Technical WriterEditor 3
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Job Location:
Washington, AR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan offering strategic talent solutions to clients worldwide. The opportunity below is with one of our clients a leading global medical technology company. This organization provides a wide range of diagnostic imaging and laboratory diagnostics as well as advanced therapies and digital health services. Its solutions span prevention and early detection through diagnosis treatment and follow-up care empowering healthcare providers worldwide.
Job Title: Technical Writer/Editor 3
Location: Washington DC 20004
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignmeant
Work Type: Remote ( Central or Eastern Time Zone preferred)
Shift: 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM
Job Description
The Global Product Labeling team is responsible for creating maintaining and localizing user assistance for the Client hardware and software products. We take care of instructions for use reference safety and administration guides application help systems and other user-facing documentation.
Client offers a respectful friendly open and international working environment regular training and education flexible work time management competitive salaries and excellent fringe benefits.
In this position within a global multicultural team with presence in North America Europe and India you will develop and maintain user assistance in close collaboration with colleagues product management and scientific partners worldwide.
Client offers a respectful friendly open and international working environment regular training and education flexible work time management competitive salaries and excellent fringe benefits.
In this position within a global multicultural team with presence in North America Europe and India you will develop and maintain user assistance in close collaboration with colleagues product management and scientific partners worldwide.
Overview
The Technical Writer III will support older product documentation primarily updating existing IFUs. This role requires a strong writer who can independently manage documentation workflows and collaborate with engineering and product teams.
The Technical Writer III will support older product documentation primarily updating existing IFUs. This role requires a strong writer who can independently manage documentation workflows and collaborate with engineering and product teams.
Focus: Updating existing medical device IFU documentation
Responsibilities
- Creates develops plans writes and edits instructional operational maintenance or test procedures for print multimedia or web-based publications.
- Creates user assistance plans.
- Conducts interviews with various users and technical staff to gather data for documentation.
- Researches and translates technical information into manuals and/or web-based documents for nontechnical and technical users.
- Produces screenshots illustrations and multimedia content for user assistance.
- Recommends formats responsive to technical and customer requirements.
- Produces products that conform to corporate documentation and quality assurance standards.
- Coordinates work and deliverables with project management and authoring team.
Requirements:
- Bachelor s degree (or equivalent experience) and 6 years of related experience or Master s degree with 4 years of related experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills; careful attention to detail and quality.
- Good communication and teamwork skills with experience working within local and remote global teams.
- Experience in authoring quality documentation in U.S. English for an international audience.
- Knowledge of authoring globalization and localization best practices.
- Knowledge of DITA and content management systems; familiarity with multimedia and technical documentation formats.
- Solid experience working with authoring tools such as XML editors FrameMaker and Adobe Acrobat.
- Experience using business tools such as Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience working with image editing tools such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
- Experience developing multimedia content a plus.
- Experience or great interest working in the medical domain
- Experience working in regulatory environments a plus.
- Travel: approximately 10%. More travel might be needed if working remotely.
Tools Used
- DITA based CMS (primary)
- Legacy CMS (occasionally)
- Microsoft Word Outlook Teams
Key Responsibilities
- Update and maintain Instructions for Use (IFUs)
- Gather information from engineers and product managers
- Produce drafts revisions and manage review cycles
- Coordinate documentation processes (reviews deadlines postings)
Required Skills
- Strong writing and editing ability
- Experience with Content Management Systems (CMS)
- Ability to work independently and manage deadlines
Nice to Have
- DITA experience
- Medical device documentation experience
- Familiarity with FrameMaker or legacy CMS systems
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
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