Objective
Quite happy at my current gig, thanks!
Experience
September 2005 - present
Director of Marketing and Admissions | Visitation Catholic School | Tacoma, WA
See here for details!
November 2003 - September 2005
Desktop Publisher / Content Developer / Technical Writer / Web Designer | Freelance and Contract
You name it... if it has to do with words, I've done it. My clients have included (in alphabetical order) Armitage House, Compaq, Fusium, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Microsoft, MILA, Siemens, Wasser Studios, and various candidates for public office.
See also Mastini and Ryng.
June 2003 - November 2003
Desktop Publisher / Content Manager | T-Mobile | Bellevue, WA
Edited and formatted materials for corporate training program. Developed and edited web content for T-Mobile.com site. This included translating jargon-drenched technical text into ordinary English and developing marketing copy for phones and rate plans.
August 2002 - October 2003
Webmaster | Pierce County Democratic Party | Tacoma, WA
On a volunteer basis designed, developed, and maintained Party web site, as well as subsidiary sites for legislative districts and candidates. Responsible for recommendations regarding hardware, software, and systems.
April 2002 - May 2003
Project / Content Manager | Frank Russell Company | Tacoma, WA
Project manager and content developer for corporate intranet and financial advisor-oriented extranet. Sites included Business Continuity Program, Corporate Legal, and RussellLINK. Worked with both E-Business Services and Russell Investment Services.
November 2000 - October 2001
Technical Writer / Sherpa | Tenzing Communications | Seattle, WA
Produced end-user support material, such as user guides, help texts, release notes, hardware and installation guides, etc. Responsible for development and implementation of documentation management system. In Sherpa capacity, provided conduit for employee/management communications and facilitated inter-employee relations.
February 2000 - October 2000
Senior Technical Writer | GeoAgents.com | Olympia, WA
Designed, planned, organized, wrote, edited and maintained written documentation, online help and publications relating to users, operations, products, writing standards and services. Created graphic images, flow charts and diagrams for inclusion in documentation. Assisted with training new employees on standards and practices. Reviewed and tested software for accuracy and consistency with documentation, identifying problems and revising documentation.
November 1999 - February 2000
Project Manager / Technical Writer | Network Solutions, Inc. | Olympia, WA
Planned the design and development of interactive web-based applications, supervised site implementation, and wrote accompanying user and technical documentation.
April 1992 - Present
Freelance Writer / Playwright
Write articles and stories for magazines in US and UK. Published and produced playwright.
July 1991 - March 2002
Owner | Dark Penguin Press | Tacoma, WA
Owned and operated a small press that published chapbooks and a bimonthly play-by-mail strategy game. Responsibilities included writing, editing, layout, and pre-press work.
May 1990 - January 1999
Bookstore Manager | Borders Group Inc. | Tucson, AZ / Tacoma, WA
Assisted the General Manager in all aspects of operations in large retail environment, including: merchandising, inventory, and human resources management. Prioritized conflicting assignments for staff and appropriately handled customer service and human resources related issues. Produced monthly events calendar.
Proficiencies
During the course of a checkered career of riding the dotcom bubble and bust, I've learned a variety of applications and skills. Here are some of the more prominent:
Creative Writing |
Appleworks |
Technical Writing |
BBedit |
Desktop Publishing |
MS Office suite |
Editing |
RoboHELP |
HTML/Web Authoring
and
content management |
Adobe products including Acrobat,
PageMaker,
Photoshop, and FrameMaker |
...not to mention assorted HTML editors and word processing applications.
Miscellaneous
My play, "The King in Yellow" was produced at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, Washington and was published by Armitage House.
The film of my screenplay "The Resurrectionist" was released by Overlord Productions in 2003.
My other interests include drawing, painting, reading, and studying Medieval European, Byzantine, and Ancient Egyptian history and culture. And anything to do with books.
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