WRITING SPECIALIST

Technical Writing Specialist
Location: Pittsburgh , PA

Description:

The focus of this position is to research documentation requirements for existing and new products, develop documentation plans, and design and develop the documentation.

• Will also test documentation against software to ensure technical accuracy and validity.
• Will be an active participant on development team, which will include project planning, scheduling, attending team meetings, and interacting with other team members throughout the projects.
• Research and gather functionality requirements.
• Perform routine and basic analysis of user requirements and design of product function, feature, and feel.
• Analyze identified problem areas and recommend revisions in function, feature, and/or feel to products.
• Develop and write technical documentation to support software products.
• Write from scratch various documentation materials including end-user manuals, installation manuals, product-specific manuals, specifications/systems guides, task-oriented on-line help, context sensitive on-line help, and status bar help.
• Manage documentation development from creation, through review, sign-off, and production.
• Test documentation against software to ensure technical accuracy and validity.
• Participate in the creation of documentation standards, maintain standards, and ensure documentation meets established standards.
• Review and provide feedback on documentation produced by other technical communicators to ensure compliance with documentation standards.
• Provide consultation/assistance to other writers in solving/writing communication/design issues as needed.

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree in writing, technical writing, or related field.
• Technical writing experience with demonstrated competency in task-oriented software documentation, preferable for Microsoft Windows XP programs.
• Strong technical writing skills in Microsoft Help.
• Demonstrated knowledge of software documentation principles.
• Strong formatting and desktop publishing skills, preferable in Microsoft Word.
• Basic familiarity with software design principles and graphic user interface design principles, preferable Microsoft Windows XP.
• HTML and PDF documentation.

Preferred:

Usability testing knowledge and specification writing is a plus.

Qualified Applicants should send resumes to:
gina@hiredemand.com

Gina Shaffer
724.625.3434