Senior Technical Writer
Maximus continues to grow our Digital Solutions organization to better serve the needs of our organization and our customers in the government, health, and human services space. Digital Transformation is one of our primary strategic pillars and is a significant part of our long-term corporate strategy. We are a group of skilled practitioners who are laser-focused on continuing to introduce differentiated solution offerings aligned with the mission requirements of our customers to improve overall service delivery across our operations. We believe that great outcomes define our success. We use an approach grounded in design thinking, lean, and agile to help solve complicated problems and turn bold ideas into delightful solutions.
As part of the digital creative agency, the Senior Technical Writer will play a pivotal role in transforming complex government benefits programs and improving the total experience across all communication channels.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
•Write print and digital communications that increase citizen engagement in government programs.
•Review and edit project deliverables to ensure they apply plain language best practices, are consistent throughout, are free of grammar and spelling errors, and are at target reading level.
•Communicate clear, concise, understandable, and actionable information to various target audiences.
•Develop content strategy based on program objectives, client goals, and end user needs.
•Provide input and adhere to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
•Support several clients or project teams simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
•Independently create project case studies, publications, marketing materials, and presentations.
•Review and delegate work to other specialists.
•Build relationships and grow trust with clients, stakeholders, other departments, and digital team.
Minimum Requirements:
•Bachelor's degree in related field required.
•5-7 years of relevant professional experience required.
•Experience in health and human services required.
•Experience with government clients is preferred.
•Minimum of 3 years of experience in technical writing and/or plain language writing and editing required.
•Experience in digital writing and editing (e.g., websites, mobile apps, web chat, etc.) required.
•Experience with cutting edge content management software and/or tools to maintain/search written print and digital program materials preferred.
•Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe Experience Manager is strongly preferred.
•Experience working with Agile teams is preferred.
•Experience developing search-optimized content is preferred.
•Proficient in Microsoft O365.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implement print and digital communications that increase citizen engagement in government programs.
- Communicate clear, concise, understandable, and actionable information to various target audiences.
- Develop content strategy based on program objectives, client goals, and end user needs.
- Provide input and adhere to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
- Independently create project case studies, publications, marketing materials, and presentations.
- Review and delegate work to other specialists.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in related field.
- 5-7 years of relevant professional experience.
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Since 1975, Maximus has operated under its founding mission of Helping Government Serve the People, enabling citizens around the globe to successfully engage with their governments at all levels and across a variety of health and human services programs. Maximus delivers innovative business process management and technology solutions that contribute to improved outcomes for citizens and higher levels of productivity, accuracy, accountability and efficiency of government-sponsored programs. With more than 30,000 employees worldwide, Maximus is a proud partner to government agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit https://www.maximus.com.
EEO Statement: Active military service members, their spouses, and veteran candidates often embody the core competencies Maximus deems essential, and bring a resiliency and dependability that greatly enhances our workforce. We recognize your unique skills and experiences, and want to provide you with a career path that allows you to continue making a difference for our country. We’re proud of our connections to organizations dedicated to serving veterans and their families. If you are transitioning from military to civilian life, have prior service, are a retired veteran or a member of the National Guard or Reserves, or a spouse of an active military service member, we have challenging and rewarding career opportunities available for you. A committed and diverse workforce is our most important resource. Maximus is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Maximus provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disabled status.
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