Tom Waterton
Senior Content Designer (IBM Product Excellence Office)
Winchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Waterton is a Senior Content Designer at IBM with 11 years of experience crafting user-centered product content and a background that stretches from technical writing to UX design and team leadership. Based in Winchester, he shapes clear, consistent documentation for complex systems and has contributed glossary and AI-related terminology updates to the widely used Carbon Design System website. An IBM Master Inventor, he blends creative writing instincts from an English Literature degree with a practical aptitude for product UX, information architecture, and developer-facing docs. Tom’s career path shows a rare mix of editorial rigor and systems thinking—he has moved from HR systems training and BI reporting into strategic content roles that influence product excellence across IBM.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons) English Literature, BA (Hons) English Literature at University of Southampton
Github Skills (7)
content-management-system10
carbon-design-system10
content-management10
documentation10
self-organization10
technical-writing10
gatsby4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
carbon-design-system/carbon-website
Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
The website for the Carbon Design System.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:14 commits, 5 PRs, 19 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Tom's contributions primarily focused on updating and refining the glossary documentation for the Carbon Design System website. The commits involved removing outdated sections, adding new terms related to AI, and making editorial changes for clarity and consistency. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of the Carbon Design System's terminology and patterns, enhancing the documentation for better usability.
gatsbyreactcarbon-design-systemibmdesign-system
tomwaterton/website
Jan 2020 - Mar 2025
Personal website for Tom Waterton
Contributions:112 PRs, 372 pushes, 31 branches in 5 years 2 months
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