Summary
Brian Immel is a Technical Writing Lead with 11 years of experience crafting developer- and product-facing documentation for major tech companies, currently leading docs efforts at Salesforce from Pleasanton, CA. He has a strong track record at scale—shaping IVI and Alexa-integrated developer content at Amazon, improving Unreal Engine documentation at Epic Games, and modernizing doc processes and automation at Meta. Brian blends hands-on engineering skills (Node.js, Bash, Confluence API automation) with UX-driven content strategy, having reduced publication times and migrated thousands of documents. He mentors and hires technical writers, runs docathons, and builds tooling that reduces on-call burden and improves contributor workflows. Comfortable in fast-paced product launches, he pairs creative training and animation background with rigorous API and platform documentation practices.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MFA Computer Animation/Art, MFA Computer Animation/Art at Savannah College of Art and Design
Graphic Design, Graphic Design at Indiana University Purdue University at Fort Wayne
CS, CS at Northern Virginia Community College
BFA Art, BFA Art at Ball State University