Brian Anthony

Curriculum & content designer

Good content isn’t just information – it’s an experience.

With 15 years in the classroom and another 10+ years in product development, I bring a teacher's heart, a designer's eye, and a researcher's mind to your content design process.

My portfolio

  • Comparison tool showing comparison across several product options

    Comparison tool

    Guild members needed to be able to view programs side by side to aid decision-making.

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  • The Next Steps experience shows users the series of tasks they'll need to complete

    Next steps cards

    Guild members needed personalized guidance to navigate complicated tasks and get things done.

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  • Frederick Douglass lesson hero image

    Frederick Douglass unit

    Students needed an engaging, powerful unit on some heavy history — one that made them want to read and write more.

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  • The white paper on Parent Learners in higher education

    White paper

    Administrators and policy-makers needed clear, comprehensive access to research on an underserved student group.

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  • A snapshot of an open conversation with Guild's first AI chatbot

    AI chatbot

    Member services pressure was building. An AI chatbot could help get members the answers they needed.

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  • Multiple images showing the structure of a Fontan Relational Education program in Colombia

    Social studies program

    A network of Colorado charter schools needed a comprehensive, four-year high school Social studies program.

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I’ve got skills

I’ve helped companies build better products through smart, collaborative content design.

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UX writing | Helping companies meet their goals while helping users get things done

Curriculum design | Developing structures and content that deliver effective, engaging learning for students of all ages

User research & testing | Devising and implementing testing plans and delivering actionable analyses

Documentation | Setting up the guidelines for good, consistent writing across the organization

Editing & proofreading | Making sure all the t's are crossed and i's are dotted

Information architecture | Structuring the flow of information to ensure the story makes sense

Simplifying complexity | Making complicated things easy

Thought partnership | Scaffolding problems to help partners and teams make good ideas better

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About me

I'm a curriculum designer, UX writer, and content leader based in Ottawa, Ontario. I've produced content for a number of technology and curriculum companies over the past ten years, and before that spent 15 years as a classroom teacher at home and abroad.

In my free time right now: Exploring my wonderful new city. Editing a memoir. Reading very difficult medieval Islamic philosophy. Vibe-coding an Ottawa events aggregator.

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