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Required Education 


Applicants must meet one of the following education and experience requirements:
*2 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or
*Relevant experience and a Master’s degree or PhD or
*Equivalent professional experience

Required Skills


*2+ years of experience as an editor in a technical documentation group
*1+ years of technical writing experience in a high-tech development environment
*1+ years of experience editing/writing UI/UX help for software-based systems

Desired Skills


*Excellent editing, writing, rewriting, and communication skills, including demonstrated ability to do structural/developmental analyses, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading.
*Thorough familiarity with Chicago Manual, and an ability to adapt quickly to in-house style and corporate personality.
*Demonstrated ability to bond, support, and work closely with writers as a consultant and coach.
*Fanatical ability and penchant for catching mistakes and typos.
*Self-motivation to learn the business processes and user needs of any project.
*Strong team player skills—must be able to work cross-functionally with UX design, engineering, product management, legal, marketing, and other Akamai teams.
*Experience with single-source publishing paradigms and information architectures.
*Experience working in an Agile development environment using Jira, Stash, and other workflow and project management tools.
*Familiarity with creating and editing DITA topics and maps and modular, task-based content in conjunction with a CMS; SDL experience a plus.
*Experience with XML-based authoring and editing tools; Oxygen experience a plus.
*Experience with source-control software; Perforce experience a plus.
*Experience or aptitude for editing API and SDK documentation for a technical audience.



Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status. 

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