Introduction
Thomas J. Watson said it best: 'Good design is good business.' Visualization is critical to discovering data-driven insights and effectively communicating that knowledge to others. Designers at IBM work to create experiences that work together, work the same, and work for our clients. Does the thought of creating the platform at the heart of solutions like Watson, Blockchain, IoT, and Security excite you? If so, read on!
Your Role and Responsibilities
The cloud is not just about new apps or existing ones, on-prem or off-prem, IaaS or PaaS. It's about bringing all of this together to move cloud into the core business of modern enterprise. IBM Cloud (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c 1&v=vxqbrnwxc2a&feature=emb_logo) is a platform built to help companies drive pervasive transformation. We're looking for a candidate with a strong technical background and the writing background to deliver a high-quality content experience.
As a content designer, you will work alongside your team documenting new features for existing services, improving existing documentation, and managing feedback loops with customers. As an IBM Cloud content designer, you own your content and are responsible for delivering documentation that helps our customers successfully implement IBM Cloud services. You will collaborate with designers, SMEs, and product managers to understand our customers' needs and work closely with our software engineers to understand the services. You will also work with other content designers and content strategists to improve your writing and grow professionally.
Responsibilities
Deliver accurate customer-facing content on time and with high quality. This might include embedded assistance, documentation, blog posts, videos, tutorials, or API/SDK/CLI/Terraform reference docs.
Work closely with development, design, marketing, and product management supporting the design and delivery of new features
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Minimum 8 to 14 years of experience in content design domain
Proficient writing skills; even stronger research skills
Capable to synthesize information from a multitude of resources and pull all relevant information together into a comprehensive deliverable.
Solid knowledge of writing embedded user assistance
Working knowledge of markup languages, such as DITA or XML, or in Markdown
Experience in creating topic-based information that meets audience requirements
Knowledge of Agile or continuous delivery development environment
Knowledge of version control or CMS systems, or Git
Ability to work independently, while maintaining an extremely strong sense of responsibility and commitment to teamwork
English: Fluent
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Knowledge of cloud concepts and technologies
Experience creating conversational style writing
Knowledge of Markdown, HTML 5
Knowledge of GitHub
Experience documenting APIs, SDKs, CLIs
Basic programming experience in any of the following languages: Java, Ruby, PHP, Python, Swift, Go, ObjectiveC, Node
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This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.
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