From the monthly archives: July 2005
Assist Technical Editor with document production and editing tasks. Prefer experience working in a high-tech (semiconductor) technical publications environment. Exceptional graphics and page layout skills required. Be self-motivated and extremely detail-oriented. Have good command of written English and scientific terminology. Experience with project organization and data book development a plus. Have FrameMaker expertise, graphics and page layout skills. Be detail-oriented and have disciplined work habits. Individual must have strong communication and interpersonal skills, be curious and flexible as well as a willing team member. Illustrating, formatting, revising and proofing text and illustrations for data sheets, data book and other technical documentation. Maintaining document templates and working on multiple projects simultaneously, with commitment to all deadlines. Three years production experience with FrameMaker (including books and conditional text) under Microsoft XP OS. Must know Adobe FrameMaker 7.1, Acrobat Pro 6.0, Illustrator 10x and MS Office for MS XP. College degree, BA/BS
Continue Reading →Ameriquest Mortgage Company’s headquarters here in Orange,CA (Orange County) is hiring For their Information Design Team. The information design team Develops and maintains Policy & Procedure projects via the web, online documentation and manual copies.
Ameriquest is currently in an incredible period of time as we are the #1 specialty lender in the nation and have several major initiatives underway. We do not require mortgage experience, but are looking for strong minds at all levels.
Continue Reading →A regular full-time technical writing position is available. Must relocate to rural NY state area. Very nice country location. Great benefits. Heavy manufacturing industry, primarily hydraulics, electronics and mechanical subject matter. FrameMaker/XML (structured authoring and transformation) experience. Technical and/or sales experience helpful. Degrees helpful. Multi-lingual helpful. Great work environment.
Continue Reading →Language translation agency located in Vancouver, WA is seeking experienced FrameMaker users, on a contract basis, to assist with foreign language document formatting during the months of August and September. Work to be conducted at our Vancouver site. Knowledge of a foreign language a plus. Pay rate is negotiable based on experience.
Continue Reading →The latest news for the ISTC Annual Conference “Costs and Benefits of Technical Communication” at the Royal Court Hotel, Coventry, 23-25th September.
Great News, there will be MS Word workshops and an “Ask the Word doctor” stand this year. The workshop will be free to conference attendees, but places are limited so make sure you book your place now.
Bogo Vatovec will be our keynote speaker. Bogo has been speaking to people like us for many years and is very popular at conferences.
Responsibilities:
Write user manuals, training materials, systems lifecycle documents and project-management related documents for DOD projects. This is a staff writer position (for a defense contractor), dedicated on-site to one client located in Fair Lakes area. An excellent opportunity with a growing firm.
Candidate must have at least 5 years previous professional experience in technical writing and knowledge of DOD/military support services is required. Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Technical Communications, English or Journalism or related field. Position requires U.S. citizenship and a valid driver’s license. Candidate must have extensive knowledge of technical writing principles, practices, and tools; strong technical writing and editing skills; and excellent mastery of the English language; excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite software, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint and in-depth knowledge of the use and application of Word styles, templates (.dot files), tables of contents and lists of figures, importing and placing outputs from other platforms into documents. Experience with Photoshop elements or other graphic design software is desired. Proficiency in creating graphic depictions from complex statistical data using Excel desirable. Candidate must have excellent time-management, organization and planning skills and demonstrated ability to meet ambitious deadlines and adjust to changing priorities and tight deadlines. Salary is commensurate with experience.
This summer, Scriptorium Publishing is offering new Acrobat, InDesign, and XSL classes in addition to FrameMaker and XML courses. The schedule is as follows:
- XML and Structured Authoring (July 11–12)
- Structured FrameMaker 7: Introduction to Authoring (August 2)
- Advanced Structured FrameMaker 7: Building EDDs (August 3–4)
- Advanced Structured FrameMaker 7: Structured Applications (August 5)
- NEW! Acrobat 7.0 Professional (August 8–9)
- NEW! InDesign CS2 (August 10–11)
- NEW! Transforming XML Content with XSL (September 13–15)
Register today! Many classes are eligible for discounts.
To see all of our public training dates for 2005, check out our schedule. Scriptorium Publishing is an Adobe Authorized Training Center. Our instructors are Adobe Certified Experts (ACEs) and have additional teaching credentials, such as Certified Technical Trainer (CTT+). Our public courses are taught at our office in Research Triangle Park, NC. For more information about our training, contact training@scriptorium.com.
Continue Reading →NCCI is currently looking for a certified FrameMaker trainer in the Cleveland, Ohio area to instruct one student over 2-3 days in a crash course on the software application. Technical support will also have to be provided for a brief period after the training is completed.
This position needs to be filled immediately, so qualified applicants should immediately email resumes to info(@)nccitechnology.com.
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