Technical and User Experience (UX) Writer

Agricorp Ltd.; Guelph; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Agricorp Ltd. is seeking a Technical and User Experience (UX) Writer to enhance digital communications, ensuring high-quality content across various platforms. The successful candidate will work closely with the Technical Communications team to develop engaging content and maintain digital properties' quality standards. This role offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to Agricorp's reputation and customer success in the digital arena.

Benefits

Hybrid work arrangements available

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical and UX writing roles, preferably digital.
• Experience with technical communications style guides.
• Membership in professional organizations is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage design services for digital content.
• Create and update UX style guides and templates.
• Support digital voice consistency across communications.

Skills

Technical Communications

UX Content

Editing and Copyediting

Digital Design

Writing Skills

Education

Post-secondary degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe LiveCycle

Job description

Technical and User Experience (UX) Writer

Job Category: Business Solutions Services 3

Requisition Number: FORMS001533

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• Posted : May 30, 2025
• Full-Time

Locations

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1 Stone FT
Guelph, ON N1H8M4, CAN

Description

Description

The Technical and User Experience (UX) Writer plays a significant role in the integration of digital communications vehicles, message content, language standards, and user experience, ensuring that Agricorp's communications strategies are reflected and supported by its digital properties. Working closely with the Technical Communications team, they develop content (instructions, messaging, etc.) to support a consistent digital voice that continues to enhance Agricorp's reputation and customer success in the digital space.

The Role

In this role, you will:

• Develop and deliver all forms design services (paper, PDF, and web forms), and be responsible for their quality and accuracy
• Develop the content for wireframes, mockups, and digital prototypes
• Create and update style guides, UX content frameworks, templates/pattern standards, user guides, instructions, SOPs, and checklists
• Help manage the content of Agricorp’s digital properties through content inventories, information matrices, conceptual diagraming, etc.

Job status: Permanent
Salary: $70,757 - $83,243

Work status: Full time in office and hybrid work arrangements are available

Location: Must live in Ontario to perform this role

NOTE – This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related field (technical communications, UX communications and design, digital media, etc.) or equivalent experience
• 5+ years experience in a combination of technical and UX writing roles, preferably in a digital communications environment, and including experience in forms development as a specialization within technical communications.
• Experience communicating and maintaining technical communications style guides, UX content frameworks, and templates/pattern standards.
• Experience with substantive editing and copyediting.
• Experience with industry standard desktop publishing tools. Expert-level skills in Microsoft Word. Experience with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, LiveCycle, or equivalent tools.
• Experience in the finance or insurance industry is an asset.
• Familiarity with French is an asset.
• Membership in a relevant professional organization (Editor's Association, Society for Technical Communication, any of the International Plain Language Federation member organizations, Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF), etc.) is an asset.
• Achieving quality results – Focuses efforts on managing one’s self to achieve high-quality results consistent with the organization’s standards and measures, while managing risk
• Technical Communications - Effectively communicating complex content to target audiences
• Networking and relationship building – Establishes, sustains, and fosters professional contacts to build, enhance, and connect networks for work purposes
• Planning and organizing – Develops, implements, evaluates, and adjusts plans to reach goals, while ensuring the optimal use of resources
• Digital design – Transforms complex content into clear, engaging, usable, and accessible customer experiences using technical communications, forms design, and UX best practices
• Writing skills – Communicates ideas and information in writing to ensure that information and messages are understood and have the desired impact

Background

Agricorp, an agency of the government of Ontario.

Agricorp delivers government programs. These programs help protect the livelihood of over 47,000 Ontario farmers against the many risks farm businesses face every day. Our employees are skilled professionals who respond when industry and government need us, manage public funds with great care and integrity, and deliver a quality customer experience.

Agricorp helps grow Ontario agriculture. We underwrite $6-8 billion in risk each year. The agency was established in 1997, and since then we’ve made over $8 billion in payments to farmers when they needed it most.

Apply online

To apply for this position, please go to www.agricorp.com and select Careers. Click on Current Opportunities.

Please advise if you require accommodation during the recruitment process.

Please submit your application for this position by Friday, June 13, 2025.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted directly.