Technical Writer

Are you a technical writing professional with an investigative mind and a keen eye for detail? Do you find yourself interacting with products thinking “I have no idea how I am supposed to use this, they should be explaining it better”? If so, keep reading. Ooni is looking for a customer-focused technical writer to join our product team and ensure our customers have the best possible user experience with our awesome range of pizza ovens and accessories.

As the newest member of our product team, you will be the person responsible for all of Ooni’s technical documentation. On any given day you will find yourself conducting user trials, working with our engineers to understand our products or helping to develop ways of working and processes to improve documentation delivery for our new products. Our product team is ambitious and innovative and always has their foot on the pedal.

The job:

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• Live and breath Ooni products and the customer experience to understand how our users can understand and interact with our product better
  
• Embody our value of rigour, ensuring documentation is delivered to a world class level of detail
  
• Have an inquisitive mind; be able to put yourself in somebody else's shoes and crucially not be afraid to ask why
  
• Work closely with many areas of the business, including product, compliance, legal and marketing
  
• Thrive working under pressure to deliver fast, high impact results
  
• Be passionate about the user experience, making improvements wherever they can be found
  
• Be responsible for creating the content for physical and online technical documentation including packaging, user manuals, essential guides and FAQs
  
• Implement processes and ways of working that expedite and control the consistency and quality of Ooni documentation
  
• Ensure documents meet the requirements of the legal stuff! Including those outlined by local legislative bodies
  
• Verify any claims are robust and sufficiently proven before committing to print
  
• Use existing 3D models to create technical images
  

What you’ll need to succeed:

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• Experience in technical writing with experience developing user manuals, online FAQ’s or other technical documentation
  
• Experience with managing legislative requirements such as those found in standards or directives
  
• Keen eye for risk with experience interpreting risk assessments and other risk management tools
  
• Experience in user experience copy, drafting clear concise instructions and performing user testing to verify proposals
  
• Ability to manage product claims, ensuring they are robust and valid
  
• Ideally a degree or qualification in Engineering or a literature field
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication with a comprehensive grasp of English
  
• Ability to plan project deliveries and work to deadlines
  
• Team player, optimistic, solution-driven orientation
  

You’ll get bonus points if you have: 

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• Experience in the consumer goods sector
  
• Ability to use CAD software to create and extract product images
  
• Experience with Adobe InDesign
  

Why Ooni:

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• Go to YouTube and search “We are Ooni”. We’re super proud of our culture and think you’ll love it here too. Here are some other reasons:
  
• Work for an employer that cares about your wellbeing! We’ve got an employee assistance programme which includes on demand coaching and therapy sessions, plus a weekly yoga class
  
• 35 days of paid time off per year, plus an additional 5 week sabbatical when you’ve been here for 5 years
  
• £500 every year to spend on your passion – whatever that may be
  
• £1000 to spend on Ooni products each year, plus 50% discount on any other Ooni stuff
  
• We’re all about giving back. That’s why we offer two paid days to volunteer each year
  
• Continuing Education - we encourage our employees to use our learning platform to grow here at Ooni
  
• Oh and great pizza every single day if you want it. Yep. Every single day. And we’ll teach you to become a pizza pro
  

Take a look at our website to learn more about our products, culture and values. If you like what you see, then please send over the following: 

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• A short cover letter on why you’d love to join Ooni
  
• PDF portfolio of your most impressive and appropriate work
  

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• CV
  

Having a fantastic culture is really important to all of us at Ooni. We work hard to make it diverse and inclusive, and want everyone to have access to the same opportunities. If you would like this advert in a different format or need an alternative method of applying, please let us know. You can email us at [email removed - click apply for more details]

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