Technical Writer Project Management

ROBERT R. MANDER

ac4vop@r.postjobfree.com

202-***-****

Washington, DC

CORE COMPETENCIES

Technical writing editing formatting support for government and NGO documents

Comprehensive knowledge in fields ranging from Aerospace to Zoning

Comprehensive experience in more than 25 government agencies and 20 private sector organizations.

POSITION-SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS

Thirteen years of experience

Skilled in project management, architecture, and scheduling

Work with SMEs and project teams to achieve clear, process-oriented documents EXPERIENCE

2006–Present: Technical Writer, Editor, and Formatter, Washington, DC A skilled and experienced technical writer editor formatter, I build enterprise-wide value with plain language writing that is precise, clear, crisp, accessible, persuasive, and memorable. My past performance ecompasses more than 25 Federal, State, and local government agencies and 20 technology-oriented and medical/healthcare organizations. I have indepth experience working with policy, procedural, and training documents.

2003–2006: Outreach/Technical/Legal Writer-Editor; Business Analyst, Law Library of Congress, Washington, DC

For this venerated Federal institution established by Congress in 1832, I exercised my business analytics and writing/editing skills to position the Law Library as a visible, relevant, and credible agency among its constituents and the public. I designed, managed, and evaluated marketing/operations programs that combined outreach/technical writing and editing with position-marketing principles, branding, database development, and print/Web media. EDUCATION

Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, B.A., Comparative Linguistics University of Minnesota, School of Journalism, Minneapolis, MN, on scholarship from Eastern Illinois University

CAREER RELATED ACTIVITIES AND COMPETENCIES

Security Clearance: Public Trust, July 2010–July 2015, PBGC

Certified Government Printing Office [GPO] Manual of Style editor, GPO, March 2007

Certified, National Institutes of Health Plain Language Program, July 2007

Member, Society for Technical Communication–2011

Member, Center for Plain Language, 2009–Present

Expert-level MS Word 2013, proficient in MS Office apps

Proficient in all major editorial styles, including AMA, AP, APA, Blue Book, Chicago, GPO, and MLA