Dave Ludwig

About Dave Ludwig

I create experiences that make people more productive.(And hopefully they have a little fun along the way, too.) In a nutshell: Empathetic, innovative, collaborative, results driven. Passion for analyzing challenging problems and designing delightful, engaging experiences that build customer confidence, engagement, and satisfaction. Strong experience with content design, writing, content strategy, and project management. Also skilled in instructional design, video producing, technical writing, and information architecture.TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES, METHODOLOGIES: Figma, Sketch, XD, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Captivate, Camtasia Studio, Storyline, Office products, G Suite, Power BI, Power Query, Visio, Project, GitHub, query and intent analysis, A/B experimentation, SharePoint, Audacity, SEO, ADDIE.

Experience

1. Principal Content Designer

   Microsoft

   May 2021 — Present

   Currently working with a large team of program managers, engineers, and designers to create new experiences for Microsoft Power Apps, the low-code product that lets people make their own apps.• Writing, editing, and designing user experiences. This includes everything from high-level information architecture, to guided teaching flows, to UI text in wizards and dialogs. • Collaborated with multiple disciplines to create Power Apps Ideas, which uses GPT-3 and PROSE models to transform natural language into formulas. • Wrote the Create Apps from Figma UI Kit, which lets people convert a Figma design into an app.

Education

• School of Visual Concepts

  Advertising and copywriting

• Whitman College

  Theatre Arts

  1990 — 1994

• UW Continuing Education

  Certificate of Screenwriting

  2012 — 2013

Skills

• Python (Programming Language)
• Web Analytics
• Machine Learning
• Microsoft Power Automate
• Strategic Communications
• Sketch App
• User Experience Design (Ued)
• Responsive Web Design
• Business Intelligence (Bi)
• Technical Documentation
• Camtasia
• Web Content
• Technical Writing
• Editing
• Web Content Management
• Web Content Writing
• Instructional Design
• Web Graphics
• Content Development
• Content Management
• Sharepoint
• E-Learning
• Business Analytics
• User Experience
• Content Strategy
• Online Publishing
• Captivate
• Project Management
• Multi-Device Design
• Program Management
• Technical Communication
• Interaction Design
• Information Architecture