Joel Magalnick is a skilled content designer, user experience architect, and educator with a background in journalism. With a passion for storytelling, he uses innovative technologies to help his consulting clients embark upon their digital transformation. As the Principal Content Strategy, User Experience & Communications Consultant at The Refined Story, Joel focuses on elevating his clients' approach to customer experience and their technological agility.

His extensive education includes a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Colorado Boulder, a Master of Communications in Digital Media, Communication Leadership Program at the University of Washington, and a Masterclass—Less Machine, More Learning: What You Need to Know Now About AI at Communication Leadership at the University of Washington.

Joel has a wealth of professional experience, including being a Professor at MacEwan University, the Content Team Lead at Connected Marketing, a Professor of Digital Communications at Wenatchee Valley College, and the Co-Founder of RealityNext Studio. Additionally, he has served as a User Experience Architect at The Garrigan Lyman Group, Founder and CEO of Tableture, Inc., Editor-in-Chief and Publisher at JT News, and Site Developer, User Experience Practice at Lante.

With his leadership and management skills, Joel is skilled in coaching and mentorship, artificial intelligence, content strategy, and design, user and digital experience, storytelling, writing and editing, and marketing. His natural curiosity and problem-solving abilities make him an asset to any team.