Description
Technical communicators prepare clear, concise and professional communication from product developers to users of the products such as online help, user manuals, white papers, specifications and industrial videos. For this, they analyse products, legal requirements, markets, customers and users. They develop information and media concepts, standards, structures and software tool support. They plan the content creation and media production processes, develop written, graphical, video or other contents, generate media output, release their information products and receive feedback from the users.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
interpret technical textsmanage information sourcescompile contentconduct content quality assurancedevelop documentation in accordance with legal requirementsprovide written contentmanage content metadatadevelop ICT safety informationprovide technical documentationgather technical informationapply ICT terminologyidentify ICT user needsapply tools for content developmentintegrate content into output mediastructure informationidentify technological needsutilise content typesuse content management system softwaremanage digital documentsintegrate and re-elaborate digital contentuse presentation softwareprovide online helpdesign graphicsmanage content development projectscreate script for artistic productionmanage localisationuse word processing softwareprovide multimedia contentuse markup languagestranslate requirements into visual design