Freelance Senior Technical Writer

monks; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Monks seeks a Senior Technical Writer/Editor to join a regional creative team, refining technical material for consumer audiences.

The role focuses on editing approved content, preserving technical meaning while boosting clarity, tone and accessibility across web, social and video formats. AI interest and collaboration with global stakeholders are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years editing technical, editorial or digital publishing content.
• Ability to simplify complex tech for fluent consumer/professional audiences.
• Strong grasp of digital editorial structure and tone.

Responsibilities

• Edit and refine technical editorial and marketing content for clarity and accuracy.
• Adapt approved copy across web, social, video and other formats.
• Maintain terminology, voice and editorial standards across regions.

Skills

Technical editing

Editing standards

English fluency

Audience adaptation

Collaboration with SMEs

Figma familiarity

Tools

Figma

Job description

Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website ( monks.com/careers ).

About Monks

Monks is a global, digital-first marketing, technology, and creative consultancy operating at the intersection of creativity, media, data, and culture. In APAC, our 700-strong team spans 14 offices across 11 countries, connected by a single, unified operating model.

As pioneers in the AI digital media economy, we live an AI-first culture internally while helping enterprise clients shift from manual workflows to AI-native orchestration - scaling custom agent solutions (Monks.Flow), AI-driven campaigns, and next-gen AI search capabilities. By connecting brand strategy, media, data, and emerging technology around the consumer, we build intelligent platforms and content ecosystems for the world's leading brands. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where authentic collaboration fuels industry-changing work.

The Role

Monks is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Writer / Editor to join a regional creative team producing rapid-turn editorial and marketing content. Working in close partnership with client stakeholders and a distributed global team, this role will refine complex technical material into clear, engaging content for consumer-facing audiences who are already comfortable with technology.

This role is primarily focused on editing and adapting approved source content rather than writing technical narratives from scratch. The ideal candidate can improve clarity, structure and tone without diluting technical meaning, introducing inaccuracies or oversimplifying the subject matter.

An interest in AI, emerging technology and new approaches to creative production is essential.

What You'll Do

• Edit and refine technical editorial and marketing content for clarity, accuracy, flow and audience relevance.
• Preserve essential technical meaning while making complex information accessible and engaging.
• Adapt approved source copy across web, social, video, presentation and other digital formats.
• Create copy variants based on platform requirements, audience needs, character limits and established messaging.
• Develop and refine headlines, subheads, summaries, captions, calls to action and on-screen copy.
• Apply approved copy within design layouts, working closely with designers to balance meaning, hierarchy and available space.
• Partner with subject matter experts to clarify technical details and resolve gaps or inconsistencies.
• Work with producers to track copy status, approvals, source material and open questions.
• Consolidate editorial feedback and recommend resolutions when comments are subjective, conflicting or unclear.
• Maintain established terminology, naming conventions, voice and editorial standards.
• Conduct thorough copy QA across spelling, grammar, punctuation, factual consistency, links, versioning and platform specifications.
• Document approved language, recurring feedback and editorial decisions for future use.
• Support clear, documented handoffs between regional teams when work continues across shifts.
• Use approved AI and editorial tools to support research, comparison, versioning and efficiency while maintaining human editorial judgment.
• Maintain discretion when working with confidential and highly sensitive information.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in technical editing, technical writing, technology journalism, digital publishing or editorial marketing.
• Demonstrated ability to edit complex technology content without losing accuracy or nuance.
• Experience writing for technically fluent consumer, professional or business audiences.
• Strong understanding of digital editorial structure, information hierarchy and platform-specific copy requirements.
• Experience adapting a single source narrative into multiple formats and copy variants.
• Exceptional command of written English, grammar, syntax and editorial style is required.
• Strong proofreading, fact-checking and self-QA skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage rapid turnarounds and make sound editorial decisions amid ambiguity.
• Confidence collaborating with technical experts, designers, motion artists, producers and senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with collaborative design tools such as Figma is preferred.
• Experience working effectively across regions, time zones and distributed teams.
• Interest in AI, emerging technology and production innovation.

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About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up