What I already have versus what the provider will deliver:
We have researched many sites and have compiled a word document which contains copy content from other industry sites. This document can be used as a reference point for writing our content. We also have product specifications and 'some' product descriptions.
Other context/requirements that providers will need to know:
We are in the business of selling USB flash drives to consumers as well as businesses and organizations. Our success will be dependent on our ability to rank top spot on popular search engines through SEO as well as converting web visitors by having copy that SELLS!
Specific expertise that I am seeking:
We are seeking someone with a proven track record of writing successful ecommerce portals with a focus on SEO. We would also like someone with experience in writing content for electronic goods.
Timeframe for delivery:
We require ALL copy to be ready by Nov. 26th in order to take advantage of the holiday season.
Please reply to project@nusbtech.com with your resume and any questions you may have.
Main Responsibilities:
- will be responsible for creating writing that sells
- write sales messages for landing pages, brochures, pamphlets, banners or anything that is required
- edit and proofread
- ensure that tasks are taken care of in a timely manner
- able to complete a task from start to finish
- taking notes and making changes as required
Skills Required:
- experience in a fast paced office environment
- ability to communicate professionally with staff and people we will be working with online
- must be creative
- have the motivation and ability to sharpen existing skills, and learn new skills and capabilities.
Personal Qualifications:
- self-starting, motivated, energetic and well organized, able to multitask
- excellent in time management and capable to meet strict deadlines
- initiative, flexible and eager to learn/improve
- comfortable under supervision and ability to work independently
- positive in attitude and excellent in communication
We are offering a chance of a lifetime to become a part of the media team of a highly successful marketing firm.
Interviewees will be tested for the skills required for this position.
If you're up to the task, please send in your resume and PORTFOLIO through email.
Recent experience creating technical documentation, including some illustration work would be advantageous but not a necesity.
• Able to assimilate and learn technical concepts quickly.
• Able and willing to conform all company documentation to corporate standards.
• Broad range of writing, editing, and illustration skills.
• Must have strong proofreading/editing skills.
• Able to use a wide variety of information processing tools, both software and hardware, to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Must possess strong oral, written, visual and interpersonal skills.
If interested please write a memo of about 300-500 words on 'How one can use 'Twitter' to increase or to do Business?
And submit to the email above.
• University degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s) with specialization in Foreign Languages.
• Advanced knowledge of Trados, Abby Lingvo, MS Proofing Tools, etc.
Please forward your resumes, rates and cover letters to: careers@translationlab.org
Thank you for your cooperation.
Have a nice day.
Summary:
Your job will be to create short, English-language summaries of Polish business news articles. The job entails summarizing about 40 articles and writing the text onto an online template. The articles are more or less one paragraph long.
Shifts: Sunday to Thursday from approximately 7 PM to 11 PM
Salary:
Roughly $100 per one evening shift
Hiring Criteria:
• Excellent command of the English language
• Good to excellent Polish language skills
• Journalism experience
• Thorough knowledge of copy standards, sentence structure, grammar, spelling,
punctuation and composition
• Works well under tight deadlines
• Precise attention to detail
This career opportunity will appeal to recent university or college graduates who seek a challenging position with an opportunity to learn, grow and to see the direct results of their creative efforts manifest into reality.
You should possess:
1. Strong written communication skills, demonstrated ability and passion for developing well written communication that has the power to make a positive difference in others;
2. Excellent customer service skills, with previous experience;
3. A high degree of professionalism, interpersonal ability, and the ability to be organized with strong attention to detail;
4. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office;
Preferably you would also possess:
1. A University or College degree in Journalism, Communications or English;
2. A working knowledge of Adobe CS3 or CS4.
3. A solid familiarity with the use of the internet, and a familiarity with the use of social networking and blog interface for business purposes.
Primary responsibilities:
1. Assisting in the development and management of content (written and graphic) for website, Facebook, blog and printed publications and the coordination of its use with our overall marketing strategy;
2. Coordinating various service providers (graphic/web designers, programmers and marketing) with our operations;
3. Assisting in the development of promotional programs and coordinating its execution;
4. Ensuring all aspects of day to day customer and distributor experience meets established standards;
5. Delivery of great customer service to our customers and independent distributors;
Reporting to the Senior Product Manager, the Senior Technical Writer is responsible for technical writing and editing technical documentation for Global Relay’s suite of products and services. The individual will also work closely with marketing and product management to establish technical document plans and technical style guides for the organization. The successful candidate must be a motivated and self-directed individual with excellent communication skills who is able to organize their ideas and translate technical terms into documents that our users can understand.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain installation, configuration, end user and on-line help for both customers and employees
• Manage multiple assignments simultaneously, while working independently from the development teams.
• Complete writing assignments according to set standards regarding order, clarity conciseness, style and terminology
• Work closely with marketing and product management to establish technical documentation plans and technical style guides for the organization.
• Establish a technical documentation process to create the highest quality documentation possible on time and within budget.
• Interview subject matter experts to ensure technical accuracy of documents.
• Review published materials and recommend revisions or changes in scope, format, content and methods of reproduction
• Work with the graphic artist to select photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams and charts to illustrate material.
Qualifications:
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a technical writing role in a software development environment.
• Ability to digest and consolidate vast amounts of highly technical information and translate them into easy to understand terms and documentation
• Excellent writing, editing and communication skills as well as strong interviewing and research skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to work with individuals throughout the organization
• Advanced computer skills, especially Microsoft Word, FrameMaker, Acrobat Pro, and Photoshop.
• HTML experience is an asset.
• Experience with email, instant messaging, CRM and data warehouse systems is an asset.
What we offer:
Global Relay provides a highly competitive compensation and benefits program with bonuses, flexible schedules, and opportunities for professional development and personal challenges as we expand our international blue chip clientele.
If you are interested in this position please send your cover letter and resume to: hr@globalrelay.net
Please no phone calls. Must be eligible to work in Canada
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SENIOR FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT
Grant Development Services Department (GDS)
(GDS) delivers a full range of consulting fundraising support, strategy and planning advice to non-profits and charitable organizations throughout North America
OUR PRODUCT
We target clientele in the USA & Canada and offer them a software funding solution that guarantee’s results or we give them their money back within 6 months. Another way to present it is we provide them access to an online funding resource that allows them to apply, track and receive funding for their philanthropic needs. We are basically the source for funding for non profit organizations.
Reporting directly to Senior Manager, GDS (the Manager), the Senior Fundraising Consultant will, as a key member of the GDS team, participate in the development of new business and the provision of fundraising consulting services to GDS clients. Responsibilities to include, but not necessarily be limited to:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Make GDS marketing calls and provide marketing strategies to selected existing subscribers their funding requirements
• Responding to, following up and qualifying referred requests/inquiries for GDS services
• Preparation of GDS Requests for Proposal and Writing of GDS client’s fundraising documents
• Attain specifics of funding needs, timing, priorities etc. for GDS proposal preparation
• Co-ordinate with and liaise with other departments that is relevant to renewal issues and/ subscriber satisfaction
• Preparation of daily and month-end records of billable consulting time to contracted GDS clients
• Provide assistance in the preparation and maintenance of GDS reporting for senior management
• Participation in the GDS ongoing strategic and planning processes
QUALIFICATIONS:
• The successful candidate will have the following qualifications
• 5-7 years of consulting experience in key facets of fundraising
• A proven track record of marketing fundraising consulting services and a demonstrated ability to build relationships in the not-for-profit environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A post-secondary education; a CFRE accreditation would be an asset
• Ability to work independently and take initiative as well as function as part of a consulting team
• A desire to work in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment within the charitable sector
• Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, E-Mail
OUR COMPANY
Join this growing organization that rewards performance with great remuneration, acknowledgement and accolades. We have a strong corporate culture that offers support for career growth, educational assistance to foster your knowledge enhancement and an environment that feels like a family that truly cares about you. Draw from the energy that comes from a high level of employee involvement, a dedicated Social Coordinator, and a strong sense of ownership. Join us and become a "Metasoftie", and you'll feel right at home in our dynamic work environment.
We offer you an opportunity to learn and grow with a leading-edge, technology-based company. Our compensation and benefits package includes competitive salaries, benefits and education assistance. Help non-profit organizations achieve their financial goals while increasing your earning potential.
Take the next step and submit your resume and cover letter to grantwriting@meta-soft.com
We pay for publication and distribution, while you get a royalty.
The subject could be just about anything that people want to know about, that can be broken down into sub-topics and explained in writing. It might be related to travel, gardening, pets, cooking, renovation, home skills, camping, wilderness survival, any kind of "how to" --- any practical topic about which people want easy-to-use information.
your CV with reference to some of your work and samples of it if possible.
Your hourly rate
availability in January 2010
time schedule to edit around 200 pages text
I will be receiving applications till the end of November.
Experience:
• Five to eight years copywriting and translating in a corporate business environment
Skills:
• Ability to handle multiple company and management directives by prioritizing and through efficiency
• Ability to effectively and regularly communicate to both internal and external clients regarding the status of a job, workflow, and estimated completion date(s)
• Self starter, self motivated, works well both independently and in a team environment, entrepreneurial attitude
• Highly detail oriented and organized
• Project management with little supervision
• Ability to communicate easily in both French and English
• Creative and versatile
• Attention to detail
Other Specific Requirements
• Post-secondary education – Bachelors Degree in one of the following preferred areas of study: communications, marketing, journalism, business or languages
• Excellent in written and verbal skills in both languages is a must.
• Strong knowledge of writing practices is required
Desire to thrive in a competitive environment, this position offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you describe yourself as a team player, enthusiastic, possess a high level of integrity and the willingness to make a significant contribution, we invite you to apply for this opportunity.
Please send your resume and salary requirement to one of the following:
Contac Services Inc.
Human Resources Department
6600 Dennett Place
Delta, BC
V4G 1N4
careers@contacservices.com
Company Overview:
NGRAIN is an award winning company delivering interactive 3D task-based training solutions to the defense industry. We license our breakthrough graphics technology to leading organizations across multiple industries and application areas. Resellers offer NGRAIN solutions globally and strategic partners include Microsoft, Intel and Adobe. More information can be obtained at www.ngrain.com.
Summary:
By using NGRAIN Software, organizations can easily produce, integrate, and distribute interactive 3D equipment simulations. With NGRAIN’s breakthrough 3D simulation capabilities, organizations are able to expedite the location and comprehension of technical information, and improve the accuracy of job performance.
The Junior Technical Writer will work with the Technical Writer and other members of the engineering team, to update user guides for NGRAIN’s commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software applications. They may also be required to edit various technical documents.
Qualifications Required:
• Experience writing technical documentation and adhering to documentation style guides
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Adobe FrameMaker, including using templates, and paragraph and character formats
• Experience authoring in HTML
• Aptitude for understanding and working with software applications
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Good time management skills
We have lots of small software utilities that need writing, need some maintenance of our web site and other similar tasks. It’s a chance for you to earn some money and develop some skills and get some mentoring. Also includes some gopher tasks like shipping. We will work around your schedule. You must provide us with 10 or more hours per week but you can take time off of study and exams. C, c++, c#, java or similar. You must be within an easy commute of Vancouver City Hall area.
You are:
A dynamic, experienced communications professional who can generate media interest in events and create campaigns that get noticed. You write flawless press releases, have a solid network of Metro Vancouver media contacts, and aren’t afraid to pull off a creative stunt or two to attract the public’s interest. Ideally, you also love getting around by bike and/or have an interest in cycling and sustainable transportation.
We are:
The Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition (VACC), a not-for-profit that works improve conditions for cycling in Metro Vancouver. Through various programs and initiatives, we advocate for better cycling facilities, educate adults and children to ride safely, and encourage visibility and celebration of cycling as a legitimate and embraced mode of transportation. You will find the VACC out in your community on your commute to work during Bike to Work Week in spring and fall, at the new Great Rides events, in schools and community centres, at City Council meetings, at tables promoting the Burrard Bridge Protected Bikes Lanes trial, and at community events throughout the year.
What we need:
As cycling goes mainstream and front-page stories about bikes become commonplace, we’re looking for someone to generate excitement about the good work we’re doing.
What you’ll do:
• In consultation with VACC program staff, create media campaigns for print, web, TV and radio to publicize events such as school, community centre, and workplace workshops, and commuter stations around Metro Vancouver
• Promote events to the public to increase registration and participation
• Write promotional copy, press releases, and website content
• Monitor, evaluate and report on your initiatives
The terms:
Contract, 6-8 weeks, part-time (up to 20 hours per week)
Mid-November to late December, with possibility of extension
Remuneration to be discussed
QUALIFICATIONS
• Ability to produce succinct, lively copy for print and online collateral
• Thorough understanding of editorial best practices and style guides
• Dependable, detail-oriented multitasker with ability to work to tight deadlines
• Experience with layout and art direction
• Consummate diplomacy and a sense of humour
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite preferred
• Love of theatre and/or the arts
• Bachelor’s degree
HOURS: Full-time (40 hours per week) for one year, starting December 7, 2009
SALARY: $33,000 per annum
SEND COVER LETTER AND RÉSUMÉ:
Human Resources, Arts Club Theatre Company
MAIL: 1585 Johnston Street, Vancouver BC V6H 3R9
FAX: 604.688.3273
EMAIL: humanresources@artsclub.com
When emailing, please specify “Publications Coordinator, Maternity Leave Position” in the subject line.
• Responsible for the development and maintenance of user- and administrator-oriented documentation, in both print and online formats, from planning to delivery. Specific tasks encompass planning, designing, writing, editing, producing and maintaining documentation
• Participate fully in FDM’s iterative software development life cycle, including attending daily standup meetings, weekly and quarterly retrospectives, and periodic product reviews, and contributing to online product development forums
• Analyze both back-end and front-end features and functionality and providing regular input to FDM’s software development process
Qualifications
• Education: Technical Communications certificate/diploma, or degree in English or a Communications-related field, with proven technical background
• Experience: One year or more technical writing experience in the software industry, with experience documenting APIs, SDKs, IDEs, or development frameworks a definite benefit
• Strong writing skills, the ability to accurately assess the needs of the various audiences, and the desire to support FDM’s products with useful, effective documentation that directly impacts the experience technical users have with the product
• Ability to absorb technical information quickly, to research independently, to interview subject matter experts effectively, and to analyze, synthesize, and convey the acquired information and concepts clearly in plain language
• SQL proficiency, and an understanding of database design and development with a passion for technology and contributing to software development efforts
• Strong attention to detail with proven ability to conceive, research, organize, write, and deliver documentation projects from start to finish
• Experience with FrameMaker, knowledge of structured authoring and single-sourcing methodologies and tools, and knowledge of automated documentation generation tools an asset
Respond with a resume and cover letter by November 9, 2009. We thank you for your interest in our firm. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We are looking for someone who is well-versed in the subject of academic writing, who will be able to come up with his/her own ideas for the content of the videos, and who will use visual aids (ie. whiteboard) as well as excellent presentation skills to make the videos valuable to our clients.
You don’t have to be a budding director or actor (the quality of the content is more important than the quality of the video itself), but you must have your own equipment, and be able to send completed videos to us electronically.
This is a perfect ongoing freelance position for a teacher or teaching assistant looking for an income supplement.
If you’re creative, a presenter, and have a lot to say about academic writing, we want to hear from you. Please submit your resume, and, if possible, a link to a video sample of your presentation skills.
airG has the fastest growing social network on mobile phones with more than 40 million unique users worldwide and is available on more than 120 mobile operators in over 40 countries, and growing! To further accelerate this rapid growth, we are in search of talented and motivated Ukrainian Translator to join our team!
In this position you will be auditing and reviewing our current language database for accuracy and errors. You will also provide translation services as required for airG’s product line.
You are eager to learn new technologies and are proficient with computers. You are highly detailed and self motivated and tech savvy.
In addition to having a flexible and relaxed work environment, we believe that our culture and values set us apart. We are young, vibrant and passionate about what we do. The values that we all share and look for in those we work with include being entrepreneurial, creative, accomplished, team oriented, motivated, hard working and professional. airG offers an attractive and competitive compensation package, a comprehensive benefits plan including a flexible wellness program and staff purchase plan for mobile devices.
Plug into the world‘s largest mobile community. Plug into airG.
We need someone with an eye on the news who is capable of picking out the items that deal with cultural interaction (political dealings, racism, and immigration), language laws, and major entertainment news (best-sellers being translated into other languages). The successful candidate will select news items and write articles for audiences interested in translation.
Compensation is $10 per article (each should take no more than ½ hour to write)
We need 2-3 articles per week to contribute to our news feed, and the successful candidate can expect steady work at that pace indefinitely.
This position is perfect for a freelance writer seeking a steady source of work, or a journalism student interested in honing their skills.