Technical Writer: Manuals, Graphics & Instructional Videos

The Toro Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

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Job summary

The Toro Company seeks a Technical Writer for our Perry, OK location to research, write, and produce instructional documentation for Toro products. You will create text, graphics, animations, and videos that clearly convey assembly and usage procedures while following established style guides.

You will collaborate with engineers, service teams, and legal to ensure accuracy and on-time delivery, with opportunities for growth and cross-functional exposure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific/technical field or equivalent experience.
• 0-3 years (Writer I) or 3-6+ years (Writer II) in instructional documentation.
• XML experience and Arbortext Editor preferred.
• Technical illustration, animation, and video creation experience required.
• Proficiency with Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Creo Illustrate/Creo Parametric.
• MS Office suite proficiency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Mechanical background; ability to read drawings and schematics.

Responsibilities

• Create accurate instructional docs using text, graphics, line art, animations, and videos.
• Translate customer requirements into clear, concise documentation.
• Study storyboards for graphics; reuse text/graphics to reduce translation costs.
• Route workflow changes to editors and product teams for review and updates.
• Manage multi-project workload to meet production schedules.
• Apply metadata to graphics for searching and reuse.
• Author docs in compliance with Toro Style Guide for Instructional Documentation.
• Collaborate with SME, Engineering, Product Evaluation, Service, Legal, and Marketing.

Skills

Technical writing

XML

Reading drawings

Mechanical concepts

Animation

Video creation

Technical illustration

Adobe Illustrator

CorelDRAW

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Scientific and Technical Communications (or English/related engineering field)

Tools

Arbortext Editor

Adobe Illustrator

CorelDRAW

Creo Illustrate

Creo Parametric

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

The Toro Company seeks a Technical Writer for our Perry, OK location to research, write, and produce instructional documentation for Toro products. You will create text, graphics, animations, and videos that clearly convey assembly and usage procedures while following established style guides.

You will collaborate with engineers, service teams, and legal to ensure accuracy and on-time delivery, with opportunities for growth and cross-functional exposure.