Christian Schick🇺🇸
Content Designer at Capital One
About Christian Schick
Content Designer at Capital One
I’ve been content designing for over 7 years. In that time, I’ve been a champion for scalable content strategies.
In my role at Key Web, I learned and taught our UX discovery framework to our junior copywriters. At Capital One, I became the foremost subject matter expert on error message content patterns. When that work earned me a spot on our design systems team, my day-to-day looked like writing, editing and advising content through the lens of how it could scale across the entire enterprise.
This experience means that what you get with a me is a self-aware and methodical content designer. At any moment, I can open the hood on my brain processes and explain each piece of my content decisions in digestible concepts. I present these content decisions with an open mind, inviting input and creating the space for purposeful roundtable discussions and design jams.
As a mentor, I'd like to continue my role of elevating the entire community of content designers around me.
Expertise
Sessions with Christian Schick
- Meet and/or Greet (45 min): Let's connect. I'd like to hear about your professional experience and what makes you good at what you do. It's okay if you don't have an exact idea what you need help with. It's tough job market. You don't need to be in it alone.
- Portfolio Review (45 min): Need a 2nd set of eyes? Let's chat about your portfolio. I'd like to hear what you're proud of and where you're getting stuck. You'll have the first 15 minutes to show off what you'd like reviewed. In the second 15 minutes, I'll ask questions. In the final 15 minutes, I'll provide recommendations and make sure you walk away with valuable feedback. If we need more time than that, I encourage you to book another session.
- Content Strategy Mentorship (55 min): Good content starts with good strategy. I can help you understand how to coordinate the themes from your portfolio, resume or professional website and create a compelling story. Bring anything you have so far to the first session. I'll walk you through some discovery questions and see if we're aligned on what you'd like to communicate.
What mentees say
“Really appreciated my session with Christian. He’s thoughtful, empathetic, and gets what designers go through. He helped me unpack my portfolio and organize the story in a much more strategic and cohesive way. Super helpful.”
“Christian was super approachable and had many useful insights to share about content design, the current market, and my portfolio. He gave me great actionable advice on 2 case studies and left detailed notes to recap our session. I look forward to chatting with him again and would recommend him to CDs at any level looking for clear and kind advice!”
“Christian is well aware of the realities in his field of work and is knowledgable about how to overcome them both within the field and away elsewhere, if necessary. I'd recommend talking to Christian about Content Design or anything else professional in a heartbeat.”