Patricia L. Elko

Phone: 724-***-**** (home) 724-***-**** (cell)

Address: *** ************ ***., **********, ** 15419

Email: acz087@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Technical writer and editor with experience in engineering, marketing, and corporate environments. Documents include proposals, marketing literature, catalogs, operating procedures, and technical reports and manuals.

Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and project management skills.

Work well independently and as member of project teams.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts Degree in Professional Writing, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

WORK HISTORY

SKC Inc., Eighty Four, PA

Marketing/Technical Writer November 2014 to present

Write, update, and edit operating procedures, product data bulletins, catalog copy, and website copy for air sampling products used in industrial hygiene, occupational safety, and environmental applications. Ensure that documents meet Marketing Department’s aims and users’ needs as well as department and company standards for content, format, style, clarity, usage, and grammar.

Edit and proofread domestic and international product catalogs.

Edit technical reports written by chemists in Research Department.

Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry, PA

Technical Editor (Contractor) 2010 to 2014

Edited technical reports, quality procedures, and technical papers to ensure that they met corporate editorial standards and guidelines as well as customer requirements.

Worked on large proposals for new nuclear power plants as part of an editorial team. Interfaced with subject matter experts from engineering and other departments to finalize proposal document text.

Transitional Employment Consultants, Washington, PA

Writer (Consultant) Spring 2013

Developed procedures for an in-house policy manual for human service workers who provide services to people with intellectual disabilities; gathered information from technical contact, PA state laws and regulations, and bulletins for inclusion in procedures.

InnerLink Strategic Solutions, Pittsburgh, PA

Technical Editor (Consultant) 2007 to 2010

Edited an ultrasound system user’s manual translated to English from Japanese and performed editorial quality reviews for other manuals.

John J. McMullen Associates, Inc./ 1996-1998

Westinghouse MTD, Large, PA 1993-1995 and 1987-1991

Technical Editor

Edited technical reports and papers, U.S. Navy technical manuals, and proposals. Coordinated production and printing of documents, some of which were hundreds of pages of text and graphics.

Edited and managed development and production of successive drafts of new operation and maintenance manuals for prototype solid waste processing units to be installed on U.S. Navy ships. Interfaced with engineering, program management, drafting, graphics, and word processing personnel

Contributed to development of an internal style guide for documents delivered to Navy customer.

Broadway Group, Pitcairn, PA

Technical Editor 1991 to 1993

Provided editorial and production support for proposals and other documentation at Westinghouse Energy Center.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint

References are available upon request.

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