Technical Writer

Location: Ghent office

Are you passionate about languages, technology, and communication? Do you approach people and situations with an open and creative mind? Are you a team player with a customer-centric attitude and a “reach for the sky” mentality?

Working as a technical writer, you will write, organize, and structure technical data and information resulting in crystal-clear user and service documentation and explore AI-driven solutions to optimise documentation processes and outputs.

You will work at our headquarters in Ghent combined with home office and on-site work at our customers’ offices. You will join a team of talented technical writers who work collaboratively with developers, product managers and internal teams to enable our customers to provide crystal-clear user and service documentation. The job includes writing and editing texts in English or Dutch, structuring data, indexing and cataloguing data, reviewing, and copy-editing content.

Areas of responsibilty of a technical writer

  • Understanding customer goals and challenges.
  • Drafting and analysing technical documentation.
  • Writing, updating, and managing technical documentation.
  • Consistent management of documentation focussing on reuse and consistency.
  • Publication of the final documents via appropriate software.
  • Exploring and implementing AI-driven solutions for documentation processes.
  • Collaborating with AI specialists to enhance documentation quality and efficiency.
Yamagata team members at the office

Your profile:

  • You have a near native command of English.
  • You are a structured person.
  • You are interested in technology and how things work.
  • You are a strong communicator and can acquire input from the teams you will be working with in different fields of expertise.
  • You can understand complex technical information and translate it to the respective target audience at an understandable level.
  • You are an excellent user of Microsoft Office Tools.
  • Experience with xml and DITA is a plus.
  • Experience with authoring and publishing tools (e.g., Oxygen, Madcap …) is a plus.
  • Knowledge of content management systems is a plus.
  • Knowledge of e-learning tools (Adobe Captivate, Articulate) is a plus.
  • You are highly motivated and eager to learn.

Our offer:

We offer an international environment where you can grow as a person and as a professional within a fun and diverse team. To help you take on challenging and inspiring tasks and responsibilities, we provide a combination of freedom and trust to boost your creativity with a strong focus on peer coaching and external training opportunities to expand your skills and knowledge. Flexible working hours and working place allow to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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