Product content designer · Editorial strategist

Mara Venn

I turn complicated products into clear, useful stories that help people make confident decisions.

Currently looking forProduct teams where language, systems, and customer experience are treated as one craft.
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Profile

Mara is a content designer with eight years of experience shaping product language, editorial systems, and launch narratives. She pairs sharp writing with calm facilitation, helping cross-functional teams move from “what we mean” to “what customers can do.”

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Selected work

Northstar Health · 2025Content lead

Making care plans easier to follow

Reframed a dense care-planning flow into plain-language steps, reusable guidance, and a decision-support content model for a new patient portal.

Fieldnote Tools · 2024Editorial strategist

A sharper voice for a technical product

Built the voice principles and launch toolkit that gave product, support, and marketing one practical language system for a growing B2B platform.

Open Assembly · 2022Writer / researcher

From research archive to public guide

Edited a long-form digital guide from interviews and source material, balancing editorial warmth with a structure that made complex findings easy to navigate.

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Experience

Northstar Health · London2023—Present

Senior Content Designer

  • Lead content direction across onboarding, account, and care-planning experiences.
  • Partner with design and research to turn service evidence into usable product language.
Fieldnote Tools · Remote2019—2023

Content Designer

  • Created product content patterns and editorial guidance for a multi-team SaaS platform.
  • Worked with product marketing on launches, naming, and customer education.