Project Technical

ELIZABETH E. BRAIT, MSS

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PROFILE

> 7 Years+ proofreading, editing and writing technical and non-technical documents (proposal, annual reports, court reports, interviews, web content, fundraising, correspondence, for government purposes), conducting research, literature review, evaluating and organizing complex data, and survey design and development

> Analytical skills and a strong ability to explain technical ideas into simple communication and graphic design capabilities for transforming data into appealing visuals, charts, and graphs

> Proven track record in project management and development, taking projects from initial concept through organization, implementation, and follow-up; demonstrated ability to identify program-specific issues, define objectives, highlight trends, and to roll out innovative, yet practical action plans

> Equally effective in independent and team-based environments; excellent communicator with thorough

organization, presentation, and collaboration skills

PROFESSIONAL AND PROJECT BASED EXPERIENCE

Independent Consultant, Philadelphia, PA 2014 - Present

• InfoTail: Infographic design

• Philadelphia Works, Inc: Technical editing and writing, created charts, graphs, and visuals for an Annual Report for the City of Philadelphia Commerce Department; graphic design flyers for Philadelphia Work’s Career Pathways Program (in progress)

• Guru.com: (Confidential client) Graphic design and layout of a 2-page Newsletter

• Quebed Education: Created two Survey Designs in Survey Monkey.com (in progress)

• RDJ Enterprises, Inc: Technical proofreading, editing, and writing, created infographics and visuals for a Workforce Development Project Proposal for a low-income section of San Francisco, CA

• Smoking Totally Not Cool: Strategic communications and marketing (including editing/writing for marketing correspondences)

• Committee of Seventy: Researched and wrote an essay for the How Philly Works series on Fracking

• Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development (PHENND): Edited copy, created graphic design/layout using InDesign, infographic visuals for their 2013 Annual Report

• Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA (MHASP): Technical writing and editing of agency policies and procedures, including creating process flowcharts and tables

Conference Organizer & Project Support, IFCA, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain 2010 - 2013

• Played a key role in organizing two of four academic conferences, responsible for all graphic design and online material for two of these conferences

• Technical proofreading and editing of a scientific project proposal for CERN; researched and wrote two reports, Ways To Attract Foreign Talent for the University’s Campus of Excellence Program and an evaluation report for a confidential product.

Project Creator and Survey Designer, WomenWithEpilepsy.org, Santander, Spain 2010 - 2013

• Technical writer and project creator, launched a web-based survey on pregnancy-related experiences of women with epilepsy; 500-completed surveys were collected

Editor and Teacher (Contractor), Santander, Spain 2006 - 2013

• Technical proofreading and editing journal articles in Neuropathology, Medicine, Astrophysics,

Spanish, and Feminism, which were intended for publication in scientific journals with international referee. Wrote lesson plans and taught all levels of English as a Second Language a public high school and private lessons for adults, including business English

Project Proposal Writer and Collaborator, Darfur/Darfur.org, Santander, Spain 2007 - 2009

• Wrote a project proposal used by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

to bring Darfur/Darfur.org Multi-Media Photography Exhibit to Spain, which help to secure three event locations (Valencia, Bilbao, and Madrid) 2008

RFP Reviewer and Evaluator, Public Health Management Corporation, Philadelphia, PA

• Evaluated seven tobacco control program proposals (RFPs) using a rubric scoring system

Researcher/Presenter, SEDET/V Jorn. de Actualización en el Control del Tabaquismo, Badajoz, Spain 2006

• Researched, prepared, and delivered presentation, An International Overview

of Use of Smokeless Tobacco and Other Tobacco Products, at an international tobacco control conference of 200+ attendees

• Presentation material was used to teach graduate students in the Tobacco Control and Dependence Management program at the University of Cantabria Policy Program Coordinator, MA Department of Public Health, Tobacco Control Program, Boston, MA 2005

• Researched, conducted a literature review, and wrote a technical report titled Tobacco Use Among 18-24 Year Olds in the United States and nice fact sheets on the Massachusetts Smoke-Free Workplace

Law.

• Technical proofreading and editing of the MTCP’s Bi-annual Report and the 1-Year Review of the Massachusetts Smoke-Free Workplace Law

• Managed Massachusetts University and College Campuses Tobacco Policies survey project,

contributed to the technical writing of the survey, built and designed a survey database using MS Access, extracted quantitative analysis of survey results using EXCEL pivot tables

• Evaluated six tobacco control program proposals (RFPs) using a rubric scoring system.

Kinship Social Worker, Philadelphia Society of Services to Children, (PSSC) Philadelphia, PA

2004

• Managed a caseload of kinship caregivers and family members.

Hospital Social Worker (Intern), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH), Philadelphia, PA

2004

• Managed caseload and delivering direct service to new mothers and their newborn babies in high-risk

antepartum maternity (including admits for methadone stabilization), post partum maternity, labor and

delivery, and newborn and transitional care nursery departments in an acute hospital

Project Coordinator, Summer Career Exploration Program, United Communities SE, Philadelphia, PA 2003

• Oversaw daily program operation, supervised 7 employees and 14-15 years olds (n=60) and 16-18

years olds (n=20), and managed weekly Youth Career Development Training Programs, designed

Career Exploratory Projects for youth trainings, solicited local businesses for donations for weekly

rewards and incentives for participating youth, and collected and compiled program details for analysis

(e.g. youths job selection choice, job outcome)

Child Advocate Social Worker (Intern), Defender Assoc. of Philadelphia Child Advocate Unit (DACAU), PA

2002-03

• Managed caseload and evaluated safety of dependent youth in the foster care system, wrote

court reports, participated in pre-hearing conferences and dependency court, and researched and wrote

an educational training protocol for DACAU titled Aging Out of the Foster Care System and

preliminary information for DACAU policy manual on Subsidized Permanent Legal Custody (SPLC)

Graphic Designer, Digital Media Visions, Sebastopol & Oakland, CA

1998 - 2002

EDUCATION

Master of Social Service, Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work & Social Research 2004

Bachelor of Arts in Physical Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz 1993

~ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - CONTINUING EDUCATION~

Certificate in Technical Writing & Communication, UCSC Extension Online, Silicon Valley, CA - (in-

progress) 2015

CMS Grant Writing Training, PA Public Health Training Center, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 2014

Planning & Designing Programs for Maximum Impact, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA 2014

STRONG TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES WITH COMPUTER & ONLINE PROGRAMS

WITH

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator),

Framemaker, SPSS, BBEdit, HTML, CSS, Wufoo.com, Google LucidChart Diagrams, and Facebook, Twitter,

LinkedIn, Trello, Google Drive, Drop Box, Surveyfactory.com, SurveyMonkey.com

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