Technical Writing Careers

Technical writers serve a very basic function for the general literate population, they make technical information easy to understand and follow. People with technical writing degrees take the information in technical manuals, instructions, proposals and promotional materials and translate them into Standard English so that they are easily understood by anyone who reads them. When engineers, technicians or anyone in a technical field has a proposal or presentation to make, they hire technical writers to create the presentation using their information and research. The technical writer makes the corrections needed to give the work the proper flow and clarity. Reworking texts, projects and proposals are just a small aspect of options for technical writing degree holders.

Manual Developer

Technical writing degree programs prepare you to write on a number of subjects with the basic understanding of the technology presented. Many technical companies employ technical writers to plan and develop the manuals that accompany their products.

It is important that the instructions and manuals be easy to understand for the consumer or the product is worthless to the buying market. This goes for physical products like computers and their components as well as programs like Java and C#. Making the product easy to use is an important aspect of marketing it; the first step in use is being able to understand the product itself.

Technical Marketer

Technical marketers use their technical writing degree’s focus on technology to understand the products that they market. The skills that they have in writing persuasively enhance the strength of the product marketing and the technical information is conveyed effectively.

Technical writers are able to translate “techno-jargon” into layman’s terms to advertise to the general public, using their writing skills to create the marketing campaign.

Other careers that make use of a technical writing degree include:

  • Technical Illustrator
  • Technical Journalist
  • Marketing Communications Specialist
  • Public Relations
  • Product Training and Development
  • Business Communications Expert
  • Editor
  • Technical Documentation Specialist
  • Document Design Specialist