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Copy in the age of digital banking | Interview with the author of Monzo's style guide
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Copy in the age of digital banking | Interview with the author of Monzo's style guide
FromWriters in Tech
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Harry Ashbridge is the content style guide author and senior writing lead at Monzo, an online bank founded in 2015. Harry is a writer, trainer, and language strategist. He believes in the power of writing to measurably improve every aspect of a business — from top to bottom — and spends his days trying to prove it.In this episode, we talked about Monzo Bank: what it is, how it works, and why it’s different from your old-school bank.Listen to this episode to learn:— How Monzo started and how they train their staff to care about language— Finding and making opportunities as a UX writer or content designer— Making sure people care about what you write— The challenges and rewards of writing for FinTechJoin our free UX writing course:https://course.uxwritinghub.com/free_courseLearn more about Harry’s’ work here:https://sonderandtell.com/2019/07/harry-ashbridge/https://monzo.com/tone-of-voice/
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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