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$70,000.00/yr - $80,000.00/yr

About LevitonAt Leviton, we build what's next to light, power, and connect everyday spaces, from electrical to lighting, to data networks, and energy management. With over 115 years of history, Leviton develops thoughtful solutions that help make its customers' lives easier, safer, more efficient, and more productive. We recognize that our people are our greatest asset. We ASK questions, EMBRACE challenges, SEEK new perspectives, and ANTICIPATE what comes next. It's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly changing world.OverviewWe welcome you to find out more about this exciting and challenging position at Leviton in the Corporate Packaging Design department. Leviton is a leading global provider of electrical wiring devices, data connectivity solutions, security and automation controls, and lighting and energy management systems for a variety of end-use markets. Packaging is a key element of product development that impacts all phases of the supply chain. You will become part of a highly motivated and collaborative team of packaging engineers, technical writers, technical illustrators, and artists, taking a key role in driving excellence to technical documents. You will be interacting with multiple disciplines, including product managers, product engineers, manufacturing facilities, suppliers, customers and various other functional departments and exposed to a variety of products across our business units. You will leverage your technical writing skills and experience to deliver best in class technical documents and copy, while growing both personally and professionally in a dynamic and innovative team of packaging professionals!This position is responsible for the creation technical content for instruction sheets and other technical documents used for electro-mechanical products and layout of content into style sheets that align to company branding standards. This position collaborates with technical writers, technical illustrators and graphic artists to create accurate and comprehensive instruction sheets and manuals, including illustrations and related elements.Responsibilities

• Create effective technical copy to support new product and change management projects that is in line with corporate and branding standards.Â
• Collaborate with product engineering, product management, application engineering and other business unit personnel as necessary in finalizing optimal technical copy.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions with project team members to develop creative approaches and concepts for assigned projects; provide content and design suggestions and create materials as needed.Â
• Assist in the layout of instruction sheets, collaborating with technical illustrators and artists.
• Collaborate with legal department in the specification of warning statements into instructions as they relate to the safety of use and installation of the relevant product.
• Proofread and edit all intermediate steps between preliminary layout to production ready documents.
• Work with translation agencies in the request and receipt of technical translations per project requirements.
• Stays current with technical document production printing technologies and applies knowledge to layouts to optimize printed materials.
• Create and maintain a digital library of standard technical terms and translations for day-to-day accessibility and consistency. Manage digital backups of all work created and revised.
• Identify improvement opportunities and proactively work to improve processes and consistency across digital and print platforms.
• Assists in the creation of technical presentations, reports, training materials, and department procedures.
• Assist in packaging projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to write clear and concise technical copy
• Ability to take verbal, visual and written draft inputs for the working of technical products and create instruction sheets that optimally convey their installation and use
• Possesses an understanding of basic copy fitting, art, photography graphic formats, layout and printing requirements
• Ability to write reports, correspondence, presentations and procedure manuals
• Ability to organize and manage work flow of simultaneous, multiple jobs to meet demanding deadlines
• Ability to analyze and interpret data to determine appropriate syntax, style and grammatical usage required for a particular project
• Ability to create and revise documents and diagrams in Adobe CC software (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat)
• Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only

 limited standardization exists; ability to work in a highly confidential work environment

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook
• Familiarity with Adobe Workfront is a plus

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in English, Technical Writing or related field
• Minimum 2 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

Travel

• Under 5%

What We OfferComprehensive benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance programs
• 401K plans with employer-matching contributions
• Tuition reimbursement
• PTO
• Paid holidays
• Volunteer time off

For more information about benefits, please go to:Leviton is an EEO/AA Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.Leviton is committed to transparency and security in the recruitment process and will never ask for financial information, payment, or government identification numbers during the application process.ÂFor any questions, or to ensure the legitimacy of a job posting, visit the Leviton career site, or contact us at 631.###.####.The future looks brighter than ever. Join our team now!Salary Range$70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per yearHashtagsLI-Hybrid

Seniority level

• Seniority levelEntry level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionInformation Technology
• IndustriesIT Services and IT Consulting

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