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>Subject: Technical Writing Job Announcement
>20 June 1995
>Technical Communication Professionals:
>The Datastream Technical Communications group plans to hire a technical
>writer/production editor this fall. Please post the following job announcement
>where you deem appropriate.
>Thank you for your help.
>Jerold Jeansonne
>Documentation Specialist
>DataStream Systems, Inc.
>75053 -dot- 2605 -at- compuserve -dot- com
>800-955-6775 ext. 114
>Datastream Systems, Inc., the world leader in maintenance management software,
>has an opening for a technical writer/production editor in its Technical
>Communications Group. As part of a five-person documentation group housed in
>the development department, this writer/editor will be primarily
responsible for
>editing and managing the production of software user manuals and on-line
>documents.
>Datastream plans to hire this writer/editor in the fall of 1995 and will give a
>qualified applicant the option to start work after graduation in December.
>Datastream is a nine-year-old maintenance management software company with over
>7,000 customers world wide, including over half of the Fortune 500 companies.
>Datastream s products track equipment maintenance as well as inventory and
>purchase orders, and its users range from medical technicians in hospitals to
>maintenance engineers in refineries.
>Datastream has 150 employees and is growing 50 percent a year. The company
>offers its employees a casual work environment; state-of-the-art equipment and
>tools; private offices; a medical, dental, vision, prescription, and life
>benefits package; and a 401K program.
>Datastream is located in Greenville, SC, one of the fastest growing areas
in the
>country. Greenville is rapidly becoming a world engineering center and has
more
>engineers (10,000) per capita of any county in the United States. The
>Greenville/Spartanburg metropolitan population exceeds 800,000 and is
located in
>the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains on I-85 between Charlotte, NC, and
>Atlanta, GA.
>Position requirements:
>. degree or advanced degree in technical writing or a related field
>. knowledge of software documentation principles
>. proficiency in Microsoft Windows
>. proficiency in Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
>. experience with on-line help software, such as RoboHelp
>Position responsibilities:
>. macro and micro edit all documents
>. maintain and enforce style guide
>. create and maintain front and end matter for all documents
>. obtain price quotations from printers
>. establish and maintain positive relationship with printer
>. ready all documents for production
>. schedule printing of all documents
>. coordinate with Materials Manager on stock levels
>Send your letter of application, resume, and 3 writing/editing samples to:
>John Clouse, Manager
>Technical Communications
>Datastream Systems, Inc.
>1200 Woodruff Road, Suite C-40
>Greenville, SC 29607
