Robert Desprez Communications

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My Services

As a Vancouver technical writer and instructional designer with more than 20 years of experience, I’ve created dozens of deliverables—including user guides, online help, content for mobile devices, simulations, interactive sessions, and Follow Me walk throughs—that make it easier for users to use technology.           

Skills

Recent­ly I have authored tech­ni­cal con­tent using Dar­win Infor­ma­tion Typ­ing Archi­tec­ture (DITA), Oxy­gen XML Edi­tor, Mad­Cap Flare, Mad­Cap Lin­go, Con­flu­ence, and Markdown.

Recent Clients

I’ve pro­vid­ed tech­ni­cal writ­ing ser­vices to Adobe, ADP, BC Hydro, Boe­ing, Change Health­care, City of Van­cou­ver, Elec­tron­ic Arts, For­tis­BC, ICBC, Kal Tire, Kodak, SRK Con­sult­ing, and Teck Resources Limited.

Where I Work

I work in beau­ti­ful Van­cou­ver, British Colum­bia and pro­vide tech­ni­cal writ­ing ser­vices to clients in Van­cou­ver, Burn­a­by, Sur­rey, and clients in the U.S. and abroad.

Recent Blog Posts

  • ChatGPT: The AI-Powered Proofreader
  • Four Ways Confluence Could Be Better
  • First impressions of MadCap’s purchase of IXIASOFT
  • Online Conferences for Technical Writers in 2023

About Me

Robert Desprez I have worked as a Vancouver technical writer for more than 20 years, working at Kodak, Boeing, Teck Resources, and FortisBC. In addition, I have worked as a writing instructor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

Contact Me

Robert Desprez Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Inc.
North Van­cou­ver, British Columbia
Canada
Phone: 604–836-4290

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