Technical Marketing Writer

Company: Prowess Consulting
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: January 23, 2023

Job Description:

WHO WE AREProwess is a Seattle-based technology consulting firm that specializes in helping the largest enterprise technology companies define, manage and market their technology-based solutions and services. We take great pride in investing the time necessary to gain a deep understanding of our customer's technology, their customers, and the stories and strategies they need to tell to be successful in the market. Our team of technology and marketing experts is immersed in the technology trends that affect our clients' business, so we can add value at every stage of engagement to help them succeed.WHO YOU AREYou have a curious mind, analytical skills to discern insights from test and research findings, and writing skills to develop marketing content that highlights key data points and uplevels the insights in a way that makes sense to various technically-inclined audiences. You're enthusiastic about learning new technologies and quickly learn how to use unfamiliar software, even if that means you have to research how to use it or figure it out on your own.You are a technologist at heart, who is comfortable flowing between various systems, understands how computers work and how to keep them secure, is comfortable with CLI, has written and compiled code, has developed and documented procedures, has researched and developed use cases or user stories.THE ROLEThe Technical Marketing Writer is part of a cross-functional, multi-purpose team and assists with technical research, report development, test procedure development, documentation, and development of marketing deliverables. The Technical Marketing Writer creates content for a wide variety of deliverables, such as pathfinding, technical white papers, reports, presentations, marketing and sales assets, and solution briefs. What is pathfinding? It's a process used to develop novel, repeatable test procedures that provide a means of measuring and comparing performance of different systems. These procedures are based on specific things people actually do on computers, and they satisfy our clients' stringent acceptance criteria. Pathfinding work eventually leads to testing, which leads to marketing content that positions our client's products as the best of the best in a competitive market. This role is located in Bellevue, WA.RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acquire expertise in high-tech subjects and transfer that expertise to written and graphical deliverables in collaboration with engineers and designers.
• Support the execution of pathfinding work, primarily by conducting research to identify potential areas of interest, developing relevant use cases to guide experiment development, then going on to assist with experiment development, running experiments, documenting findings, developing insights from the findings, and presenting findings and issues to the client during live meetings.
• Use tools such as Excel to calculate scores and performance deltas. Write summaries on the test status as needed. Report issues and recommend workarounds or alternate solutions, as relevant.
• Deliver drafts on time according to a schedule you help to define.
• Seek out help early and often when learning new skills and leverage the experience and expertise of existing team members to speed up learning and decrease errors and reworking.QUALIFICATIONS
  • 3-5 years of experience developing B2B and B2C content, and as needed, messaging and positioning.
  • An advanced understanding of how consumer computers work; for example, you can articulate the differences and relationships between CPUs, GPUs, memory, and storage and what kinds of variables will impact the performance of each component.
  • Experience working with a variety of systems, including but not limited to PC laptops, Chromebooks, Apple hardware, mobile devices, as well as Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and Adobe.
  • Strong attention to detail, stellar organizational skills and can move work ahead even where there is some ambiguity.
  • Stellar communication skills: Your tendency is to ask for guidance and support rather than make a decision and hope it is right. You ask questions early and often.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in a constantly changing environment, prioritize multiple tasks, work under minimal/remote supervision and provide frequent status updates while juggling multiple projects.
  • Ability to present yourself well and diplomatically in client-facing conversations and work tirelessly to satisfy even difficult clients.
  • Agency experience a plus.
  • A Bachelor's degree in a language arts or technical field, or equivalent work experience. Journalism training and/or experience a strong plus.
  • Experience with building your own computer, hardware and software automated testing, benchmarking, or overclocking is a plus.We take great pride in investing the time necessary to gain a deep understanding of our customer's technology, their customers, and the stories and strategies they need to tell to be successful in the market. Our team of technology and marketing experts is immersed in the technology trends that affect our clients' business, so we can add value at every stage of engagement to help them succeed.Prowess is an equal opportunity employer and diversity is a core value for us. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all employees. We provide a well-rounded benefits package including health insurance, flexible spending account, life and disability insurance, paid time off, and retirement plan investing. For more information, please go to .

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