Osborn

Technical Writer

• Oversees the technical editing of material for reports, memorandums, sales proposals, training materials, engineering specifications, meeting minutes, presentations, and other technical and administrative publications.
• Performs copyediting on technical documents according to the Chicago Manual of Style and Osborn’s in-house style guide.
• Reviews documents with a strategic lens to ensure they fulfill their intended purpose, asking clarifying questions and using editorial expertise to enhance clarity, flow, and audience understanding.
• Conducts research and ensures the use of proper technical and industry terminology; ensures consistency and accuracy of language use and acronym usage.
• Prioritizes editing focus based on the requested level of effort and time available for each project.
• As necessary or as requested, reorganizes, cuts, or rewrites document content.
• Reviews draft Word tables and figures to ensure the content supports and is consistent with the accompanying text.
• Serves as the company subject matter expert on Microsoft Word and Excel formatting.
• Ensures documents meet ADA accessibility requirements and follow recommendations for accessible Word documents.
• Performs final formatting and production of documents, including compilation of PDFs.
• Manages the Osborn template library, creating new, easy-to-use Word templates and revising templates as needed.
• Manages the Osborn style guide and usage guide.
• Develops internal training to promote technical report writing skills.

Technical Editor