{"id":23428,"date":"2022-05-02T08:45:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T08:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/?p=23428"},"modified":"2022-05-02T09:37:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T09:37:48","slug":"linkedin-profile-for-a-career-in-ux-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/linkedin-profile-for-a-career-in-ux-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways To Update Your LinkedIn Profile For A Career in UX Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23428\" class=\"elementor elementor-23428\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bf6f0c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bf6f0c4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c14e13c\" data-id=\"c14e13c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec029ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec029ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I decided to pivot my career out of web design and into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/what-is-ux-writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UX writing<\/strong><\/a>, the thought of engaging more in a social media platform I hadn\u2019t paid much attention to for the last several years sent low-key dread shivers down my spine.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0is sort of this beast that I hadn\u2019t figured out to tame yet, nor did I really have the desire to learn how to. But the potential payoff was too huge to be ignored. And in the end, it did end up helping me design the career I wanted for myself.\u00a0<\/p><p>The following suggestions are a combination of tips I got from my UX writing career mentor and things I discovered on my own just through engaging more with the platform and seeing what others in the field I admired were doing.\u00a0<\/p><p>First, let\u2019s establish a shared set of goals:\u00a0<\/p><ol><li aria-level=\"1\">We want to be found by recruiters and potential employers<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">We want to stand out in the crowd of others in our field and make a first impression that intrigues viewers to learn more about us<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">We want to engage in a purposeful way because our time is valuable<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\">We want our information and resources to be as easy to find as possible\u00a0<\/li><\/ol><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rewrite your headline<\/span><\/h2><p>This sets the tone for everyone who sees you, so it\u2019s \u2018go big or go home\u2019 territory. Your headline is the line of text that appears under your name on your profile. It should set you apart, make an impression, and contain keywords since it is searchable by LinkedIn\u2019s internal search engine.\u00a0<\/p><p>Your headline should include:<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A unique job title<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span>This should include the job title you want and something unique about you that will make you stand out that\u2019s still relevant. You should be creative while being concise (sort of like our job as UX writers!).\u00a0<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Any specialization or focus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span>You may want to include a specialization, focus, or niche passion here that will stand out to recruiters or employers. For example, I have \u2018accessibility advocate\u2019.\u00a0<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">List your top verticals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span>Specify a few (I recommend three) industries or types of companies that you\u2019re either especially interested in working in or that you have a background in.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make the most of your About summary<\/span><\/h2><p>Your About section is an opportunity for you to describe yourself and show that you speak the language. Use relevant keywords such as\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/what-is-ux-writing\/\">UX writing<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/the-rise-of-content-design\/\">content design<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/ux-research-for-beginners\/\">user research<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>voice and tone<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>user flows and journeys<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>product design<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/content-design-systems\/\"><strong>content style guide<\/strong><\/a>, personas, empathy, etc. Describe what sets you apart, the verticals you\u2019re interested or experienced in, and include your email address for recruiters or potential employers to be able to easily reach you directly.\u00a0<\/p><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upload your resume<\/span><\/h2><p>You should make your resume as easy to find as possible. When you look at someone\u2019s profile on LinkedIn, their featured posts are always near the top. Here is how to make your resume appear easy to find to recruiters.\u00a0<\/p><p>Add your resume by creating a new post and selecting \u2018Add a document\u2019. Upload a PDF of your resume and write a short description along with some relevant hashtags. It will display an image of the first page and make a really slick-looking display. If you have a nicely-designed resume, this will make you stand out even more.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04a1f0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"04a1f0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"571\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23434\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image1.png 571w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image1-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image1-400x271.png 400w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image1-150x102.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5675aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5675aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"549\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23436\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image2.png 549w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image2-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image2-400x325.png 400w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image2-150x122.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c32c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69c32c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To add your post to your list of featured materials, click the three dots at the top of your post and select \u2018Feature on top of profile\u2019. You\u2019re all set.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a01642e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a01642e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"490\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23440\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image3.png 490w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image3-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image3-400x89.png 400w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image3-150x33.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e84dd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e84dd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Add a link to your online portfolio<\/span><\/h2><p>If you have an online portfolio of any kind be it a website, <a href=\"https:\/\/miro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miro<\/a> board, or even just a public Google doc, you can add it to the top of your profile. Click the edit icon on the top right of your profile. Scroll all the way to the bottom and you\u2019ll find the section called \u2018Website\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d91808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d91808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"764\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23441\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image4.png 764w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image4-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image4-400x164.png 400w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image4-150x62.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a9c73ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a9c73ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paste the URL of your portfolio in the \u2018Link\u2019 section and then under \u201cLink text\u2019 write however you want the link to appear within your profile.\u00a0<\/p><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be a creator<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As content designers, it would only help us build our reputation as such by creating content, right? Whether you run your own blog, publish stories to Medium, contribute articles to publications, or just once in a while write some long-form posts and publish directly to LinkedIn, you should take advantage of all that content you are producing by setting up your profile for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/help\/linkedin\/answer\/a522537\/linkedin-creator-mode?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creator mode<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will do a few things for you. It will allow you to be found more easily by people who are interested in the topics that you tag, thereby growing your reach, influence, and reputation. It also changes the \u2018Connect\u2019 button on your profile to \u2018Follow\u2019 and lists the number of followers you have on your profile along with the topics you write about in the form of hashtags. Now you\u2019ll look like an authority in your field! Who wouldn&#8217;t want to hire you now?<\/span><\/p><h3>Further Reading<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/learn-ux-writing\/\">6 Reasons to Learn UX Writing in 2022<\/a><\/p><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/what-is-ux-writing\/\">What Is UX Writing? A Complete Guide For Beginners<\/a><\/p><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-i-got-hired-as-a-full-time-ux-writer\/\">How I Got Hired As A Full-Time UX Writer<\/a><\/p><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/3-things-that-helped-me-get-a-job-in-ux\/\">3 things that helped me get a job in UX (and 3 that didn\u2019t)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When pivoting my career out of web design and into UX writing, LinkedIn was a job resource with potential payoffs too huge to be ignored. 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