Writer, editor, data specialist
Resume:
Stace W Sorrells
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San Antonio, TX 78250
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical Publications Consultant
M7 Aerospace / 4M HR Logistics Feb. 2014 – Mar.
2015
o Structural editing of commercial class aircraft Structural Repair Manuals using strategies in Adobe
InDesign, Illustrator and Microsoft Office applications to clean and restructure document text and
data for transition from print to web
o Responsible for redesign of M7 Aerospace Illustrated Parts Catalogs. Project converted eight
thousand pages of text and data from deprecated software to late release Adobe applications and
was completed eight weeks ahead of schedule and under budget, representing a 17% savings in
project labor costs for the client
o Subsequent design work proceeded by a self designed workflow and progress reporting to client
company
Editorial Consultant
Educational Testing Service, San Antonio, TX Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2013
o Proofread and copyedited California State standardized testing administrator’s manuals, Washington
State standardized tests, and national Common Core testing projects
Graduate Research Assistant
UTSA College of Public Policy, San Antonio, Texas Apr. 2012 – June 2012
o Conducted research on urban sprawl and municipal governance in the Phoenix, Arizona area
o Conducted research on national suburban growth patterns in the U.S
Research Assistant
Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas, San Antonio, TX Nov. 2011 – May 2012
o Conducted best practices research for land acquisition strategies aimed at perpetual land
conservation via community gardening projects
o Acted as liaison for multi project water catchment implementation program
o Worked on special events, program outreach efforts, and grant proposals
Technical Staff Assistant III
Institute for Economic Development/SBDCNet Sept. 2010 – Feb. 2012
o Facilitated 17.6% one year increase in research request productivity by SBDCNet research
o Cross referenced data sets using MS Office applications with census data to determine industry
trends and market statistics; researched City Data for County Business Patterns, SRDS Media
Solutions & ESRI Tapestry Segmentation for demographic and psychographic trends, and RefUSA
to identify regional competition for entrepreneurs seeking institutional funding
o Generated models for business startups: business plans, financial ratios, data on regional suppliers,
and distributors
o Generated maps in Alteryx web GIS applications Demographics Now and Sites on Texas: regional
consumer expenditures, business lists, demographics, regional economic data delivered by ring
study reports, or other themed maps
Census Enumerator
U.S. Census Bureau, San Antonio, Texas Regional Office Mar. 2010 – July 2010
o Conducted interviews with residents of Atascosa County, Texas to gather census population data
o Managed and organized compiled census data under deadline for delivery to project supervisor
o Conducted follow up interviews with census respondents
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in English, Dec. 2008 36 hours completed towards
Master of Public Administration
? e University of Texas at San Antonio, 3.6 GPA,
Cum Laude Granduate UTSA College of Public Policy, 3.78 GPA
SKILLS
• Structural Technical Editing • Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis
• Developmental Editing • Project Management
• Copy Editing • Budget Evaluation
• Proofreading • Small Business Management
COMPUTER SKILLS
o 15 years+ experience using Microsoft Office for various business applications
o Adobe InDesign, Acrobat Pro, & Illustrator for technical publication design
o Ongoing training in HTML, CSS, Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop, & Illustrator
o Ongoing self study in JavaScript, PHP, & MySQL languages
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