I’m Marc Bonne, a content designer with a strong background in government, academic, and commercial sectors. I help teams turn complex information into clear, accessible content that guides users and builds trust. I’m passionate about inclusive design, user research, and mentoring the next generation of UX professionals. I also enjoy exploring AI-assisted workflows to accelerate content development while maintaining quality and accessibility. I’ve led content and research initiatives across GOV.UK, NHS-focused services, and retail platforms, driving measurable improvements in usability, accessibility, and engagement. My approach blends user-centred content strategy with practical design execution and cross-functional collaboration to deliver value at scale.

Marc Bonne

I’m Marc Bonne, a content designer with a strong background in government, academic, and commercial sectors. I help teams turn complex information into clear, accessible content that guides users and builds trust. I’m passionate about inclusive design, user research, and mentoring the next generation of UX professionals. I also enjoy exploring AI-assisted workflows to accelerate content development while maintaining quality and accessibility. I’ve led content and research initiatives across GOV.UK, NHS-focused services, and retail platforms, driving measurable improvements in usability, accessibility, and engagement. My approach blends user-centred content strategy with practical design execution and cross-functional collaboration to deliver value at scale.

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I’m Marc Bonne, a content designer with a strong background in government, academic, and commercial sectors. I help teams turn complex information into clear, accessible content that guides users and builds trust. I’m passionate about inclusive design, user research, and mentoring the next generation of UX professionals. I also enjoy exploring AI-assisted workflows to accelerate content development while maintaining quality and accessibility.

I’ve led content and research initiatives across GOV.UK, NHS-focused services, and retail platforms, driving measurable improvements in usability, accessibility, and engagement. My approach blends user-centred content strategy with practical design execution and cross-functional collaboration to deliver value at scale.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Content Designer at IBM
June 1, 2025 - Present
Developed and implemented content strategies aligned with NHS objectives and user research to improve the NHS app experience. Wrote clear, accessible content for digital services and collaborated with designers and developers to embed content into the app’s UI. Simplified complex medical information and maintained a consistent voice and tone across user journeys to support trust and usability in a critical public health service.
Content Designer at HM Revenue & Customs
July 1, 2022 - June 1, 2025
Improved guidance for R&D, VAT, pensions, Double Taxation, and other GOV.UK content, ensuring accessibility, usability, and compliance with GOV.UK design principles. Conducted user research and A/B testing to refine content; standardized structure across 44 VAT notices; introduced readability improvements for excise notices. Key results included a 65% reduction in support queries and 48% reduction in submission errors.
Teaching and User Research Assistant (Part time) at University of Sheffield
November 1, 2014 - February 1, 2025
Lecturing and mentoring in UX, user-centred design, and research methods; delivered hands-on workshops and feedback to students. Led participatory design research with NHS clinicians to improve usability of medical imaging tools; contributed to a 72% reduction in treatment time through usability improvements and AI-assisted image analysis; supported career outcomes with 88% of students securing roles in leading organisations.
Content Designer (Contract) at adidas
March 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022
Enhanced usability and accessibility across adidas’s website and app to boost engagement and ensure compliance with accessibility standards. Conducted product page usability testing and applied behavioural analytics to refine copy and layout. Results: 72% increase in conversions and 54% reduction in bounce rate. Created a SharePoint knowledge base for content patterns and UX copywriting best practices, driving 78% internal adoption and 85% improvement in content retrieval efficiency.
Content Designer at Capgemini
May 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022
Led EORI registration redesign and VAT MTD API documentation redesign to improve clarity for software developers. Restructured content to guide users intuitively and collaborated with content and service designers to ensure accessibility and compliance. Achieved improved completion rates (81%) and reduced support calls (69%), and cut developer support requests (76%) after API documentation improvements.
Content Designer at Sonic UX
October 1, 2014 - June 1, 2021
Crafted UX copy for leading academic and private sector clients, including Stanford University, Sheffield University, eBay and Zalando. Collaborated with product owners, designers, developers and stakeholders to translate user research into strategy and content; built front-end of websites using HTML/CSS and WordPress; improved usability, accessibility and conversions across dashboards, landing pages, emails and video scripts.

Education

PhD in Human Computer Interfaces (HCI) at University of Sheffield
October 1, 2014 - February 19, 2026
Master's Degree in Information Systems at University of Sheffield
September 1, 2010 - September 1, 2011
Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and Information Management at University of Sheffield
September 1, 2006 - July 1, 2009

Qualifications

IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
July 1, 2025 - February 19, 2026

Industry Experience

Government, Healthcare, Education, Retail, Software & Internet