Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Sr Technical Writer in New York, NY

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
About DoubleClick

DoubleClick is a global leader in digital marketing technology and services. The world's top marketers, publishers and agencies rely on DoubleClick's expertise in ad serving, rich media, video, search and affiliate marketing to help them make the most of the digital medium. DoubleClick provides unique insights and insider knowledge no one else can. That's why all 10 of the world's top 10 brands, 8 of the top 10 global agencies and 8 of the top 10 U.S. and European Web sites choose DoubleClick to help meet their digital marketing needs. Headquartered in New York, and with 17 offices and development hubs and 15 data centers worldwide, the company employs more than 1000 people. Learn more at .



Our suite of products is driven by the DoubleClick Technology Group (DTG), comprised of over 300 IT professionals, located in New York, Colorado, Chicago, San Francisco and Europe. DTG is an agile software development shop, and employs a mix of open-source and third-party technologies including Java, C++, Perl, ASP.NET, Initio and Oracle running on Windows, Linux, and Solaris platforms. In this rapidly growing industry, DoubleClick is both a market leader and innovator, creating an impressive number of new product releases every year.



We pride ourselves with hiring passionate, self-motivated and innovative professionals who enjoy working with cutting-edge technologies and pushing those technologies to their limits. If this sounds exciting, come join us taking our world-class, high-volume systems to the next level!





Job Description:

As a member of both a writing group and a product development team, your primary focus as a technical writer at DoubleClick will be to write and edit materials designed to assist clients in learning to use DoubleClick online advertising products. The deliverables for clients will include online user guides, technical white papers and context-sensitive help. The writer will be responsible for all aspects of the writing process including researching, editing and publishing deliverables for an application release.





Required Experience:

* Must have 3 to 5 years writing experience - preferably in the software industry

* Solid experience with FrameMaker and Madcap Flare - ability to troubleshoot template issues

* BA/BS in Technical Writing, English, Communications, or related degree

* Strong technical background and understanding of Internet-related technologies





Skills:

* Ability to write for an external audience - must be prepared to provide writing samples that demonstrate both procedural and conceptual writing styles

* Proven ownership of writing projects - from research and editing stages through final distribution to clients

* Writing and editing experience with established style guidelines

* Ability to analyze and logically organize complex technical information

* Experience with online publishing and content management applications



Responsibilities:

* Create, update and publish user guides and context-sensitive online help for assigned product lines

* Work collaboratively with product development and client-facing groups to identify client deliverables

* Write new documents including product overviews and white papers that focus on technology and DoubleClick applications

* Research new tools and technology to improve both internal workflow and external publishing

To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here