Ann Donovan
content strategy and UX content design
jobs I've held
JPMorgan Chase 2022-Present
Executive Director, User Experience Design
Leading change management and team culture definition after the team moved into a new organisation
Creating style guides and content design systems to enable designers to self-service some of their basic content needs so content designers can impact strategic initiatives
Leading efforts to reduce client onboarding times through simplified processes and clear language
Built a content design team to support the needs of advisors and customers of the JPMC Global Private Bank
Introduced localisation processes and testing within the design process
Created processes to scale content resources across a 100-person design team
Fidelity Investments 2009-2021
Vice President, Content Strategy, Wealth Management and Digital Planning & Advice 2020-2021
Director, Content Product Area Team Leader, Personal Investing 2017-2020
Director, Content Strategy, User Experience Design 2011-2017
Consultant, Content Strategy, Fidelity Web Design 2009-2011
Led the integration of content in the development of a new enterprise design system
Co-created and evangelized enterprise-wide tone and brand guidelines including content standards for digital product design, chatbots, conversation design, error messages, and structured content (consolidated 15+ style guides into one)
Led content strategy and creation for the the firm's first use of AI to create personalized content recommendations for customers
Advocated for content technology across businesses to encourage innovation and ensure best practices were followed
Collaborated with behavioral economists to understand users' motivations to take action and created messaging that increased action over non-personalized content
Helped lead the content team through an agile transformation (organizational structure, process improvement, change management)
Led end-to-end content strategy for the inception and ongoing enhancements of a hybrid robo advisor
Led content strategy for digitizing service, enabling customers to self-serve online with the goal of minimizing calls and the firm's cost to serve customers
Built and maintained relationships with executive leadership to raise the profile of the content team
Encouraged data-driven content decisions using measurement of existing content and experiments to understand users' knowledge of financial terminology
Co-created templated content systems, a taxonomy, editorial standards, and governance as part of a CMS migration for Fidelity.com
Hired and coached a geographically dispersed team during a time of significant growth tripling the size of the team in 2 years
Managed and coached large teams of content strategists (up to 30) across 3 businesses and hundreds of digital products
Upromise Investments 2007-2009
Integrated Marketing Manager, Head of Advisor Channel
Created and implemented marketing strategies for B2C and B2B marketing campaigns for states' 529 plans with an annual budget of $1.5M
CitiStreet (now Voya) 2002-2007
Assistant Vice President, Relationship Manager
Putnam Investments 1995-2002
Assistant Vice President, various roles