Alix Medler

Alix Medler

Alix Medler
UX Content Strategist

Alix Medler
UX Content Strategist

Alix Medler
UX Content Strategist

I design content systems that make complex technology feel intuitive, inclusive, and effortless — for humans and machines alike.

My work

My work

Trying to bring more hope to the world, one word at a time.

Virtual primary care—improving access, efficiency, and patient experience

UW Medicine Telemedicine Reports Journal

Lead content strategist developing the public facing entry point on uwmedicine.org; 1-year project summary published by the department in an academic journal • 2024

Modernizing the billing & insurance hub for a large academic health system with 2.3M+ annual patient visits

UW Medicine

Led a system-wide content redesign for uwmedicine.org to make billing and insurance information clear, usable, and supportive • 2024

Visualizing 5M+ rows of DHS and USCIS H-1B, OPT, & CPT data to generate insights for students and workers

University of Washington

Created clear, comprehensive visualizations to support decision-making for those pursuing CPT, OPT/Stem, and H-1B work authorizations • 2024

Concept inventories in computing education—learnings from an analysis of 65 recent studies

Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research

A systematic literature review examining how concept inventories are used in computing education research and where methodological gaps remain • 2023

Conducting UXR regarding early career content for the US federal government's official job site with 900M+ visits a year

USAJOBS

Conducted user research to evaluate and improve early-career content on USAJOBS, informing content structure and guidance for first-time federal job seekers • 2023

Cultivating a culture of disability inclusion at FleishmanHillard

FleishmanHillard News & Insights

An analysis of organizational accessibility practices and recommendations for building more inclusive workplace cultures • 2022

Contributing author to the yearly sustainability report for a $50B global agribusiness

Confidential • 2022

Supporting college students with invisible disabilities: Interviews to gather experiential insights

AT&T Accessibility

Conducted interviews with college students to surface lived experiences of invisible disabilities and identify opportunities for more inclusive support • 2021

Training to combat cultural heritage trafficking: Interviews with experts at the Smithsonian, State Dept, DHS + FBI

Smithsonian Global

Led expert interviews on efforts to address cultural heritage trafficking across government and global partners • 2021

Analyzing recent models of queer religious identity negotiation

Johns Hopkins University Macksey Journal

A scholarly analysis exploring how queer individuals navigate and reconcile religious and sexual identities • 2021

Curating social media content for the world's largest foreign aid agency

U.S. Agency for International Development

Developed and curated accessible, mission-aligned social media content for a global public sector audience • 2020-2021

Exploring the impact of STEM education for women and girls on climate change resiliency and adaptation

Project Drawdown REU @ Penn State

Assessed the interconnection between climate change, the education of women and girls, current educational opportunities in STEM, and STEM camps • 2020

Anything is possible for girls in electrical engineering, including virtual camp

Penn State College of Engineering News

Featured in Penn State article for work with the APOGEE (Anything is POssible for Girls in Electrical Engineering) camp during my time as a Drawdown Scholar • 2020

Supporting Remote Accessibility during COVID-19 at the State Department

State Magazine U.S. Department of State

Work of the Video Captioning @ State team is mentioned in article on accessibility adaptations and remote work practices implemented during the COVID-19 transition • 2020

Assisting U.S. embassies and consulates in Section 508 compliance for video content

State Magazine U.S. Department of State

Cataloged, transcribed and/or captioned 2000+ videos for U.S. embassies and consulates as part of the award-winning Video Captioning @ State team • 2020

About me

Merging Content + Innovation

I’m a content strategist who thrives where complexity meets clarity. Whether I’m diving into the new world of AI-powered experiences, building cross-platform content systems, or just diving into the nitty-gritty of micro-copy, I bring structure to chaos and voice to products that need one.


My content strategy work has spanned large organizations, high-stakes user flows, and massive content ecosystems. My work lives at the intersection of design thinking, inclusive language, and systems thinking — with deep respect for accessibility, user trust, and global usability.


Right now, I’m especially interested in how language shapes human-AI interaction and how thoughtful content design can make machine-generated experiences actually useful.


I collaborate best in multi-disciplinary teams where words aren’t an afterthought, content is treated as infrastructure, and every design decision considers the people on the other end.

Selected work experience

2022 - Pres

Content Strategist @ UW Medicine


2021 - 2022

Assistant Account Executive @ FleishmanHillard

Intern @ FleishmanHillard

2021

Communications Intern @ Smithsonian Institution

2020 - 2021

Global Strategic Communications Intern @ U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

2019 - 2020

Accessibility Intern @ U.S. Department of State

Alix Medler © 2025 All rights reserved.

Alix Medler © 2025 All rights reserved.

Alix Medler © 2025 All rights reserved.