Announcing a Facebook club for technical authors

This week we received this email from a technical author: “I’ve been using Facebook for a few months and find it a great way to communicate with old friends and people with similar interests. I would love to set up a Tech Author group so that Tech Authors can share ideas issues etc however I… Read more »

Could technical authors help you get closer to your customers?

BBC Four is currently running a series on advertising called “Selling Power”, which is followed by the rather good “Mad Men” drama about advertising people in the 1960s. In “Selling Power”, someone (I can’t remember who) argued one of the benefits of modern day, Web-savvy, advertising is it enables companies get closer to their customers…. Read more »

Contract technical author in central Manchester needed

Our client has a requirement for a contract technical author who could work on site, starting in April or May. You will be documenting updated financial processes, which will be used across 5,000 stores. This printed manual will be a cross between system and business process manuals. You need to have experience of documenting financial… Read more »

Contract Technical Authors and e-learning courseware developers needed

We’ve a client who is looking to build a team of e-learning courseware designers or technical authors capable of developing e-learning courseware. This team will work on a MOD IT project it has won, with the project likely to run May (or June) 2008 – November (or December) 2008. The team will be developing online… Read more »

Our client is looking to hire a Technical Author

We have a client in Manchester who is looking for a new technical author to join its team of writers. This is an opportunity to join a large and progressive company. Our client needs a technical writer to work with a team of writers producing printed and online user documentation for scientific products, (such as… Read more »