Welcome to the Boston UX Content meetups

Monthly meetups for content designers, UX writers, content strategists, or any content-adjacent UX professional

John Hancock Tower and Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston
11
Jun
2026
6:00 PM ET·In person—Boston Public Library·Workshop

Career support, Part 2: Connecting the dots between your job hunting artifacts

In this meetup, we’ll talk about how to connect the dots between your job-hunting artifacts so they tell a clearer, more consistent story about who you are and the kind of work you do.

30
Apr
2026
6:00 PM ET·In person—Boston Public Library·Discussion

Career support: How to land a content design role in 2026

An open, honest, and practical conversation about what it takes to land a content design job in 2026

Details

Our third meetup was an open, honest, and practical conversation about what it takes to land a content design job in 2026. Attendees shared their experiences, challenges, and strategies for career growth in the field.

Photo from the April 30, 2026 meetup
12
Feb
2026
6:00 PM ET·In person—Peerspace: 705 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA·Discussion

Shaping what's next

A deeper look at the ideas surfaced during our first gathering to start shaping what this community can become

Details

Our second meetup was a big brainstorm and discussion about the purpose of the meetup. We used a Mad Lib exercise—"This group provides (value), (value), and (value) to (who) so they can (impact)"—to clarify our mission and vision.

We ran out of time to consolidate our ideas into a final statement, but examining the responses gave us valuable insights into the community's needs and aspirations and could be generalized as follows:

"The Boston UX Content meetup provides in-person content design workshops, knowledge sharing, and growth opportunities to the Boston area content designers and content adjacent designers so they can grow as content professionals and find community."

Group photo
17
Dec
2025
6:00 PM ET·In person—Boston Public Library·Talk

Kickoff with special guest: Jane Ruffino

Meet fellow UX content professionals and hear Jane Ruffino's talk: Facilitative leadership: "How I stopped trying to fix everything and learned to focus on relationships"

Details

We kicked things off with ⭐ Jane Ruffino ⭐, whose talk about facilitation as leadership beautifully reinforced that content is all about relationships.

You can view Jane’s talk under a different title from the 2025 Lead with Tempo conference: How I learned to herd (and love) the trickiest stakeholders.

We also discussed ideas for future meetups, such as:

  • Career support and mentorship opportunities
  • Learning about Information Architecture
  • Org structures and career trajectories
  • Content-first approach
  • Breaking into UX
Group photo

Who we are

We're a small but growing group of UX content professionals in the Boston area. We've been meeting since December 2025, connecting about the challenges and joys of our work with people who care about the role of language in digital product experiences.

We work across industries: edtech, fintech, healthcare, biotech, e-commerce, civic tech, and more. What unites us is a shared passion for clear, useful, human communication.

Organizers

Laura Wixted

Laura Wixted

Lead Organizer

A content designer at a civic tech consultancy, Laura has been running this meetup since December 2025 and is cautiously optimistic about AI.

Ali Burke

Alison (Ali) Burke

Co-organizer

Ali is a content designer with 10+ years of startup and agency experience. She's built brand voices and content strategies across industries—from healthcare to the outdoors—and is trying to wrap her head around responsible LLM use.

Georgy Cohen

Georgiana (Georgy) Cohen

Co-organizer

A content strategist with 20+ years of experience in digital transformation for higher ed and mission-driven organizations, Georgy brings a journalist's instinct for the right question and has firmly stepped off the AI bandwagon.

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