HACKER Q&A
📣 melenaos

What is the role name for this job?


I have a SaaS product (EXPORT OrderPro) that needs allot of attention from the customer point of view.

It needs a Documentation portal, knowledge base, video tutorials, onboarding material, customer communication, use cases, and promoted through social media and blog posts.

Since I am quite busy to keep the application running and providing new features I need a person to help me with all these tasks.

I need a 'Product owner' but with marketing and writing skills, a person that can understand the product and can provide helping material to the end users.

Is there any well-defined role that could help me with these tasks? What kind of background such a person has? What should I look for this hire?

Shall I hire a Marketing person or an IT person with writing skills?


  👤 scottporad Accepted Answer ✓
I would look for a “technical writer” or “content manager“.

I would look for that over an IT person who can write because I would want someone who is looking at this from the customer/user perspective. The key skill you want is “explainer”.

I don’t know how big your company is. If you’re big, you can hire this person. If small, you can find someone to do this on a contract-project basis. That’s how I would start, in order to find someone who is a good fit. (Something I have done in the past is hire two contractors for the same project, as a bake-off. It cost double, but helped me find the right partner.)


👤 eternalban