
These days, I spend a lot of time coaching folks about job hunting and career pivots, effective (and more pleasant!) ways of working, and parenting (I have a 2- and 5-year-old, and gee we’ve been through some stuff!). Here’s a link to my most-shared guides and tips.
Someday, I’d like to coach full-time. Want to support my side-hustle? You can buy me a coffee here :)
Content design and product strategy
I’m currently a Staff UX Writer at Airbnb. During my time in tech, I’ve worked as a content designer (aka ux writer), product manager, and marketer. I’ve also spent lots of time teaching and mentoring via universities and mentorship groups. More details on LinkedIn. When it comes to tech teams, here are the things I’m most passionate about:
Growing happy, productive teams who understand what they're building and why. I believe in good storytelling; lean process, including patterns and templates that speed the team up; and lots of trust-building stakeholder communication.
Test and learn and share what you learned to promote shared understanding across teams and organizations.
Teaching, sharing, and mentoring to demystify the tech industry and empower folks with helpful, actionable advice. Check out my most-shared tips and advice here.
Building products that solve real problems for real people (and create business value!). By that I mean using quantitative and qualitative data to identify the biggest user problems, solving those problems with thoughtful products, and testing monetization models to create healthy, sustainable business value.
Delivering user value and business value, fast. #ProgressNotPerfection I'm not precious about methodology, but have a lot of experience with agile, MVPs, and small-batch product development—for projects across the spectrum from concept tests to MVPs to mature, revenue-driving products.
