Here are some of the jobs, titles, tasks, roles, activities…, basically the hats that I wear, as a technical communicator. Naturally, I had to put this list in alphabet order!
I wear at least a few of these on every project.
- Authoring tool sponsor, tester, integrator, user
- Brainstormer
- Contractor, full time employee
- Defect and enhancement tracker
- Documentation Specialist
- eLearning Developer
- Entrepreneur
- Friend, critic, cheerleader, co-worker, confidante
- Graduate Student
- Information Mapper
- Instructional System Designer
- Instructor, virtual instructor, trainer, teacher, mentor, resource
- Learning Consultant
- Learning Management System Administrator
- Learning Technology Consultant
- Level I/II/III technical support, triage, troubleshooter
- Librarian, curator, archivist
- Narrator
- Negotiator, mediator
- Online & context-sensitive help author
- PHI Hider
- Photographer, photo editor/shopper
- Proposal Writer
- Prospector, candidate
- Publisher
- Report writer, runner, editor
- Royalty-free image purchaser
- Screen scraper, image capturer, image editor
- Script writer
- SharePoint site/collection administrator
- SME Interviewer
- Software sponsor, installer, configurer
- Software, document, mobile, browser, technical, and user acceptance tester
- Sound/audio recorder, sound editor
- Storyboarder
- Student, learner
- Style guide author, referee
- Subject Matter Expert
- Team member, team leader
- Technical Project Manager
- Technical Writer
- Technology researcher, implementer
- Template creator
- Time tracker
- Troubleshooter
- User assistance creator
- Videographer, video editor
- Web Developer
- Writer, author, formatter, editor, publisher