Job Description

Technical Publications Designer

C2’s client, a Milwaukee-area leader in performance architectural lighting, seeks a Technical Publications Designer to move 600 product specification sheets into a new template and reflect the latest feature upgrades across the line.

For more than 60 years, this organization has designed, engineered, manufactured, and assembled luminaires, mirrors, and controls at its Wisconsin headquarters, serving commercial, educational, hospitality, healthcare, and behavioral health facilities. Its high-tech artisans create evidence-based lighting for the built environment, guided by the belief that good lighting is about more than delivering lumens. Its mission is to forge bold, exceptional experiences through progression and creative collaboration.

Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Contract, approximately 600 hours; weekly schedule TBD
Location: Remote, with optional onsite training in the Milwaukee area
Compensation: $30–$40/hour, commensurate with experience, as a W2 employee of C2
Technology: Talent must provide their own hardware and software, including Adobe InDesign; the client provides access to internal systems

Job Description

Architects, lighting designers, and specifiers rely on these specification sheets to select fixtures, so each one carries real weight in a project. This engagement refreshes the full library in a single push.

Success here belongs to a technical publications designer with advanced InDesign skills and the precision and consistency to treat sheet 600 with the same care as sheet one. The work is asynchronous and self-directed.

Responsibilities:

• Migrate each specification sheet from the legacy layout into the new InDesign template
• Incorporate feature upgrades across nearly every product, revising sheets as directed
• Audit existing copy and data for accuracy on every page
• Apply typography, layout, and formatting standards consistently throughout the library
• Confirm changes with stakeholders, flagging questions and discrepancies as they surface
• Deliver final, publication-ready files on a schedule that keeps this high-volume project on track

Requirements:

• Advanced Adobe InDesign proficiency, including parent pages, paragraph and character styles, and template-driven production
• Demonstrated experience completing large-volume document updates, such as product catalogs, specification sheet libraries, or technical manuals, while maintaining consistency across hundreds of files
• Ability to format technical data, including dimensions, electrical ratings, and mounting details, with precision
• Ability to work asynchronously and independently, communicate clearly, and remain available during Central Time business hours