Create an Acquia style guide

At Widen, I created a style guide that was used in addition to AP styles. When Widen was acquired by Acquia, we realized there were a number of different writing styles being used across the organization and needed one style guide to address them all.

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To begin, I worked two writers from our Marketing team. Initially, we met weekly to review Widen's style guide, then the other guides that Acquians were using and combined them into one.​ We greatly expanded the Widen guide and added content from Acquia guides. Our Learning Services team, which creates all product documentation, reviewed and consulted throughout the process.

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When content was ready, the design lead from the Creative team stepped in format. After formatting was complete, the Marketing team members I'd initially worked with had moved on from Acquia, so I connected with the People team, Learning Services, Design, and Product to market the new guide across the organization.

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The continuing goal was to review and update it quarterly. I worked with a copywriter from marketing and a technical writer from Learning Services to review and make updates.