Technical Writer Instructional Designer

Joseph A. Spitzig, PhD

Cincinnati, Ohio 513-***-**** **.***@*******.***

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Instructional Designer Senior Technical Writer Technical Illustrator

Summary

Leadership expertise as demonstrated by successfully executing biweekly stakeholder meetings for 5 months with 3-4 key stakeholders per meeting.

Cross-functional collaborator as illustrated by coordinating with engineering SMEs & technicians to develop comprehensive training materials for 20-stage automated chemical processing systems that covered system configuration, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, & quality assurance, thereby facilitating an over 10-fold increase in product-line capacity.

Savvy marketer as shown by designing & implementing a market study that enabled selecting advertising media that matched buying influencers to circulation statistics & tailoring advertising messages to match buying criteria, thereby generating ads that yielded 175% more responses per dollar of cost than previous ad campaigns.

Tenacious performer as manifested by authoring, illustrating & editing new manuals & updating, enhancing, & maintaining legacy manuals for 27 automated case-conveyor product lines, including application guidelines, installation, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, & spare parts.

Core Competencies

Technical Writing

Instructional Design

Technical Illustration

Cognitive Psychology

Adult Learning Theory

Learning Assessment

Experience

Senior Technical Writer

Belcan Engineering Group, LLC 2022 – 2024

Cincinnati, Ohio

Wrote & edited plans & reports to support the development & testing of rocket engines, & rocket-avionics systems, & automated systems that test rocket avionics systems.

Wrote & edited user manuals to operate, maintain, & troubleshoot automated systems that test rocket-engines & rocket avionics systems.

Navigated Teams & SharePoint environments.

Senior Technical Writer

Salus, Inc. 2020 – 2021

Cincinnati, Ohio

Wrote & illustrated technical instructional materials for automated control devices for hydronic heating & cooling systems.

Created quick-reference user manual for mobile apps.

Technical Writer, Instructional Designer, & Technical Illustrator

Freelance & Contract Assignments 2002 – 2020

Cincinnati, Ohio

Enabled continuity of operations while maintaining consistently high product quality throughout expansion of high-margin product line despite turnover of key personnel.

Designed, wrote, & illustrated technical instructional manuals for automated chemical-processing systems, including principles of operation, instructions for operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, & quality assurance.

Wrote & illustrated end-to-end instructional manuals covering application guidelines, installation, operation & maintenance of automated web-fed, offset & inkjet, duplex printing systems.

Wrote & illustrated technical instructional materials on mechanical and electromechanical products, systems, controls, & user interfaces.

Utilized Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe FrameMaker, & Adobe Creative Suite extensively.

Adjunct Professor

DeVry University 2009 – 2015

Cincinnati, Ohio

Multi-regional university with 44 campuses in 16 states specializing in undergraduate & graduate business and technical curricula.

Taught Introduction to Psychology, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Principles of Design, Computer Applications for Business, & Introduction to Humanities.

Served as Faculty Liaison for Student Veterans Organization.

Adjunct Professor

Brown Mackie College 2006 – 2007

Cincinnati, Ohio

Multiregional career college specializing in business, health-care, and computer-aided design programs.

Taught Computer-Aided Design, Descriptive Geometry, Fastening Systems, Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, Multiview Drawing, Solid Modeling, & Technical Drawing.

Education

PhD, General Psychology with Emphasis in Cognition & Instruction. Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona

MA, Teaching & Learning with Technology. University of Arizona Global Campus, Tucson, Arizona

BS, Industrial Education. Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

BA, Philosophy. Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

Instructional Design Certificate. Association for Talent Development (ATD)

Currently working toward Certified Professional in Talent Development certification, Association for Talent Development (ATD)

Affiliations, Awards, & Hobbies

U. S. Army Veteran

Contributing Artist, Smithsonian Institution

Member, American Psychological Association

Member, Society for Technical Communication

Member, Association for Talent Development

Member, ΨX The International Honor Society in Psychology

Member, National Association of Scholars

Cartooning, Drawing, & Photography

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