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We are looking for an intern to join our Information Development group. You will:

• Work closely with our developers, QA engineers, technical writers and technical support team to research information and get reviews.
• Incorporate new material and improve the quality of our existing user and developer documentation.

This internship position starts at 20 hours per week with potential for more depending upon the selected intern’s availability. Hours are flexible but must be during normal business hours. The successful candidate will be a quick, energetic learner who has:

• 2 or more years completed toward a Bachelor’s degree in technical writing, computer science, or related degree.
• Enrollment in a Technical Writing program a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to explain concepts clearly and concisely.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and a passion to learn.
• Familiarity with FrameMaker a plus.
• Familiarity with programming documentation a plus.
• Familiarity with graphic design and web development a plus

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, physical disability, medical condition, or any other factor prohibited by law.

To apply:
Email HR a brief cover page and your resume, or fax it to 650.964.4378.

The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge and experience in all areas of graphic and web site design. He or she will have strong entrepreneurial spirit and ability to solve problems independently and the strong interpersonal communications skills needed to convey their creative and ingenious ideas and plans.

Primary Responsibilites

• Developing wireframes, distinctive logos and visual designs for websites, print ads, booth graphics and more
• Designing and producing promotional displays and marketing brochures for products and services
• The implementation of marketing strategies
• Researching and updating information and content for all websites

Job Requirements:

Education and Experience

• College degree in art or design (or in a program driving toward a degree in art or design) or the equivalent work experience
• Formal education in Graphic Design with a thorough understanding of layout, color, composition, typography, and iconography

Design Skills

• Possess artistic ability and creative thinking for designing eye-catching and effective graphics
• Able to come up with strategies for layouts and artistic concepts
• Aptitude for creating visual images that engage, attract and sell
• Outstanding portfolio demonstrating ability to create strategic brand solutions both in print and online
• Passion for making things simple, intuitive, consistent, and beautiful
• Solid understanding of typography, photography and illustration

Technical Skills

• Excellent computer skills including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and MS Office
• Ideally, candidate would posses a solid understating and experience with Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML and CSS, etc.

Organizational Skills

• Meticulous, thorough and detail oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to balance several projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines
• Open to change and able to adjust to shifting priorities

Communication skills

• Strong writing and communication skills
• Responsive to customer needs

To apply:
Email HR

Reference ID: jc-1

Job Description

Mentor Graphics, a leader in the Electronics Design Automation (EDA) industry, is looking for a technical writer for its growing Calibre IC Verification products. Working closely with a talented design staff, you will be responsible for documenting new technologies as well as proven product lines.

Our open position is located in:

Our writing team provides the following environment:

• A group with decades of combined experience (and a sense of humor)
• Training to gain knowledge in the field
• Involvement in every level of documentation production for multiple books
• Ability to innovate and improve documentation standards
• Competitive salary and benefits package

Job Requirements

Our ideal candidates will have the following:

• BS/MS in a technical degree (such as EE, CS, Physics, or Applied Math; new graduates will be considered)
• Demonstrable interest/experience in the microchip industry (DRC, LVS, OPC, or RET)
• An understanding of CMOS or digital design is a plus
• Polished ability to write concisely
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Outstanding investigative research instincts
• Multitasking and/or project management capabilities
• A portfolio of success stories and writing samples

Ideally, you’re a writer with a highly technical background, an engineer looking for a career change, or a new college graduate with a technical degree and strong writing and interpersonal skills.

To apply:
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/ApplyOnline/ApplyStart.aspx?lr=cbnh_bizdv&Job_DID=J8B3ZL70HLF7SX3NM9P

InsWeb Corporation, the Internet’s leading insurance marketplace is looking for a part-time Web Writer/Editor Intern.

• Qualified candidate will research and write website content that addresses user needs, enhances users online experience, and promotes key offerings.
• Ensure web content meets established editorial, quality and industry standards for web usability, accessibility and SEO best practices.
• Apply AP Style and web editorial guidelines to all projects.
• Ability to understand complex information and be able to translate it into user-friendly information that is easy to understand.

Requirements

• Excellent research, writing and editorial skills.Bachelor’s degree in progress in relevant discipline (marketing, mass communications, English, journalism, PR/advertising, technical writing/editing).
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to prioritize among multiple work items.
• Ability to work independently and meet rigorous deadlines.
• Previous Web-based writing a plus.
• Must present samples of previous writings.

Benefits

• Immediate eligibility for medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k) with company matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid days off
• Holidays
• Educational assistance
• Fitness membership discounts

Date Posted: 05/21/2008

To apply:
https://secure1.insweb.com/cgi-bin/jobsearch.exe?page=/jobsearch/onlineresume.htj&jobid=IW696&toemail=CorporateResumes%40insweb.com&encodeddivdesc=Product%20and%20Site%20Management&jobtitle=Web%20Writer/Editor%20(Part%20Time)&locdesc=Sacramento,%20CA

If you use a simple typeface and a font size of 12 to 14 points, you can also fax or mail it to:

Contact: Human Resources
Fax: 916-853-3328
Address:
InsWeb Corporation
11290 Pyrites Way, Suite 200
Gold River, CA  95670

Job Code: INT-006

Powerset is looking for a User Experience Intern to work with the Product Management team to explore features enabled by our natural language index.  This position is  a full time internship, up to 3 months,  to work onsite at Powerset’s headquarters in San Francisco.

Responsibilities:

• Take a feature through the entire design and development process, from conception to release.
• Explore different treatments of the feature through wireframes and mockups
• Test early versions of the feature with users
• Iterate on the design of the feature
• Guide the product through the development cycle

Qualifications:

• A keen eye for Web design
• Ability to produce mockups (e.g., with Photoshop or another piece of software)
• Ability to produce at least HTML mockups of functionality
• Web development experience highly desirable

To apply:
http://tbe.taleo.net/NA6/ats/careers/requisition.jsp;jsessionid=1E690B11E1439234B82934453F863F99?org=POWERSET&cws=1&rid=85

ReqId 2892BR

Essential Functions and Duties
Knowledge of technical writing, page layout, indexing, and editing will be utilized to assist existing Software Department Tech writer to develop and prepare documentation packages describing features and functionality of new SW releases.

Qualifications
Junior of Senior level college student with target of BA in English, Technical Writing, Technical Communications or equivalent. Successful completion of classes in page layout and technical writing/editing are required. Skills with cataloging and indexing are a plus. The ability to effectively use Windows based applications and FrameMaker is required. Adobe Acrobat and/or PhotoShop are a plus.

To apply:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?Agent=1&jobid=503239&ClientId=11542&PartnerId=11542&SiteId=259&JobSiteId=259&Language=1&JobReqLang=1&JobSiteInfo=503239_259

Zimbra (www.zimbra.com), is a leading provider of email, calendaring and collaboration solutions for enterprises and service providers, and is an open source software company. We have 1500+ customers for the commercial version of our Zimbra Collaboration Suite; hundreds of universities, and hundreds of hosting providers including ISPs with 1M+ users.

We seek a Sunnyvale, California-based paid technical writer intern to work with us this summer. The technical writer intern will work with other writers on various projects, including update existing manuals, end user documentation, and training documents; write new documentation and articles for the WIKI, and create FAQ html pages. The candidate will have the opportunity to interface with development, QA, support, and training teams.

Job responsibilities include

• Rewriting, new writing, copy editing, and proofreading of guides, help topics, wiki articles
• Interacting with developers to gain product knowledge
• Installing and using the product to familiarize yourself with the installation process, and features and functionality
• Following standard technical writing practices, using style guidelines and company processes to produce documentation

Education and Experience

• Completion of two or more years towards a Bachelor’s degree in technical writing, information development, or related degree
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
• Experienced with Microsoft Word and HTML. Knowledge of FrameMaker a plus.
• Intermediate computer skills

Desired Job Qualifications

• Familiar with software engineering practices very helpful
• Experience with FrameMaker, RoboHelp (or other Help Authoring tools)

Please be prepared to supply writing samples.

To apply:
Email HR with “Summer Technical Writer Intern” in the subject line