BRENDA SUE LUKE
*** ***** ****** ******, #***, Seattle, WA 98104 206-***-**** *******@*****.***
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Began career as a secretary for the Forest Service and Air Force.
Mature professional with 15 years of experience
in small- and large-scale, fast-paced production environments.
Excellent experience working with customers.
Superior communication and presentation abilities.
Strong customer service focus.
Professional and Reliable Strong at Multi-tasking Team-Oriented
Word and Excel Expert Fast Learner who is able Detail Orientation
to take direction
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Recognition for consistently producing exemplary work (NASA and NPI).
Final production editing of award-winning proposals worth millions (Boeing).
Edit of training materials for 10,000+ federal employees annually (NPI).
Accolade for producing first NASA Style Guide.
Customization of technical content to meet specific requirements of journals and other
venues for research government agencies (NASA, Livermore, others upon request).
Successful in cross-functional teams, working with subject-matter experts to develop
instructional material.
PARTIAL WORK HISTORY
11.2009–
NPI, Inc., Edmonds, WA Technical Editor
06.2011
Aquent, Inc., Seattle (Microsoft Content Writer 03.2009–
vendor) (contract) 05.2009
DOE, Lawrence Livermore Senior Technical 01.2005–
National Lab Editor 12.2005
01.1996–
The Boeing Company Writer-Editor
08.2000
Senior Technical Six-month
AT&T Wireless, Kirkland, WA
Editor contract
NASA Dryden Flight Research Senior Technical Served nine
Center Editor years
(Secretarial experience by
request)
TECHNICAL REPERTOIRE
Programs: MS Office Suite (Word expert), Adobe Acrobat, Visio, Sharepoint, CMS, others
Creative: HTML, Dreamweaver, MS FrontPage, Paint, Illustrator, others
Operating Systems: Windows NT/XP/2000/VISTA/7, Mac OSX, Unix
EDUCATION
Graduate level courses in Technical Communication, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA, 1999
Bachelor of Arts, Communication Arts (Honors), University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL