Technical Writer

Desired Candidate Profile

• 5+ years technical writing experience
• Proven ability to build a culture of documentation within a company
• Proven understanding of modern software development concepts; the closer your experience level is to being a software developer, the better
• Ability to organize information into an easy-to-understand hierarchy
• Strong time management and prioritization skills
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly, as well as understand why they’re important to our users
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with people in all ranks, teams and disciplines across the company

Writing blogs, articles and press releases by co-ordinating directly with the Technical/SEO team.

2) Writing / Proof-reading corporate website content for US and UK based clients.

3) Preparing documentation, user manual and technical documentation for several IT projects related to Magento,WordPress,WooCommerce,Shopify etc.

4) Preparing Content for Social Media Promotion.

• Developing content for blogs, articles, app descriptions, social media, and the company website.
• Write in “American English” as the audience is a US consumer audience
• Identifying customers’ needs and recommending new content to address gaps in the current content.
• Build and manage our social media profiles and presence across channels you deem relevant
• Curate and create interesting, relevant, and trending content people look forward to every day
• Monitor and engage in relevant social discussions about our company, competitors, and/or industry, both from existing leads and customers as well as from brand new audiences.
• Ideate and execute world-class social promotions and campaigns and track their success
• Work alongside other marketers to create content that educates and entertains our audience and supports marketing goals.
• Drive consistent, relevant traffic and leads from our social network presence.

We are looking for a Content Writer to join our editorial team and enrich our websites with new blog posts, guides, and marketing copy.

Feel free to share samples of your work or portfolio of your published articles, along with your application.

Responsibilities

• Research industry-related topics (combining online sources, interviews and studies)
• Write clear marketing copy to promote our products/services
• Prepare well-structured drafts using Content Management Systems
• Proofread and edit blog posts before publication
• Submit work to editors for input and approval
• Coordinate with marketing and design teams to illustrate articles
• Promote content on social media
• Identify customers’ needs and gaps in our content and recommend new topics
• Ensure all-around consistency (style, fonts, images and tone)

Skills

• Proven work experience as a Content Writer, Copywriter or similar role
• Portfolio of published articles
• Experience doing research using multiple sources
• Familiarity with web publications
• Excellent writing and editing skills in English
• Ability to meet deadlines

Description

• Plan, coordinate, and execute projects to deliver accurate, effective, and timely information solutions that empower readers and solve business problems.
• Design, write, and edit technical content for a variety of audiences, with an emphasis on usability, effectiveness, maintainability, and reusability.
• Understand and use authoring systems, content management tools, databases, social media (wikis and other collaboration systems,microblogs, etc.), and SEO to develop systems that collect, organize, and publish findable, useful information.
• Employ authoring tools to produce professional documentation from a single source for a variety of media and devices including mobile platforms, online help, electronic publications, and PDF.
• Contribute to the development and achievement of organizational goals and objectives.
• Represent the team and the Cytel organization on project assignments and when working with clients.
• Lead efforts to assess, research, analyze, organize, design, develop, and maintain information products, processes, and systems.

Required Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated strong writing and editing skills and ability to plan and execute content delivery projects.
• Ability to collaborate with teams across all parts and levels of the organization including product development, IT, product management,compliance, services, customer support, marketing, training, and senior management.
• Flexibility to change directions and tasks when necessary to accommodate shifting priorities.
• Excellent planning, scheduling, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with content management and single-sourcing authoring platforms.
• Familiarity and comfort with source code mgmt. and document mgmt., and with 'DevOps' concepts and systems.
• Two+ years of experience planning and producing technical documentation for online delivery.

Helpful Skills and Experience

• Experience with authoring platforms, Atlassian and Microsoft collaboration tools, and MS Word.
• Proven experience documenting complex healthcare, biostatistics, or clinical trial mgmt. concepts.
• Experience with LaTeX mark-up and related systems, and with MathML and constructing complex equations for print and online presentation.
• Experience with GxP compliance concepts and processes.
• Knowledge of 'industrial-strength' software product development tools and roles, and experience with software development
• methodologies in a large-company environment.
• Knowledge of basic principles and components of user experience (UX) design.
• Exposure to concepts and tools relating to continuous integration/continuous deployment.
• Understanding of basic coding concepts, and ability to read and edit CSS3, HTML5, and SQL. Experience with R programming is very desirable.

Education

• College degree in biostatistics, software engineering, computer science, technical communications, journalism, or related field, or equivalent experience is desirable.