A profession of Technical Writer

A technical writer is a professional information communicator whose task is to transfer information between two or more parties, through any medium that best facilitates the transfer and comprehension of the information.

Responsibilities

  • Technical content creation and content review
  • Formatting and publishing
  • Acquisition and organization of information
  • Estimation of documentation quality
  • Help for other teams - marketing, training, QA
  • Automation of processes, implementation of tools
  • Creation and maintainance of the information architecture
  • Determination of the clearest and most logical way to present information

Specializations

  • Technical Writer
  • Information Developer
  • Documentation Specialist
  • Information Architect
  • UX Writer
  • Content Designer
  • Documentation Engineer
  • Content Writer
  • User Assistance Specialist
  • Technical Translator

Courses

Conferences

Communities

Social networks (Facebook)

Literature

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