Black Stories/27: Angela Sylcott

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Senior UX Writer Angela Sylcott, joins Media Producer, Justin James Lopez for a discussion around balance proficiency and passion in your life. Let’s hear her story!

Angela Sylcott is Sr. UX Writer for Amazon Global Talent Management & Compensation (word salad for “manager tools”; aka GTMC). She’s been with GTMC for 2 years and is closing in on 4 years with Amazon. (She hired into the company as Sr. UX Writer for AWS Training & Certification.) Prior to Amazon, Angela spentmumblemumble years as a professional writer (marketing, technical, and UX), copy editor, and proofreader in industries including entertainment, education, and biotech. She’s a customer-obsessed “fixer” and word nerd who’s been told she thinks like a designer—a combo that merges quite nicely for using content to give customers effective, efficient experiences that won’t make them contact support or curse us. She’s also an active member of Amazon’s small but mighty UX writing community, teaching trainings and trying to spread the gospel of UX writing to the far corners of Amazon so that the community can someday be large and mighty.

When she’s not using her words for the good of Amazon employees, she enjoys hanging with family and friends, doing “outsidey” things, puzzles of every type, LEGO, and spending an embarrassing amount of time on TikTok.

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