Marla M. Patterson

Phone: 918-***-****

Email: ac0iwg@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Seeking a position to maximize my 22 years of experience in technical and training content development for various industries.

Skills

• Distilling diverse technical concepts into

focused understanding

• Partnering with content creators to

develop concise, effective documents

and publications

• Validating content with industry subject

matter experts

• Correlating content to industry

performance standards

• Improving workflow processes

• Contract administration and negotiation

• New software adaptability

• Excellent communication skills

Range of Experience

• Managed editorial team and product development of textbook series for various mar- kets, including petroleum engineering, fire engineering, electric power& utilities, and renewable energy.

• Led team in development of PennWell’s first certification curriculum for firefighter training, including instructor resources and LMS for blended learning.

• Revised engineering manuscripts to improve structure, reading efficiency, clarity, style consistency, and format.

• Daily interaction with contributors to coach content development and negotiate satis- factory revisions while maintaining their technical intent and voice.

• Authored business plans, new venture proposals, and bid proposals for government RFPs.

• Lead editor for PennWell’s Petroleum Nontechnical book series, revising petroleum engineering instruction to step-by-step understanding for non-engineering business- persons.

• Created and maintained style templates, production guidelines, and analyzing/improving publishing process workflow.

PennWell Corporation – Sr. Acquisitions Manager, Books & Videos 2003 – 2017

Directed all education/training product acquisitions and development for $3.5M technical book, video, and curriculum product group.

• Recruited, trained, and supervised series editors and video producer for petroleum, power, and renewables book series’.

• Directly managed new product development for the fire engineering book and training video series, including development of complete Firefighter I & II training curriculum.

• Developed online Firefighter I & II curriculum for distance and blended learning and provided back-end administration and tech support for LMS platform.

• Monitored language and legal standards for training publications.

• Performed long-range planning and analysis for new product revenue. PennWell Corporation – Acquisitions Editor, Petroleum Books 1994 – 2003

Managed all editorial operations for PennWell's petroleum textbook and video series, including

• New product development

• Coaching authors through manuscript development

• Assigned and trained copyeditors to Chicago Manual of Style

• Developed book project and series budgets

• Coordinated with production and marketing through to maintain timelines and meet high-volume deadlines

• Author and title management through the sales life of all proprietary petroleum products.

Oklahoma Sinfonia – Executive Director

1991 – 1994

Orchestra management, fundraising and development, board development and long-range planning, marketing, and program management for a $600K annual budget per-service pro- fessional orchestra.

Northern Natural Gas – Gas Contract Administrator

1988 – 1991

Responsible for preparing, reviewing, processing, analyzing, and tracking agreements, revi- sions and contractual correspondence pertaining to the company's gas pipeline operations. Worked with management to provide required documentation for internal contract audits. Identified and resolved contract issues requiring review by company's counsel. Maintained contract templates and language boilerplates.

Oxy NGL– Contract Administrator

1982 – 1987

Responsible for preparing, reviewing, processing, analyzing and tracking agreements, revi- sions and/or contractual correspondence pertaining to the company's natural gas liquids leases and processing plant operations. Worked with management to provide required docu- mentation for internal contract audits. Identified and resolved contract issues requiring re- view by company's counsel. Maintained contract templates, language boilerplates, and data- base of all active agreements and terms.

Certificates/Skills

• Currently pursuing Technical Writer Certification through Society for Technical Communication

• Electronic Editing Certificate: University of Chicago

• Development Editing Certificate: University of Chicago

• Microsoft Office 2016, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Photoshop References available upon request.

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