Personal background and approach
🇬🇧
English
From content marketing to technical writing: a career change that builds on my previous experience.
Academic and professional background
From literature to content marketing
I first studied literature before moving into marketing and communication.
After completing a French literary preparatory programme, I joined a business school, where I obtained a degree in marketing. I then worked for several years in web writing, SEO and content marketing, including positions as a Web Writer, SEO Content Manager and Content Manager.
These experiences taught me how to find reliable information, adapt content to different audiences and make complex topics more accessible. I also worked on technical subjects related to energy, including heat pumps, biomass boilers, practical guides and FAQs.
From content marketing to technical writing
Over time, I realised that the part of my work I enjoyed most was simplifying complex technical information and structuring it more clearly.
I became increasingly uncomfortable with the commercial dimension of marketing. I was more interested in explaining how a product worked, guiding users or turning complex information into content they could actually understand.
After speaking with members of my professional network, including technical writers, I realised that technical writing was the field that suited me best.
It allowed me to build on the skills I already had, such as writing, simplifying, summarising and adapting content to a specific audience, while moving towards information that was more rigorous, functional and less commercially driven.
Today, my goal is to combine the transferable skills I developed during the first part of my career with my new technical writing skills.
My initial expectations
Learning how technical documentation works
When I joined the Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Multilingual Technical Writing and Information Design (ReDDI), I did not simply want to learn how to “write better”. What I mainly needed was a method.
I wanted to understand how technical documentation is designed: how information is organised, how the right format is selected and how terminological consistency can be maintained across different media, languages and uses.
I also wanted to discover methods and tools I had never encountered in content marketing, including structured authoring, DITA, FrameMaker, Heretto, multilingual documentation and information design.
Confirming my career choice
The programme was also an opportunity to compare my expectations with the realities of the profession.
It was no longer simply a question of wanting to become a technical writer. I needed to confirm that this field suited me and acquire the practical skills required to work in it.
My development before and after the programme
Before the programme
I mainly approached content from an editorial and marketing perspective: Who is the audience? What message should be conveyed? How can the content remain clear, engaging and visible through search engines?
I already knew how to write, summarise, simplify complex topics and quickly understand unfamiliar subjects. However, I had little experience with the specific requirements of technical documentation, such as information architecture, content reuse, terminological consistency, production workflows and structured authoring.
After the programme
Today, I no longer think only in terms of text. I think in terms of information and use.
Before writing, I first try to understand what users need to know or be able to do. I pay greater attention to document structure, information hierarchy, delivery formats and the way content can later be updated or reused.
The eight projects presented in this portfolio allowed me to work with a wide range of formats, including guides, websites, glossaries, infographics, tutorials, document templates, videos and multilingual content.
My work-study placement at SNCF Réseau also introduced me to documentation produced in a real professional context. My assignments included researching source material, clarifying and restructuring internal documents, improving their editorial quality and creating video tutorials on Power BI.
Today
Today, I no longer think only in terms of text. I think in terms of information and use.
Before writing, I first try to understand what users need to know or be able to do. I pay greater attention to document structure, information hierarchy, delivery formats and the way content can later be updated or reused.
The eight projects presented in this portfolio allowed me to work with a wide range of formats, including guides, websites, glossaries, infographics, tutorials, document templates, videos and multilingual content.
My work-study placement at SNCF Réseau also introduced me to documentation produced in a real professional context. My assignments included researching source material, clarifying and restructuring internal documents, improving their editorial quality and creating video tutorials on Power BI.
Resumen global del portafolio
Este portafolio presenta ocho proyectos realizados, de forma individual o en equipo, durante la Licenciatura Profesional ReDDI en redacción técnica multilingüe y diseño de la información.
Los proyectos abarcan diferentes formatos: documentos técnicos, sitios web, glosarios, infografías, tutoriales, vídeos, modelos documentales y contenidos creados en francés, inglés y español.
También muestran el uso de distintas herramientas y métodos relacionados con la redacción estructurada, la terminología, la visualización de datos, el diseño de la información y la comunicación multilingüe.
El objetivo no es solo presentar los resultados finales. Cada proyecto explica también el proceso de trabajo, las decisiones tomadas, las dificultades encontradas y las competencias desarrolladas.
En conjunto, este portafolio muestra mi evolución desde el marketing de contenidos hacia la redacción técnica. Mi experiencia anterior me permitió desarrollar competencias editoriales, capacidad de síntesis y adaptación a diferentes públicos. La formación me ha permitido completar estas competencias con una metodología documental más estructurada, rigurosa y orientada al usuario.
Personal background and approach
🇬🇧
English
From content marketing to technical writing: a career change that builds on my previous experience.
Academic and professional background
From literature to content marketing
I first studied literature before moving into marketing and communication.
After completing a French literary preparatory programme, I joined a business school, where I obtained a degree in marketing. I then worked for several years in web writing, SEO and content marketing, including positions as a Web Writer, SEO Content Manager and Content Manager.
These experiences taught me how to find reliable information, adapt content to different audiences and make complex topics more accessible. I also worked on technical subjects related to energy, including heat pumps, biomass boilers, practical guides and FAQs.
From content marketing to technical writing
Over time, I realised that the part of my work I enjoyed most was simplifying complex technical information and structuring it more clearly.
I became increasingly uncomfortable with the commercial dimension of marketing. I was more interested in explaining how a product worked, guiding users or turning complex information into content they could actually understand.
After speaking with members of my professional network, including technical writers, I realised that technical writing was the field that suited me best.
It allowed me to build on the skills I already had, such as writing, simplifying, summarising and adapting content to a specific audience, while moving towards information that was more rigorous, functional and less commercially driven.
Today, my goal is to combine the transferable skills I developed during the first part of my career with my new technical writing skills.
My initial expectations
Learning how technical documentation works
When I joined the Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Multilingual Technical Writing and Information Design (ReDDI), I did not simply want to learn how to “write better”. What I mainly needed was a method.
I wanted to understand how technical documentation is designed: how information is organised, how the right format is selected and how terminological consistency can be maintained across different media, languages and uses.
I also wanted to discover methods and tools I had never encountered in content marketing, including structured authoring, DITA, FrameMaker, Heretto, multilingual documentation and information design.
Confirming my career choice
The programme was also an opportunity to compare my expectations with the realities of the profession.
It was no longer simply a question of wanting to become a technical writer. I needed to confirm that this field suited me and acquire the practical skills required to work in it.
My development before and after the programme
Before the programme
I mainly approached content from an editorial and marketing perspective: Who is the audience? What message should be conveyed? How can the content remain clear, engaging and visible through search engines?
I already knew how to write, summarise, simplify complex topics and quickly understand unfamiliar subjects. However, I had little experience with the specific requirements of technical documentation, such as information architecture, content reuse, terminological consistency, production workflows and structured authoring.
After the programme
Today, I no longer think only in terms of text. I think in terms of information and use.
Before writing, I first try to understand what users need to know or be able to do. I pay greater attention to document structure, information hierarchy, delivery formats and the way content can later be updated or reused.
The eight projects presented in this portfolio allowed me to work with a wide range of formats, including guides, websites, glossaries, infographics, tutorials, document templates, videos and multilingual content.
My work-study placement at SNCF Réseau also introduced me to documentation produced in a real professional context. My assignments included researching source material, clarifying and restructuring internal documents, improving their editorial quality and creating video tutorials on Power BI.
Today
Today, I no longer think only in terms of text. I think in terms of information and use.
Before writing, I first try to understand what users need to know or be able to do. I pay greater attention to document structure, information hierarchy, delivery formats and the way content can later be updated or reused.
The eight projects presented in this portfolio allowed me to work with a wide range of formats, including guides, websites, glossaries, infographics, tutorials, document templates, videos and multilingual content.
My work-study placement at SNCF Réseau also introduced me to documentation produced in a real professional context. My assignments included researching source material, clarifying and restructuring internal documents, improving their editorial quality and creating video tutorials on Power BI.
Resumen global del portafolio
Este portafolio presenta ocho proyectos realizados, de forma individual o en equipo, durante la Licenciatura Profesional ReDDI en redacción técnica multilingüe y diseño de la información.
Los proyectos abarcan diferentes formatos: documentos técnicos, sitios web, glosarios, infografías, tutoriales, vídeos, modelos documentales y contenidos creados en francés, inglés y español.
También muestran el uso de distintas herramientas y métodos relacionados con la redacción estructurada, la terminología, la visualización de datos, el diseño de la información y la comunicación multilingüe.
El objetivo no es solo presentar los resultados finales. Cada proyecto explica también el proceso de trabajo, las decisiones tomadas, las dificultades encontradas y las competencias desarrolladas.
En conjunto, este portafolio muestra mi evolución desde el marketing de contenidos hacia la redacción técnica. Mi experiencia anterior me permitió desarrollar competencias editoriales, capacidad de síntesis y adaptación a diferentes públicos. La formación me ha permitido completar estas competencias con una metodología documental más estructurada, rigurosa y orientada al usuario.
Personal background and approach
🇬🇧
English
From content marketing to technical writing: a career change that builds on my previous experience.
Academic and professional background
From literature to content marketing
I first studied literature before moving into marketing and communication.
After completing a French literary preparatory programme, I joined a business school, where I obtained a degree in marketing. I then worked for several years in web writing, SEO and content marketing, including positions as a Web Writer, SEO Content Manager and Content Manager.
These experiences taught me how to find reliable information, adapt content to different audiences and make complex topics more accessible. I also worked on technical subjects related to energy, including heat pumps, biomass boilers, practical guides and FAQs.
From content marketing to technical writing
Over time, I realised that the part of my work I enjoyed most was simplifying complex technical information and structuring it more clearly.
I became increasingly uncomfortable with the commercial dimension of marketing. I was more interested in explaining how a product worked, guiding users or turning complex information into content they could actually understand.
After speaking with members of my professional network, including technical writers, I realised that technical writing was the field that suited me best.
It allowed me to build on the skills I already had, such as writing, simplifying, summarising and adapting content to a specific audience, while moving towards information that was more rigorous, functional and less commercially driven.
Today, my goal is to combine the transferable skills I developed during the first part of my career with my new technical writing skills.
My initial expectations
Learning how technical documentation works
When I joined the Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Multilingual Technical Writing and Information Design (ReDDI), I did not simply want to learn how to “write better”. What I mainly needed was a method.
I wanted to understand how technical documentation is designed: how information is organised, how the right format is selected and how terminological consistency can be maintained across different media, languages and uses.
I also wanted to discover methods and tools I had never encountered in content marketing, including structured authoring, DITA, FrameMaker, Heretto, multilingual documentation and information design.
Confirming my career choice
The programme was also an opportunity to compare my expectations with the realities of the profession.
It was no longer simply a question of wanting to become a technical writer. I needed to confirm that this field suited me and acquire the practical skills required to work in it.
My development before and after the programme
Before the programme
I mainly approached content from an editorial and marketing perspective: Who is the audience? What message should be conveyed? How can the content remain clear, engaging and visible through search engines?
I already knew how to write, summarise, simplify complex topics and quickly understand unfamiliar subjects. However, I had little experience with the specific requirements of technical documentation, such as information architecture, content reuse, terminological consistency, production workflows and structured authoring.
After the programme
Today, I no longer think only in terms of text. I think in terms of information and use.
Before writing, I first try to understand what users need to know or be able to do. I pay greater attention to document structure, information hierarchy, delivery formats and the way content can later be updated or reused.
The eight projects presented in this portfolio allowed me to work with a wide range of formats, including guides, websites, glossaries, infographics, tutorials, document templates, videos and multilingual content.
My work-study placement at SNCF Réseau also introduced me to documentation produced in a real professional context. My assignments included researching source material, clarifying and restructuring internal documents, improving their editorial quality and creating video tutorials on Power BI.
Today
Today, I no longer think only in terms of text. I think in terms of information and use.
Before writing, I first try to understand what users need to know or be able to do. I pay greater attention to document structure, information hierarchy, delivery formats and the way content can later be updated or reused.
The eight projects presented in this portfolio allowed me to work with a wide range of formats, including guides, websites, glossaries, infographics, tutorials, document templates, videos and multilingual content.
My work-study placement at SNCF Réseau also introduced me to documentation produced in a real professional context. My assignments included researching source material, clarifying and restructuring internal documents, improving their editorial quality and creating video tutorials on Power BI.
Resumen global del portafolio
Este portafolio presenta ocho proyectos realizados, de forma individual o en equipo, durante la Licenciatura Profesional ReDDI en redacción técnica multilingüe y diseño de la información.
Los proyectos abarcan diferentes formatos: documentos técnicos, sitios web, glosarios, infografías, tutoriales, vídeos, modelos documentales y contenidos creados en francés, inglés y español.
También muestran el uso de distintas herramientas y métodos relacionados con la redacción estructurada, la terminología, la visualización de datos, el diseño de la información y la comunicación multilingüe.
El objetivo no es solo presentar los resultados finales. Cada proyecto explica también el proceso de trabajo, las decisiones tomadas, las dificultades encontradas y las competencias desarrolladas.
En conjunto, este portafolio muestra mi evolución desde el marketing de contenidos hacia la redacción técnica. Mi experiencia anterior me permitió desarrollar competencias editoriales, capacidad de síntesis y adaptación a diferentes públicos. La formación me ha permitido completar estas competencias con una metodología documental más estructurada, rigurosa y orientada al usuario.