Technical Writer Professional Experience
Resume:
Stephanie Bedford
Madison, WI 53705
ac2aig@r.postjobfree.com
SKILLS AND STRENGTHS: Experienced writer and editor. Years of background in legal, judicial, marketing, educational, and journalistic settings. Ability to write under deadline and to length. Research skills and ability to analyze and summarize complex source material. Oral presentation skills and strong extemporaneous speaker. Proficient with MS Office suite, Excel, Adobe Creative Suite, PowerPoint
EDUCATION, HONORS, AND CREDENTIALS
• Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
• University of Wisconsin-Madison B.A – English, 1995
- Won Eudora Welty award for best fiction senior thesis
- Recognized in Terese Muller Short Story contest
- Awarded University Bookstore Independent Study award
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School – J.D., 1999
- Graduated with honors
- Participated in and coached John Marshall Information Technology & Privacy Law competition (wrote and defended legal brief orally before mock judicial panel)
- Awarded highest grade in class in Copyright and Jurisprudence
• University of Wisconsin Madison – Fiction M.F.A., 2005
- Awarded annual August Derleth prize
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Editor/Office Manager, Zaner-Bloser, Inc. (Formerly Rowland Reading Foundation), 2014–2017
- Second-grade editor for revision of Superkids core reading program
- Wrote and edited K–2 educational materials including fluency and comprehension passages and informational text
- Reviewed and selected weekly grade-level read-aloud choices for K-2 language arts program
- Registered copyrights and managed trademarks and licensed assets in intellectual property database
- Wrote web copy and edited marketing materials for an educational publisher
- Worked with Adobe, PowerPoint, Excel, Photoshop and Microsoft Office
• Freelance writer, Capital Times and 77 Square, 2005–2014
• Library clerk, Madison Public Library, 2001–2014
• Law Clerk, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Judges Eich and Lundsten, 2000–2001
• Law Clerk, Dane County Circuit Court, Judges Jones, Nowakowski and Higginbotham, 1999–2000
PUBLICATIONS
• Weekly “Let’s Eat for $7.70” column for 77 Square, 2010–2014
• Monthly local books column for 77 Square, 2011–2014
• Arts & culture coverage for 77 Square, including book, restaurant & concert reviews
• Cream City Review Fall 2007 “The Luckiest People in the World” nonfiction essay, featured author for “Siblinghood” issue
• Prizewinner, Wisconsin Book Festival Flash Fiction contest, 2005
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