Curriculum vitae

Sofi Tagesson

Content designer and UX writer based in Malmö, Sweden. 10+ years of professional writing experience across digital products, journalism and communications.

01  /  Experience

  1. Feb 2026 – May 2026

    UX Writing Consultant · Ikano Bank (via Hammer & Hanborg)

    Sweden

    • Consulting UX Writer hired to shape a new product for a future release
    • Created in-product copy and did extensive information mapping to improve structure and the overall user experience
    • Worked with a UX designer to restructure key flows, reducing friction and removing overwhelming moments for users
  2. 2023 – 2025

    UX Writer · LeoVegas Group

    Sweden

    • Sole UX Writer for 9 brands across 10 markets, including LeoVegas, BetMGM, Expekt, BetUK and GoGo Casino
    • Created English in-product copy for all brands, and some Swedish copy when needed
    • Collaborated with 20+ discovery and delivery designers – continuous work on the sign-up flow led to a 20% increase in sign-ups over two years
    • Built and maintained style guides, glossaries and writing guidelines to keep voice and terminology consistent across brands
  3. 2022

    UX Writer · SPLIT Agency

    Stockholm

    • Consultant UX Writer at SPLIT, an agency in Stockholm
    • Mainly in-house work improving the content design of the agency's own website
  4. 2021 – 2022

    UX Writer · Svea

    Stockholm

    • Focused on Svea Apps and the services around them, including the new Svea Pay payments app
    • Worked on Svea's payments and menu solutions for restaurants, and on the Arlanda Express train experience
    • Designed and improved user flows in Swedish and English, creating clear, low-friction experiences as part of cross-functional design teams
    • Wrote UX writing principles, tone-of-voice guidelines and glossaries
  5. 2021 – 2022

    UX Writer (part-time) · Advinans (now part of Nordea)

    Stockholm

    • Freelanced part-time for Advinans, a company that manages pensions and personal savings across funds and stocks
    • Did UX writing across their flows and rewrote and restructured longer texts for the website and member pages when needed
    • Wrote in both Swedish and English
  6. 2019 – 2020

    Digital Copy & Content Specialist · SAS – Scandinavian Airlines

    Stockholm

    • English copywriter and content specialist at Scandinavian Airlines
    • Owned copy for the information pages on the website, as well as inspirational texts for destinations
    • Wrote UX copy and microcopy, all adapted to the SAS tone of voice, target group and channel
  7. Jan 2018 – Aug 2018

    Reporter & Editor · Lokaltidningen Mitt i

    Stockholm

    • Temporary position as reporter and editor at the local weekly newspaper Mitt i Västerort
    • Monitored local news, reported, photographed, edited, presented and published across the site and social media
  8. Feb 2017 – Dec 2017

    Digital Communications Officer · Lärarförbundet (The Swedish Teachers' Union)

    Stockholm

    • Temporary position as communications officer at the teachers' union
    • Daily work on the website and social media – writing, publishing and moderating comments
    • Ran paid social campaigns, measured results, created newsletters and led communications planning for projects and campaigns

02  /  Skills

  • UX writing
  • Content design
  • Information architecture
  • Style guides & glossaries
  • Tone of voice
  • Microcopy
  • Localisation-aware writing
  • User research collaboration
  • Plain-language editing
  • Accessible copy

03  /  Tools

  • Figma
  • XD
  • Jira
  • Phrase
  • Office Suite
  • Google Workspace
  • Escenic
  • Polopoly
  • AEM
  • Drupal
  • WordPress

04  /  Languages

  • SwedishNative
  • EnglishFluent – professional working language

05  /  Background & learning

  1. Ongoing

    Conversation Design – Conversation Design Institute

    Currently studying to broaden my content design skill set into conversation design

  2. Mar 2022

    Klarspråk och tillgänglighet – Funka

    Half-day course in plain language and accessibility

  3. May 2021

    SEO – Webbdagarna Academy

    One-day course in search engine optimisation

  4. 2020

    Content Strategy for Professionals – Coursera

    September–November 2020

  5. Sep 2020

    UX Writing – Berghs School of Communication

    Stockholm

  6. 2019

    Build Your First Website – Tjejer Kodar

    Introductory web development course

  7. 2017

    Digital Communication – Berghs School of Communication

    Stockholm

  8. 2007 – 2008

    Journalism Program for Academics – Mittuniversitetet

    Sundsvall

  9. 2003

    Förlagskunskap (Book Publishing) – Stockholms universitet

    Stockholm

  10. 2002

    Litteraturvetenskap (Literature) – Göteborgs universitet

    Gothenburg

  11. 2002

    Svenska och nordiska språk – Göteborgs universitet

    Swedish and Nordic languages, Gothenburg

  12. 2000 – 2001

    Etnologi (Ethnology) – Högskolan på Gotland

    Visby