Technical Writer

For our client we are looking for an experienced freelance Technical Writer. You can work remotely for +/- 24 hours per week.

Skills

• English mother tongue or near mother tongue

• Experienced with DITA XML based authoring

• Proficient with DITA XML authoring tools (Oxygen)

• Knowledge of desktop publishing, including creation of screenshots with high res equipment

• Knowledge of localization process, tools and best practices

• Knowledge of challenges of publishing for other languages, in particular Asian languages, such as in indexing and sorting (nice to have)

• Working knowledge of XSD schemas (nice to have)

• Prior experience with Content Management Systems (nice to have)

• Experience with git or other versioning system

• Experience working in Agile environment

• Experience with Jira

• Strong communication skills

• Strong technical mind

Responsibilities

• Work with product managers, product owners and the development team to understand product features

• In adherence with the existing style guide

o Write / review English UI strings
o Maintain existing documentation and write new documentation (at current: User Manuals, Quick Reference Guide, Online Help, Release Notes, Page Guide, other specific deliverables like Number Companion and Search Companion)

• Provide UI / UX feedback to product owner

• Help with preparation of localization for UI and documentation

• Coordinate localization activities with third party vendors

• Desktop and online publishing for all languages

• Maintain and update company style guide

Thank you.