Technical Writer

Technical Writer

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Role: Technical Writer
Location: Madison, WI
Duration: One Year

Job Description:
This position is responsible for a variety of website operational tasks and duties including site content management, weekly marketing asset publishing, and quality assurance. In addition, this position oversees development of new webpages in partnership.
Duties/Responsibilities:

• Supports the day-to-day editorial and quality assurance process with web authors.
• Consults with web manager, and offers suggestions on best practices, content strategy, and information architecture and page layouts to improve user experience.
• Ensures brand consistency through knowledge of design standards: fonts, formatting, layout, images, graphic elements, etc. and collaborates with the creative team to ensure success
• Collaborates with stakeholders across business and technology to ensure alignment by balancing competing interests and needs across the organization to arrive at a clear vision, communicating effectively and aligning various partners along the way.
• Works closely with in marketing department to solidify design direction and writing to ensure consistency across digital brand assets.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Skill in communicating effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrated skill in communications and human relations with populations of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds and persons with disabilities.
• Demonstrated knowledge in marketing and content development.
• Demonstrated knowledge in content presentation, graphic design principles, website coordination, and SEO.
• Knowledge of applicable accessibility and privacy practices, regulations, and laws. Experience in creating accessible PDFs using Adobe Acrobat.
• Demonstrated skill writing and editing for search engine optimization (SEO).
• Experience in creating and executing trainings as well as communicating policies and procedures.

Qualifications:
Associates Degree in Marketing, Journalism or Web Development
AND
Four (4) years' work experience