Responsibilities: • Develop high quality product documentation to agreed timescales. Materials include installation instructions, installation and configuration manuals, operator manuals, user manuals, online help, and product datasheets. • Write for different audience levels including installation engineers, system operators, end-users, and sales teams • Create content for new products, new features, compliance to standards, and fix...
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Technical Writer – contract
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Responsibilities:
• Develop high quality product documentation to agreed timescales. Materials include installation instructions, installation and configuration manuals, operator manuals, user manuals, online help, and product datasheets.
• Write for different audience levels including installation engineers, system operators, end-users, and sales teams
• Create content for new products, new features, compliance to standards, and fix documentation issues
• Learn new products and tools quickly
• Read technical specifications and translate complex concepts into easy to understand content
• Install new firmware and software builds and refer to build release notes to identify updates
• Track all changes and coordinate documentation reviews
• Create content in a structured authoring environment (DITA, XML) using a task oriented approach
• Create drawings in Adobe Illustrator
• Produce documents in multiple formats including print, PDF, and online help
Key Skills:
• Understand the documentation lifecycle including planning, design, development, review, translation, production, and delivery
• Self-starter, motivated, and enthusiastic
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Knowledge of structured authoring and concepts such as topics, re-use, and fragments
• Experience of writing for translation
• Familiarity with source control and content management tools
• Ability to develop technical documentation for hardware, embedded, communications, and software products
• Familiarity with client-server technologies
Education & Experience:
• Third level qualification in technical communications, computer science, or a related area
• Minimum of 3 years technical writing experience in an R&D environment
• Fluent English speaker with excellent written English
• Familiarity with documentation of electronic hardware would be advantageous
• Experienced in the following tools: Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Visio, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Snagit Screen Capture, structured authoring content management tool
• Experience developing documents in a structured authoring environment (DITA, XML) is preferable
For more information or to apply contact Aileen Lalor on 09064 78104 or aileen.lalor@collinsmcnicholas.ie
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