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How mountain bike guiding makes me a better content designer

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Steph with her bike on the top of Snowdon, a mountain in Wales. Behind her, the sun is shining through clouds. Steph is wearing sunglasses, and a blue cycling helmet with a matching top.

Steph Duits threw all her energy into mountain bike guiding, running a successful mountain bike holiday company. And then she discovered content design. In this post, Steph reflects on transferable skills from the most unlikely places. With contributions from Content Designer Anna Scott.

Working with ADHD: how I harness my strengths and manage the challenges

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For years, content designer Alice Winters assumed she just wasn’t trying hard enough to get things done - then she found out she had ADHD. In this post, Alice shares her diagnosis story, how she harnesses her ADHD in her work and manages some of the challenges it brings.

What it’s like to be a Lead Content Designer at Defra

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A picture of Jeni on the top of Cat Bells, a favourite hill in the Lake District.

With Defra recruiting Lead Content Designers, Jeni Street shares her experience of becoming Defra's first Lead Content Designer, how she spends her time and what she has learned so far in the role. A picture of Jeni on the top …

How we created a new security training course for the Civil Service

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Bob Mistry and Tony Green, from the Defra security team, share their experiences of working with partners throughout the organisation to develop a new online security training course that will be used by hundreds of thousands of civil servants across government departments in the future.

Email alerts – helping water abstractors do their bit for climate change

As people around the world mobilise for the Global Day of Action for the Climate, the Environment Agency’s Mark Harvett, one of the Product Owners for the Water Resources Licensing Service, explains how a new email alert service will enable abstractors to be more in-step with available water resources.