Senior Technical Writer Resume
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Philadelphia, PA
SUMMARY
- Technical/Medical Writer (and former Documentation Manager and Software Developer) with more than a decade of technical writing/editing experience.
- Pure writer with experience creating original copy, editing content from subject matter experts (SMEs), translating complex information into layman’s terms, performing technical/medical research, ensuring style guide and regulatory compliance, and formatting documents.
- Resourceful, often working independently to understand requirements and ensure documents are delivered per specification and by deadline.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- MS Office Suite
- ICH Guidelines
- RoboHelp
- AMA Style Guide
- SharePoint
- Adobe Acrobat
- SnagIT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Technical WriterResponsibilities:
- Create user manuals, quick start guides, Instructions for Use (IFU), and quality manual for a life sciences company.
- Draft technical/medical content for an in vitro diagnostic medical device and its corresponding data analysis software.
- Ensure accuracy of medical content, preparing documentation and diagrams that are clear, concise, organized, and useful.
- Ensure style guide and regulatory compliance.
Confidential, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Technical WriterResponsibilities:
- Created/edited engineering coursework, collaborating with SMEs in India to ensure instructional materials were clear, concise, and accurate.
Confidential
Senior Technical Writer
Responsibilities:
- Created technical /medical requirements by inputting data into the BluePrint database, the platform by which developers designed software for hospitals who managed donated bloodwork.
Confidential, South Riding, VA
Senior Technical WriterResponsibilities:
- Created technical documentation, drafting content into the Confluence environment.
- Documentation was helpful for advertisers/developers who placed advertisements on mobile applications.
Confidential, Largo, MD
Senior Technical WriterResponsibilities:
- Wrote and edited systems integration documents, meeting with stakeholders and SMEs to ensure content and MS Visio diagrams/swimlanes were consistent with internal processes/procedures.
Confidential
Senior Proposal Writer
Responsibilities:
- Retained on a contractual basis to create technical proposals for companies responding to information technology (IT) RFPs issued by the U.S.
- Departments of Defense, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs along with clinical trials RFPs issued by the U.S.
- Department of Health and Human Services. Ensured style guide and regulatory compliance.
Confidential, Silver Spring, MD
Senior Technical WriterResponsibilities:
- Created Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) documentation for the U.S.
- Department of Labor, drafting documents to include user manuals, design documents, training guides, test scenarios, and implementation plans while also updating project management plan and work breakdown structures.
Confidential, Herndon, VA
Senior Technical Writer/Documentation Manager
Responsibilities:
- Managed writing team while sharing the Costpoint documentation workload.
- Wrote content for the HR, Materials, and Accounting modules while mentoring new writers and providing supportive coaching.
Confidential, Reston, VA
Software Developer IIResponsibilities:
- Developed MUMPS code and created queries for the Affinity health care software (with emphasis on the registration and clinical applications), working in an Agile software development environment while also assisting with writing tasks and mentoring junior developers.