Matt Shelton
Principal UX Content Designer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Shelton is a Principal UX Content Designer with 13 years at Microsoft, where he shapes product voice across enterprise and consumer experiences from Azure IoT to Power Automate for Desktop. He specializes in embedding UX content into core product flows, marketing, and documentation, and led the end-to-end integration of AI-driven Copilot features that record user actions and auto-repair workflows. Matt has supported large engineering organizations—individually advising teams of 500+—and built scalable onboarding and voice programs that trained dozens of writers on concise, empathetic content. His background in English literature underpins a knack for making complex technical concepts readable to developers, IT pros, and business decision-makers alike. Beyond UI copy, he has driven cross-functional initiatives like onboarding guides, help dashboards, and video projects that turned product features into customer-facing narratives. Based in Redmond, he combines editorial rigor with product-minded experimentation to turn technical content into measurable product outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) English Language and Literature General, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) English Language and Literature General at Western Washington University
Github Skills (3)
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microsoft-azure7
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Github contributions (1)
Azure/azure-content
Apr 2013 - Jul 2014
Contributions:143 commits in 1 year 3 months
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