Wild Verge
Rowan Vale Content strategist · systems thinker · clear communicator

Resume / 2026

Making useful things easier to understand.

I shape content systems and digital experiences for teams working through complex ideas. My practice sits between editorial judgment, product thinking and practical delivery.

01

Selected work

Evidence in the shape of projects.

Northline onboarding

Reframed a technical onboarding journey into a sequence of decisions, plain-language prompts and reusable guidance for a small product team.

Content system2025

Common Ground playbook

Built an editorial playbook that gave a growing research group shared standards for voice, structure, review and publishing.

Editorial strategy2024

Field notes series

Developed a recurring interview format that made specialist thinking approachable without flattening the nuance behind it.

Story design2023
02

Experience

A record of making sense together.

Lead Content Strategist · Lumen Works

Led discovery, information architecture and editorial direction across digital products. Partnered with design and research to turn ambiguity into shippable language.

2024—NowRemote

Content Designer · Parity Studio

Designed interface content, service guidance and internal standards for teams launching new tools. Introduced collaborative critique rituals and a shared content library.

2021—2024Hybrid
03

Capabilities

Useful range, not endless tools.

  • Content strategy
  • Information architecture
  • UX writing
  • Editorial systems
  • Workshop facilitation
  • Research synthesis
  • Voice and tone
  • Content operations
  • Design collaboration
  • Plain-language editing
04

Next chapter

Let’s make the complicated usable.

For roles, collaborations or a thoughtful conversation about content and product, contact details are available on request.

FocusContent strategy · product communication · editorial systems