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SUMMARY Self-starter with balanced technical writing, design and illustration skills
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Emergency Planning
- EMC Recorder / Coordinator / Evaluator
Technical Writing / Editing
- scientific / software development
Web - content, navigation,
banners, maintenance
Illustration - technical
/ creative; multiple styles
Design - digital /
print; procedures, manuals, instructions, marketing
Production - copy
writing / editing, typesetting, storyboards
Animation - splash
screens, buttons, greeting cards, short movies
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Established document compliance with rigid industry and government
specifications
Translated complex scientific data into usable terms
for analysis
Earned two NSTec Performance Awards and one Star Award, 2006
Qualified as ESC, EMC Recorder and EMC Coordinator
Successfully completed nine FEMA online courses
as of September, 2006
Participated in annual EMI SIG conference/workshop, 2006
Designed, implemented, taught
computer graphics at college level
Facilitated gallery shows and community service projects
Fashioned
written, visual and online business presence, opening new markets
PROFICIENCIES
Microsoft
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Acrobat, Access; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign,
Dreamweaver, HTML, FTP, WebEOC, RoboHelp, Flash
EXPERIENCE
Technical Writer/Illustrator / National Security Technologies,
Technical Publications, 2007
- Present
- Organize, write, edit, review, correct, finalize documents
- Build templates for companywide use / design documents
- Assist SMEs with Web design, graphics, document design and navigation
- ESC Recorder / EAT member / Employee Safety Committee member
Technical Writer / National Security Technologies, Emergency Services & Operations Support, 2005 - 2006
- Examine documents for content and logical structure, resolve inconsistencies
- Provide technical edit for reports, assessments, manuals, plans, directives, instructions
- Create and implement companywide and organizational templates
- Design internal navigation for documents
- Interview subject matter experts, develop technical communications
- Act as EMC Recorder / Coordinator / Evaluator for exercises and events, 2006
- Develop template, provide technical edit for NNSA/NSO Emergency Readiness Assurance Plan, FY07
- Design cover, edit OCC Five-Year Plan; NTS Operations Manual, 2006
- Assist with implementation of NTS Access Badge program, 2006
- Assist with rollup - DOE O 151.1C Implementation Plan, 2006
- Maintain document and resource files
Senior Web Designer / Computer Sciences Corporation, EPA 2003 - 2005
- Created, uploaded, and maintained over 3,000 technical Web pages
- Assisted Web content authors in presentation, writing, editing
Information Technologist / infoscientific.com 1998 - 2003
- Wrote / edited scientific documents, proposals, abstracts, contracts, Web pages
- Authored online help files, printed user manuals and technical documents
- Performed detailed quality assurance checks on complex environmental software
- Developed identity package: letterhead, business cards, envelopes, brochures
- Created animated splash screens for software packages
- Designed, illustrated, developed animated greeting cards
Graphic Artist / The Bud Jones Company 1995 - 1998
- Designed and developed catalog layouts, wrote gaming equipment item descriptions
- Conceptualized, designed and illustrated gaming chip decals in a variety of styles
Graphic Artist / Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, UNLV 1989 - 1995
- Provided technical writing and graphics support for multi-disciplinary research teams
- Designed and illustrated brochures, flyers, poster sessions
- Created digital report figures, technical illustrations
for science journals
EDUCATION
A.A.S., Graphic Technology
Training / Certificates
- Technical Writers Workshop, June 2007
- IS-00001, Emergency Program Manager
- IS-00003, Radiological Emergency Management
- IS-00005-A, An Introduction to Hazardous Materials
- IS-00100, Introduction to the Incident Command System
- IS-00200, ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
- IS-00235, Emergency Planning
- IS-00275, Role of the Emergency Operations Center in Community Preparedness, Response and Recovery
- IS-00301, Radiological Emergency Response
- IS-00700, National Incident Management System
MEMBERSHIPS
National Association of Photoshop Professionals
(NAPP)
Society for Technical Communication (STC)
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
(SCBWI)
Q Clearance pending