Education
Washington State University
, Agriculture Education, Fine Art 1987-01-01 - 1989-01-01Business Computer Training Institute
Associate, Business Correspondence and Computing 1990-01-01 - 1990-01-01Catapult
Certificate, Word for Windows, Excel, DOS 5.0 1991-02-01 - 1991-04-01Shoreline Community College
Certificate, Aldus Persuasion (12-hour course) 1992-03-01 - 1992-03-01Genetic Systems
Certificate, retrovirology 101, peptides 101, retrovirus assays for HBsAG, HIV-1, HIV-2, LAV (22-hour course) 1992-05-01 - 1992-05-01Keye Productivity
Certificate, Technical Writing 1992-11-01 - 1992-11-01Dotson Institute
Certificate, FrameMaker 1992-12-01 - 1992-12-01Genetic Systems
Certificate, chlamydia assay (6-hour course), rubella IgG assay (2.5-hour course) 1993-02-01 - 1993-02-01Work Experience
Siemens Healthineers
Current
Siemens Healthineers
99 Bottles
2006-08-01 - 2017-08-01
99 Bottles
Styles & Scribbles
1993-11-01 - 2014-12-01
Styles & Scribbles
Rice Law, PLLC
2002-06-01 - 2014-06-01
Rice Law, PLLC
99 Pours
2009-07-01 - 2010-11-01
99 Pours
Art n'Play
2003-04-01 - 2007-06-01
Art n'Play
Sagem Avionics, Inc.
2006-02-01 - 2006-08-01
Sagem Avionics, Inc.
Olympic Medical
2002-06-01 - 2006-02-01
Olympic Medical
Saltmine
1999-12-01 - 2002-03-01
Saltmine
Linda Werner & Associates, Inc
1996-06-01 - 1999-11-01
Linda Werner & Associates, Inc
Skills
Summary
I enjoy research and continually learning. I’m passionate about structuring and authoring easy-to-understand content. I am responsible, have a strong work ethic, and work well with others. My industry experience includes medical, biotechnology, software, Internet, aviation, telecommunications, beverages, and more. I am well-rounded, working independently or on a team, and offer the following experience: • Writing - technical, software, and medical user and service documentation; marketing and publicity materials; Web and brochure content; product descriptions and specifications; blog content • Brand extension - creation of custom template layouts (letterhead, email templates, business cards, postcards, manuals); search engine optimization of online content; preparation of newsletters; growing social media accounts • Information architecture and user-interface design - creation of site maps, user task flows (including structuring multi-login workflows), form design, nomenclature, and wireframes for: Internet web sites, intranet sites and kiosks, LED digital medical devices, and touch-screen medical devices • Usability - heuristic usability analysis and competitor reviews of Web sites; usability studies and reports for new medical equipment and Web-based tools • Desktop publishing - layout and styling of English and translated documents; coordination with translation agencies; management of freelance translation teams • Design and illustration - line art • Applications - Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio. Adobe FrameMaker, Acrobat Pro, FreeHand, and PhotoShop. QuarkXPress. Limited Adobe Illustrator and InDesign experience to-date.