Trainee, Technical Communication

Through your studies and possible work experience you may have acquired some of the following skills:

• Some experience through your studies in writing user assistance for software products; previous work experience is a plus

• Excellent skills in the English language, with excellent writing skills and strong attention to detail

• Ability to work well with others and communicate clearly in a collaborative work environment

• Ability to gather and synthesize technical information

• Strong work ethic, accountability, motivation

• Basic understanding through your studies about information design concepts and working with an XML-based semantic markup language; previous work experience is a plus

• Experience through your studies with XML authoring tools (Oxygen preferred). Experience with Eclipse user assistance and previous work experience are an asset

• Understanding of the software development life cycles is an asset

• Some knowledge about version control systems (e.g., Subversion) and defect-tracking systems (e.g. JIRA) is an asset

• Familiarity with web technologies and scripting languages