Technical Content Writer
Job Description
Topics you could expect to be writing about include: GIS Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and the Cloud, among others.
About the role
No day will be the same but the types of activities that will form part of your job include:
Contributing to creative meetings and sharing ideas
Liaising effectively with clients and other team members (including designers and developers) to produce assets from ideas generation stage right through to final delivery
Independently researching new topic areas, clients’ products, messaging and brandguidelines
Conducting effective (usually telephone) interviews with subject matter experts, often ata very detailed technical level, asking pertinent questions and demonstrating a depth ofknowledge required to extract relevant information
Adapting your writing style to fit a variety of audiences and content types
Job Specification
Responsible for creation and maintenance of API documentation
High quality technical writing skills with meticulous attention to detail
Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
Translate technical and/or complicated information into clear, concise documents appropriate for various target audiences
Work with Development, Quality Assurance and Technical Support to produce a wide variety of technical publications including instructional materials, technical manuals, product documentation and the like for use by both the IT and business community
Researches information such as drawings, design reports, equipment and test specifications to fill any gaps
Software engineering background would be an advantage