Technical Editor
Resume:
VIVIAN BEJARIN
San Jose, CA *5112
********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
Seeking a full-time Technical Editor position will leverage my professional background in teaching, project management, writing/editing, and problem solving.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
TEACHING/COMMUNICATIONS
• Managed a group of 30 to 60 students, supervised small-group collaborations, and motivated individual progress at the community college level
• Taught 20 clients with various learning disabilities related to brain injury; collaborated with staff members and Department of Rehabilitation counselors regarding the progress of each client
• Spurred and facilitated open-ended class discussions by building, encouraging and fostering intercultural, interpersonal and group communication and cohesiveness within the classroom environment
• Facilitated small-group essay-writing workshops catered toward university students with learning disabilities, and trained students to edit their own academic papers
PROJECT MANAGEMNT/PRESENTATION
• Managed the individual progress of 60 students regarding composition writing, class participation, and test-taking skills.
• Initiated turnaround freelance editing projects for 30-page manuscripts assigned by CEO
• Copy edited technical reports and corporate manuscripts for distribution to key constituents, and formatted business letters and other marketing collateral to provide proper message delivery to clients
• Produced annual newsletters, managing multiple layouts, writing, and editing projects
• Designed weekly curriculum; facilitated training seminars tailored to meet the needs of clients with brain injury
• Created 200-word articles in two-hour turnaround for a mobile technology online magazine
ADMINISTRATIVE/CUSTOMER SERVICE
• Developed curriculum-class activities, written assignments, and examination-to evaluate student retention
• Documented weekly/monthly client records for HPAA auditing and collaborated with staff to improve initiatives
• Monitored ongoing daily job assignments for 16 Facilities Development and Operations building service engineers, adjusting for priority-one job assignments as assigned by upper management.
• Updated maintained tutorial progress reports for individual students tutored throughout the semester.
CUMMULATIVE JOB EXPERIENCES:
• De Anza College, Adjunct Professor, English
April 2008 - Present
• Gavilan Community College, Adjunct Professor, Social Sciences
September 2007 – December 2007
• Kelly Services, San Jose State University Administrative Assistant
May 2007 – August 2007
• Venture-Q, LLC, Editor Support to the CEO
November 2006 – April 2007
• Services For Brain Injury, Program Coordinator
September 2005 – June 2006
• IMedia Connections, Online Writer
June 2005 – September 2005
• Learning Assistance Resource Center, Writing Needs Specialist
August 2004 – May 2005
• ASPIRE/McNair Scholars Programs, Program Communications Officer
May 2001– May 2004
• Intensive Learning Experience Program, Writing Needs Specialist
August 1998 – May 2001
ACHIEVEMENTS & AFFILIATIONS:
• Graduate project paper: “Filipinos in Louisiana During and After Hurricane Katrina,” May 2005
• Panel presentation about Filipino Identity at the Western States Communication Conference, February 2005
• “Let the Games Begin” was published in Writing In A Changing World, December 2002.
EDUCATION: San Jose State University
Master of Arts in Communication Studies May 2006
Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Mass Communication, Minor: Communication Studies, December 2002
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