Re: What's in a name?

Subject: Re: What's in a name?
From: Charlotte Claussen <charlotteclaussen -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:41:01 +0200

Head of Content?
Head of Lending and Retail Banking Content?

I personally want to go away from the term "documentation" as it leads
others to think your job is to be some sort of assistant who takes notes.

On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 at 06:58, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:

> Documentation Curator
> Documentation Analyst
>
> On 8/9/2021 1:16 PM, Suzette Seveny wrote:
> > My title (and job description) is currently being reviewed to align more
> > with my activities.
> >
> > I was a Technical Writer.
> > Then they called me a Documentation Manager (I managed the process, and
> > assumed a lead role).
> >
> > Now, in addition to "writing the online help and PDF manuals",
> >
> > I contribute to:
> >
> > - Online help
> > - Video tutorials (more internal at present, but growing to include
> > customers)
> > - API documentation
> > - Knowledgebase
> > - FAQs
> > - User Group Sessions
> > - Almost a SME in Lending and Retail Banking (I had my mortgage agent
> > license)
> >
> >
> > I'm not the only person in my department. We also have a technical writer
> > (more junior) and a UI/UX designer. But I've been here long enough that
> my
> > name is synonymous with client documentation.
> >
> > We have 14 subsystems with 3 add on modules. The work was all originally
> > mine (until I had to go on stress leave lol).
> >
> > PS - Documentation Goddess and Protector of Information was considered
> too
> > lengthy.
> >
> >
> > *Suzette Seveny*
> > *289-803-2338 | **289-231-5220*
> >
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