Organization: The Mosaic Company
Contact Name: Jill Howard
Address: 555 South Renton Village Place, Suite 280, Renton WA
Phone Number: 925-785-1107
Email Address: jillh@themosaiccompany.com
Web Site: http://www.themosaiccompany.com/
Job Title: Web Publishing Administrator
Job Duration: Contract thru Dec 2013, negotiable
Job Location: Walnut Creek, CA (not Bartable)

Description:

• 3 plus years of experience in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) System Administration.
• Experience with web publishing process within an Intranet environment.
• Required: SharePoint, SharePoint Designer, and FrontPage.
• Required: Consulting background, business/systems analysis background.
• Preferred: FileNet, Protégé, and DoCTR experience.

Access to benefits package: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k). 40 hrs/week, mostly onsite.

Organization: InvenSense, Inc.
Contact Name: David A. Almoslino
Address: 1197 Borregas, Sunnyvale
Phone Number: 408-988-7339
Email Address: dalmoslino@invensense.com
Web Site: http://www.invensense.com/
Job Title: Technical Writer
Job Duration: Staff

Description:

• Creating, developing, writing, proof-reading and managing all InvenSense customer documentation including, but not limited to, Data Sheets, Application Notes, Register Map Descriptions, etc. for multi-axis MEMS motion sensors with the Product Marketing and Marcom teams.
• Conforming and actively managing approved InvenSense Style Guide and document templates, packaging guidelines and quality assurance standards.
• Working closely with document control.
• Managing the documentation approval process using a database.
• Collaborating with engineering staff and applications team for technical help with documentation.
• Working with the company website developer to post approved documents.
• Adhering to proper English writing and grammar rules.
• Understanding technical writing and Configuration Management principles.
• Providing feedback and making recommendations on proper ways to handle complex information in customer documents for best reader comprehension.
• Recommending formats and content responsive to technical and customer requirements.

Qualifications & Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience in the semiconductor industry.
• MEMS industry experiences a plus.
• 5 to 8 years of technical writing experience.
• A thorough understanding of the publishing process and the ability to work with raw engineering data and develop it into end-user documentation.
• Excellent project management, organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and meet scheduled deadlines.
• Excellent ability to work either in a team environment or individually when required.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Illustrator, PhotoShop, InDesign, and Acrobat.
• Excellent communication skills and writing skills.
• Preferable additional skill: Graphic design and illustration.
• Preferable characteristics: A “can do” attitude with a strong desire to get the job done well.
• Knowledge of MEMS industry terms and principles.

Organization: VMware
Contact Name: Tina de Benedictis
Address: 3401 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA
Phone Number: 650-427-4316
Email Address: tdebenedictis@vmware.com
Web Site: http://www.vmware.com/
Job Title: Project Manager / Editor
Job Duration: 3 month contract, possibly renewable

Description:
Contract position, 30 hours/week.
Onsite, although some offsite time is negotiable.
Project manager / editor in a technical marketing department at VMware in Palo Alto.

1. Project management (informal spreadsheet tracking):
   Track project milestones for a team of technical marketing engineers / architects and technical marketing managers. Track status on white papers, blog posts, videos, and other assets. Be onsite to communicate with team members about the status of each project. Advance assets to next stage on list of milestones. Relate to other contract editors, formatters, team members, team management. Communicate the tracking to the team and to management via spreadsheet.
2. Final QA checkpoint on assets before they are publicly posted:
   Be able to judge if a paper has been edited well enough and is ready to be posted.
3. Editing of papers and blog posts:
   Edit for grammar, punctuation, clarity, VMware style, organization, and flow.
   Content: technical software. You do not need to know the content ahead of time, although you must know the difference between lack of clarity in writing and your own lack of knowledge.
4. Additional tasks as requested:
   Data mining for possible solutions revenue.
   Video narration and editing.

Skills required:

• Strong editing skills
• Project management experience
• Well-organized and detail-oriented
• Flexible, tolerant of changes in schedule
• Able to work well with people
• Microsoft Word, including change-tracking
• Microsoft Excel

Please email your queries and responses. Do not call.

Organization: Workday
Contact Name: Hugh Bussell
Address: 6230 Stoneridge Mall Road, Pleasanton, CA
Phone Number: 925-784-6833
Email Address: hugh.bussell@workday.com
Web Site: http://www.workday.com/
Job Title: API Technical Writer
Job Duration: Open-ended contract with possible conversion to staff

Description:
Interested in helping develop high-quality developer documentation? Enjoy a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment? Come talk to us about an opportunity to deliver content at Workday, Inc., providing the next generation of enterprise business applications. The ideal candidate is an outstanding writer with a proven ability to manage projects independently and write content targeted to a highly technical audience.

Responsibilities:

• Write API reference, conceptual, and task-oriented documentation
• Test services that you document to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Create samples to include in documentation
• Demonstrate an understanding of the technical and business needs of your audience

Requirements:

• Experience designing, writing, and testing API reference documentation
• Experience writing documentation for developer audiences
• Understanding of industry standard web services technologies (WSDL, XML, SOAP, JSON, and REST)
• Basic understanding of HTTP request-response protocol
• Understanding of W3C XML Schema (XSD)
• Basic ability to read, modify, and test sample code
• Understanding of fundamental database concepts
• Experience authoring in XML

Please email your queries and responses. Do not call.

Organization: Magnet Systems, Inc.
Contact Name: Gabriela Guerrero
Address: 435 Tasso Street, Ste. 100, Palo Alto
Phone Number: 650-329-5904
Email Address: recruitment@magnet.com
Web Site: http://www.magnet.com/
Job Title: Sr. Technical Writer
Job Duration: Three month contract position
Description:
Magnet Systems is a start-up based in Palo Alto, California. We are developing a platform that enables enterprises to build and deploy next-generation cloud-based applications with social and mobile capabilities. Magnet’s goal is to make it fast and easy to build business applications with social and mobile capabilities while reducing the overhead and complexity of traditional middleware.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for writing and publishing content for both internal and external technical audiences:
• Mobile users (Android and iOS)
• Mobile developers (Android and iOS)
• Web developers (JavaScript)
• Server-side developers (Java EE)
• System administrators and cloud manageability (Amazon EC2)
• You will work closely with subject matter experts in engineering, product management, QA, and field organization.
• You will have the opportunity to collaborate with the Developer Center team on Web content.

Position Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a technical writer
• Experience writing developer guides, administrator guides, and end-user documentation for enterprise software
• Experience with JavaScript and HTML
• Experience with Java, Objective C, and REST APIs, including IDEs (e.g. Eclipse, Xcode)
• Experience with mobile devices (Android and iOS)
• Ability to work with FrameMaker and graphics tools
• Experience in short release cycles and Agile-Scrum Methodology

Core Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate initiative
• Ability to work with multiple teams in an organization
• Great time management skills
• Detail-oriented, results-oriented
• Ability to set priorities and undertake complex tasks with minimal supervision

Education

• Degree in English, journalism, or scientific field preferred

If interested, please apply at http://www.magnet.com/careers/.

Organization: Morpho Detection, Inc.
Contact Name: Dan Dosick
Address: 7151 Gateway Blvd., Newark
Phone Number: 510-739-2468
Email Address: dan.dosick@morphodetection.com
Web Site: http://www.morpho.com/detection
Job Title: Technical Writer
Job Duration: Three- to four-month contract position
Description:
Onsite contractor position writing, editing, and updating various technical documents to house standards and templates.
Minimum 5 years experience working with engineers and other writers on HW and SW documentation.
Must be skilled with FrameMaker, Word, Visio, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat.
Morpho Detection designs and manufactures equipment for air travel security.

Organization: Dashe & Thomson, Inc.
Contact Name: Barbara Camm
Address: 401 No. 3rd St., Minneapolis MN
Phone Number: 612-312-0257
Email Address: barbara.camm@dashe.com
Web Site: http://www.dashe.com/
Job Title: Technical Writer – North Bay
Job Duration: 6 months with possible extension
Description:
Contract Technical Writer to develop policies and procedures for the financial or mortgage industry in a regulatory environment. Project is in North Bay area for a 6-month time period with the possibility of extension.

Responsibilities include:

• Working with client Subject Matter Experts to evaluate current processes and compliance to the regulatory requirements.
• Gathering information through structured interviews.
• Documenting process flows, and creating and revising policies and procedures according to analysis.
• Formatting, editing, and proofing documentation.

Requirements include:

• B.A./B.S. in Technical Communications or a related field.
• Minimum 3-5 years technical writing experience.
• Extensive experience documenting policies and procedures.
• Excellent writing/grammar and organizational skills
• Good proofreading skills with attention to detail.
• Experience in the financial industry, preferably banking or mortgage.
• Experience using Microsoft Word and Excel.

Organization: BMC Software
Contact Name: Michele Marques
Address: 91 East Tasman Drive, San Jose
Phone Number: 905-707-4761
Email Address: michele_marques@bmc.com
Web Site: http://www.bmc.com/
Job Title: Information Developer Specialist
Job Duration: Staff position
Description:
The Information Developer Specialist is a writing member of the IDD team with a strong background in developing technical documentation for enterprise software products for platform and application software, as well as solutions based documentation for business management.

The Information Development Specialist is expected to:

• Architect comprehensive information solutions for a large group of products, functions, and user goals.
• Design, develop, and deliver intuitive, engaging learning tools for customers, such as videos, tutorials, interactive graphics, etc.
• Use the principles, techniques, and test methodologies of usability and user-centered design to determine information needs and to optimize delivery formats.
• Define an end vision and navigation experience for information consumers.
• Define content types for authors to develop and deliver content items based on customer goals.
• Establish best practices for rich media deliverables, optimizing the use of audio, video, graphics, and animation to meet user goals and accelerate time-to-value.
• Support content delivery teams across the company.

For a more complete description, and to apply online, see: http://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_BMC/external/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=34390&localeCode=en-us.

Organization: Intuit
Contact Name: Steve Hamilton
Address: 2535 Garcia Ave, Mountain View CA
Phone Number: 650-944-4778
Email Address: steve_hamilton@intuit.com
Web Site: http://jobs.intuit.com/silicon-valley/design-and-user-experience/jobid3587654-sr-xd-writer_editor-%28ic2%29-jobs
Job Title: Sr XD Writer/Editor (IC2)
Job Duration: Fulltime Employee
Description:
Intuit’s Employee Management Solutions Division (EMS), a division of the Small Business Group, is the small business payroll leader with over 1 million customers (more than any other payroll provider). We make it easy for small businesses to confidently pay employees while keeping more money in their pockets.
Responsibilities:

• Write clear and engaging user interface text and Help content for web, desktop and/or mobile applications.
• XD Writers are experts and mentors in user assistance trends, how our customers learn, and the voice we use to communicate with our customers in our offerings, marketing and support.
• Work closely with user researchers, user interface designers, and product managers to understand key customer needs, set content goals, and iterate until those goals are met.
• Work closely with developers and QA, participating in an Agile development cycle.
• For your writing projects, lead the content-design process, drive decisions, create schedules, and track issues.
• Validate your deliverables by performing content reviews, observing usability testing and responding to live customer feedback.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, or a scientific or engineering field or equivalent
• 5 + years’ experience as a technical writer or content developer.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including mastery of English language, grammar, structure and punctuation.
• Work samples that use an engaging, conversational tone to give your target audience confidence in their ability to perform tasks and the feeling that you care.
• Comfort coding HTML and XML in a text editor and with editing text embedded in developer code.
• Skill at using Help content publication programs (such as MadCap Flare) to create single-source content.
• Solid background using source control software such as Perforce.
• Experience maintaining a local development environment for a Java-based application.
• Talent at conceiving and creating annotated screen shots to illustrate key points.
• Superior organizational and time-management skills; demonstrated effectiveness managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong project management skills; ability to function as project leader as well as individual contributor.

Discover what it’s like to be part of a team that rewards taking risks and trying new things. It’s time to love what you do! Check out all of our career opportunities at: http://jobs.intuit.com/. Intuit is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Be yourself. Be Intuit.

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Organization: Wind River Systems
Contact Name: Sarah Foltz
Address: 500 Wind River Way, Alameda
Phone Number: 510-749-2236
Email Address: sarah.foltz@windriver.com
Web Site: https://windriver.tms.hrdepartment.com/jobs/3241/Senior-Contract-Technical-Writer-Alameda-CA
Job Title: Senior Technical Writer
Job Duration: 8 week contract with potential to renew
Description:
We are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Writer to work on-site in our Alameda (East Bay) office, creating and editing single-source documentation for our Wind River Diab Compiler doc set.
Responsibilities

• You will work with local and remote subject matter experts to gather information, verify it against the product, and incorporate it into the doc set.
• You will share files with another writer, who will be refactoring the content in preparation for moving the doc set to DITA.
• You must have an active problem-solving intelligence, and be comfortable both working independently and asking questions when necessary.

Qualifications:

• 7-10+ years of overall Technical Writing experience.
• Deep FrameMaker expertise, including significant experience working with conditional text/single-sourced documents.
• Strong experience developing and editing technical reference documentation written specifically for technical audiences (for example, explaining algorithms to an engineering audience). Ideal documentation experience would be writing technical user guides, compiler documentation, embedded systems docs, configuration docs for drivers, etc.
• Experience working with remote colleagues, and flexibility in working hours to accommodate meetings with them.
• Experience working in close collaboration with other writers, on content development and production, outside of a content management system.

Please join us on Monday, July 15 at 6:00 PM for our July meeting, to be held at:
IHOP Restaurant
4200 Great America Pkwy.
c/s Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 980-8887

Your Content, Only Better
Content is king, as we all know, but many of those in the technical writing industry lack the means to truly prioritize their content. As a result, errors can escape the notice of even the most well-intentioned writers and editors. With Acrolinx, I’ll show you how to tighten your writing skills and nip these problems in the bud – from basic spelling and grammar errors, to more industry-specific problems like the use of deprecated terminology, branding violations, and ambiguous/superfluous phrases and vocabulary. I’ll also show you how Acrolinx optimizes content reuse for purposes of consistency and localization/translation.

Thomas Aldous, Senior Vice President Of Global Operations, Acrolinx

As a decades-long veteran of the TechPubs industry, Tom utilizes his vast knowledge of content development and management to guide Acrolinx’s vision and accelerate its growth as a champion of content optimization. Tom has a keen gift for anticipating trends and fully leveraging new opportunities that appear on the horizon. He previously served as the Director of TechCom Business Development and Evangelism at Adobe Systems, Inc. Prior to Adobe, Tom was the Managing Partner of Integrated Technologies, Inc. for over twenty years.

In the month of June, we have a schmooze. That’s an informal meeting where the members and guests of STC Silicon Valley Chapter get together and enjoy each other’s company. There is no program, just colleagues. And the Chapter pays for food and non-alcoholic drinks.

Our June schmooze will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Monday, June 17. And you’re invited! For this one, we’re thinking BARBECUE.

Check back soon for the location!

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Organization: StrongLoop
Contact Name: Dirk Zondag, Jr.
Address: 107 S. B Street, Suite 220, San Mateo
Phone Number: 877-822-9496
Email Address: dirk@strongloop.com
Web Site: http://www.strongloop.com/
Job Title: Technical Writer
Job Duration: Full Time

Description:
There are so many topics to cover in Node-land and our customers are craving guidance. As a technical writer at StrongLoop you’d be producing articles for developers to learn more about Node and make the most of the Node ecosystem. If you love diving into APIs and exposing productivity and new possibilities to developers, write us.

Internal notes:

• A lot of this position will be documentation. Documenting the products, working with the engineers; working with support as well to leverage documentation in supporting customers.
• Bonus will be taking this content and creating marketable content, such as creating a blog with the work and assisting marketing in creating content for users to consume.
• With regards to documentation work, we are not standardized on anything at the moment, so you will have the ability to select tools, technologies, etc.
• Someone from a Node.JS, Javascript, mobile or enterprise background would be good.

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Organization: Clarity Consultants
Contact Name: Kelli Downey
Address: 910 Hamilton Ave, Campbell
Phone Number: 408-426-5832
Email Address: kdowney@clarityconsultants.com
Web Site: www.clarityconsultants.com
Job Title: Marketing Communications Writer
Job Duration: One Year
Description: We are working with our client in identifying a Marcom Writer to join the client’s team to help produce web copy, web pages and product material.

Start Date: Second week of June
Duration: One year approximately
Location: Sunnyvale, CA. Local candidates only, 100% onsite.

Experience Required:

• 10+ years of marketing communications experience
• Solid Marcom experience that has included driving content with product managers, creating pre-sales documents based on a content map, launches
• Experience creating web copy
• Strong knowledge in PowerPoint, Word and InDesign
• Must be familiar with Storage and understand Services and Support
• Must be familiar with brand and communications strategy
• Flexible to adapt to dynamic environments

To be considered for this project, please send an email to kdowney@clarityconsultants.com with the following:

1. Your resume
2. Respond to each bullet point listed under “Experience Requirements” with your relevant skills and experience.
3. Please include reference#6497 in the subject line.

About Us:
Clarity Consultants is the leading provider of consultants for corporate learning and development and technical communications. For more than 20 years, organizations have turned to Clarity to deliver talent to help expedite critical projects. We are passionate about delivering the best L&D and Technical Communications solutions for our clients, we understand training and development, and we know the value that experience brings to the overall success of a project.

If the above opportunity is not for you and you are a learning and development or technical documentation professional, please register on our website at www.clarityconsultants.com.

Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ClarityConsultants
Follow us on Twitter: @ClarityLnD, @ClarityTechComm

Organization: BMC Software
Contact Name: Michele Marques
Address: 91 E Tasman Drive, San Jose
Phone Number: 905-707-4761
Email Address: michele_marques@bmc.com
Web Site: http://www.bmc.com
Job Title: Senior Technical Editor
Job Duration: Full Time – Permanent
Description: The Senior Technical Editor works with writers and editors to ensure accurate and high-quality documentation of software products, and is a working member of the IDD team with a strong background in editing technical documentation for enterprise products for platform and application software.

The Senior Technical Editor must exhibit a comprehensive grasp of the development and presentation of technical information, apply a sophisticated understanding of linguistic rules and style conventions, and maintain an up-to-date awareness of corporate and legal requirements.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Work with the editing team, documentation teams, and cross-functional team members to define, set, and meet editing requirements for quality content.
• Coordinate the editing effort for projects: make editing assignments, review editing markup for consistency and effectiveness, and negotiate with writers and managers.
• Perform copy and substantive (essential, basic, and deep) edits on documentation, both hard copy and online.
• Review documentation for effective use of technical communication principles and techniques, such as user goal and task orientation, reader navigational aids, and information types and structure.
• Collaborate with writers in all locations to ensure IDD standards are followed and consistency is maintained across documentation sets.
• Collaborate with other technical editors to ensure seamless flow of information to internal and external customers.
• Work with other editors to make recommendations on style, syntax, and usage to improve overall quality and effectiveness of documentation.
• Work with IDD, Product Management, Education, Marketing, and Usability teams to review current terminology and ensure each new release meets requirements of changing and emerging markets.
• Initiate and recommend creative ways to develop and maintain technical documentation more effectively within departmental standards and guidelines.
• Adhere to established standards to ensure content is optimized for internationalization.
• Make recommendations regarding tools and methods for improving documentation quality.
• Make recommendations regarding audience and usability of documentation.
• Mentor less senior editors to develop and enhance their editing skills.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 4 years of experience as an editor or information developer.
• Prefer several years of relevant work experience in application software, and familiarity with the high-tech industry.
• Prefer several years of experience editing content for documentation written for industry-specific and internet-based technologies, web and application servers, or client-server applications and technologies.
• Prefer familiarity with wiki documentation.
• Prefer familiarity with document and software development life cycles, as well as project management and software development methodologies.
• Excellent editing skills.
• Strong skills in English and rigorous attention to the details of grammar, style, and usage.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Proficient technical writing skills.

For additional details and to apply online, see: http://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_BMC/external/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=34492&localeCode=en-us

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Organization: Writing Assistance
Contact Name: Shanon McGraw
Address: 93140 Harbor Lane, Plymouth, MN
Phone Number: 763-551-9772
Email Address: staffing@writingassist.com
Web Site: www.writingassist.com
Job Title: Software Technical Writer
Job Duration: 5 months
Description: Writing Assistance, Inc. is a nationwide staffing agency. Currently we are looking for a software technical writer in the Sunnyvale, CA area.

Our client is looking to create, edit and update user guides, installation guides, configuration manuals and feature how-to’s. They are looking for specific experience with networking and data storage and writing using DITA, preferably using an SDL CMS.

This looks to be about a 5 month contract. Local candidates are preferred.

If interested, please send your resume in Word to staffing@writingassist.com. Please reference job # 7916.

Organization: Wind River Systems
Contact Name: Sarah Foltz
Address: 500 Wind River Way, Alameda
Phone Number: 510-749-2236
Email Address: sarah.foltz@windriver.com
Web Site: http://www.windriver.com/
Job Title: Senior Contract Technical Writer – VxWorks
Job Duration: Full Time
Location: Alameda

Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation, is looking an experienced Senior Technical Writer who is familiar with documenting operating systems, preferably embedded systems.

Responsibilities:

• You will create technical manuals for engineers developing embedded operating systems and run-time facilities.
• You will work with subject matter experts to gather information, verify it against the product, and incorporate it into the doc set.
• You must have an active problem-solving intelligence, and be comfortable both working independently and asking questions when necessary.

Qualifications:

• 7 – 10+ years of experience developing and editing technical content.
• Deep FrameMaker expertise.
• Strong experience developing and editing technical reference documentation written specifically for technical audiences (for example, explaining algorithms to an engineering audience).
• Ideal documentation experience would be writing technical user guides, compiler documentation, embedded systems docs, configuration docs for drivers, etc.
• Experience working with remote colleagues (e.g. Europe and Asia) and flexibility in working hours to accommodate meetings with them.
• Experience with Paint Shop Pro or other screen capture program.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.