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Communications Manager
Job ID #30 • Posted Feb 22, 2010 • Contract length: 4+ months

PROJECT: Provide professional communication and project support for client’s annual review process.  

SCOPE: Partner closely with the Communication Manager, drive for results in writing, editing, and development of new content. Shepherd through the Annual Review review-and-approval process. Liaise with project managers to ensure delivery of milestones; generate frequent status updates to program team

and manage the progress of the tactical communications plan (one-week-to-one month horizon of work).

  • Assist in overall development of collateral
  • Drive timely review and approval processes with key stakeholders utilizing SharePoint technology; ensure
  • the stakeholders are given adequate time and opportunity to provide feedback and input
  • Drive for consistency of brand, visual identity and voice across communications
  • Manage version control and present versions for legal review and final publication
  • Handle daily and weekly updates to projects plans, status reports, and the communications work-back plan
  • Identify gaps and overlap in existing content and propose solutions for improvement

Additional responsibilities as assigned





Technical Writer
Job ID #29 • Posted Feb 12, 2010 • Contract length: 4+ months

Prepare conceptual documentation which consists of approximately 45 Help topics of varying length that describe concepts, tasks, and the user interface of the product. The documentation will be written following the documentation plan including the formats, sample topics, and style guides provided by the client.

The ideal candidate has intermediate level familiarity with SQL Server. The writer will refer to the functional specifications as the primary source for the documentation that he/she produces. Supplementary sources may include access to the product under development, and access to the program managers, developers, and testers on the client product team.

The candidate should also be familiar with authoring and content management tools.





Technical Editor
Job ID #4 • Posted Feb 3, 2010 • Contract length: TBD

The ideal candidate must be able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing, be willing to be a part of the project management, work closely with writers and PMs to ensure technical accuracy, and work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

The editor will be expected to:
  • Edit all content types and associated artwork for grammar, punctuation, spelling, consistency of terminology, organization, logic, technical accuracy, and adherence to style guidelines

  • Perform all levels of editing (developmental, line, and copy edits)

  • Ensure that all content adheres to product branding requirements and terminology, meets clients editorial standards, complies with clients legal requirements, and is audience-appropriate

  • Ensure that appropriate formatting is applied to content to facilitate production and conversion to other formats

Qualifications:

The editor must be experienced in editing technical documentation, have solid developmental editing skills, and the usual array of grammar and copy-editing skills.

Qualified candidates must be able to:
  • Work closely with the lead editor, the writers, developers, and other team members to assure quality documentation, UI, and error messages

  • Create indexes

  • Work well both independently and on teams

Required:
  • 2-4 years of editing in a technical environment

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

A BA or BS in English, Technical Communications, or related discipline is preferred.

Experience using any or all of the following documentation, software, and tools: The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications (MSTP), Visio, HTML and XML files, some JavaScript




Senior Technical Writer
Job ID #8 • Posted Feb 3, 2010 • Contract length: 6+ months

Looking for experienced senior level writer for 5-6 month project.
  • Experience writing for the IT pro audience

  • Knowledge of Windows Server technology, Active Directory, and certificate concepts

  • Ability to ramp up quickly on a complex product

  • Experience with real time collaboration a plus

  • Solid writing, documentation project management skills (the ability to manage a doc to a schedule, incorporate tech review and drive any conflicting information to closure)





Programmer Writer
Job ID #28 • Posted Jan 21, 2010 • Contract length: 3-6 months

Researches, develops and writes documentation components for a software developer audience. Completed documentation components must demonstrate an understanding of programming documentation principles and development, describe complex state-of-the-art software architectures, and describe how to develop software applications using the Software Developer Kits/Device Driver Kits, APIs, or developer tools being documented. Derives documentation from project source code as part of this process.  Works with more complex technologies and a wider array of technologies. May develop code samples and sample applications for developer documentation.
 
3-5 years work related experience required. Excellent technical writing skills required. The ability to read or write a high-level programming language and understand the principles of high quality software development is required. May require the ability to develop code samples and applications. Must possess expert understanding of one or more major technologies, such as database design and development, networking, client/server applications, security, multimedia, or device drivers, etc. Must have demonstrated interest in, and knowledge of, broad but related areas of technology. The ability to be proactive in solving problems is required.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field preferred. Work related experience may substitute or degree.
 

·         The right candidate should have documented a managed API, the one that is called by C# and VB.NET applications.

·         Should be comfortable driving cross-group work especially with the product team counterparts.


 





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