It Technical Writer Resume
Highland, CaliforniA
SUMMARY:
Technical Writer/Editor/Teacher with 20+ years’ experience, both national and international, in writing user manuals, user guides, and all forms of end - user and support documentation with in Technical Writing/Editor, Journalism, Request for Proposals, Statements of Work Capture Management, Creative Writing (Fiction and Non-Fiction), Government, Technology, and Oil/Gas seeking Proposal Writer and/or Editor Opportunities with Northern Virginia.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
- Writing/Editing
- Training
- IT/Business Analysis
- White Papers
- Work Intranet Blogging
- Graphics
- Change Management, Statements of Work, RFPs. RFIs, RFQs
- Technology (Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Products)
- Stakeholder Management
- Presentations
- Research/Analysis
- Content Management (Wiki)
- Briefing Development
WORK HISTORY:
Confidential
IT Technical Writer, Highland, California
Responsibilities:
- Write and edit user manuals, user guides, system administration guides, help desk guides for IT department as a whole, as a shared service.
- Write a blog on the importance of knowledge management in the organization.
- Assist with editing of public relations documents as well as policies and procedures.
- Assist in training the Service Desk as well as other users in the organization with the new applications that are rolled out.
Confidential
Freelance writer/Consultant, Texas/California
Responsibilities:
- Wrote/edited strategic and communication materials, white papers, as well as technical manuals for in-house developed applications.
- Assisted the business in responding to client requirements for new work in exploration.
- Pitched article ideas for print and online media and conduct interviews for videos and articles.
- Revised/rewrote web materials.
- Created compelling marketing content.
Confidential, Houston, Texas
Senior Technical WriterResponsibilities:
- Taught graduate course in Technical Communications to engineers.
- Lessons included different types of technical reports, how to give presentations, learn how to organize information effectively, work as part of a team, and the overall importance of technical communications in professional organizations.
Confidential
Freelance Writer
Responsibilities:
- Wrote on various topics for Confidential IT Markets, Jobs and Careers.
- Published over 30 articles.
Confidential
Knowledge Manager
Responsibilities:
- Wrote and edited proposals in response to work requests from local businesses and vendors.
- Translated technical data and instructions into client-friendly, business-centric information.
- Created a Wiki to keep track of all internal Confidential knowledge and share with other offices internationally.
Confidential
Senior Technical Writer, Washington, DC
Responsibilities:
- Developed training and conducted sessions for the end-users on various applications.
- Served as Senior Technical Writer on the State Messaging and Archival and Retrieval Toolset (SMART) project, a multi-million dollar project to modernize communication within the Confidential by attaching diplomatic telegrams in the Outlook e-mail system.
- Developed RFPs, RPIs, and RFQs to get more work from the government.
Confidential
Senior Technical Writer, Washington, DC
Responsibilities:
- Gathered requirements for over 10 software products mainly geared to assist prospective students in getting educational financial assistance from the Confidential .
- Assisted end-users with the applications.
- Tracked bugs and requirements for all the systems and created reports for senior management.
- Assisted Confidential in responding to Statements of Work.
Confidential
Principal Technical Writer, Washington, DC
Responsibilities:
- Wrote documents for the International Information Technology Support Unit to deploy Pegasus, a multi-million dollar Confidential enterprise-level initiative to upgrade the hardware and software for workstations and servers in American embassies overseas to support a Windows 2000 baseline.