Experience

AllenComm

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• QC Editor

  • Jun 2014 - Present



University of Utah

• Writing Instructor

  • Aug 2008 - Present

  Designed 14 courses, including 11 sections of intermediate rhetorical writing and 3 sections of creative writing. Write lesson plans based on extensive research, clear objectives, and measurable success markers. Conduct classes with freshman- to senior-year students, hold office hours to bring all levels of native-English and ESL speakers to proficiency, and grade papers. Designed 14 courses, including 11 sections of intermediate rhetorical writing and 3 sections of creative writing. Write lesson plans based on extensive research, clear objectives, and measurable success markers. Conduct classes with freshman- to senior-year students, hold office hours to bring all levels of native-English and ESL speakers to proficiency, and grade papers.



Self-employed

• Owner, Project Lead, Writer, Editor, Instructional Designer, Trainer

  • 1994 - 2013

  Technical and commercial writer-editor, instructional designer, CBT scriptwriter, and project lead. My clients include SWCA Environmental Consultants, MarketStar, Medsn (Abbott/Cephalon), SonoMetric Health, National Association for Child Development, Networld, Certified Network Solutions, Card Access, Smart Bomb Interactive, Bantam Doubleday Dell, the USDA, the USFS, Utah State University, Flying J/Reliance, and Red Lips for Courage Publishing. Revised dozens of environmental assessments and impact statements, as well as cultural and natural resources reports and research proposals. Developed a feasibility study providing background information regarding the proliferation of wildfires in Indonesia and climate change and proposing possible solutions for monitoring and managing the fires. Created a suite of driver-training courses containing interactive CBT programs, simulation-based practicals, training manuals, PowerPoint presentations, and job aids for GE Capital I-Sim Driver Development. I subcontracted for several others through two content-development and instructional-design firms, creating technical and persuasive material and multimedia training programs. Learned proprietary software to design and develop Web- and PC-based programs and testing systems for their clients. Managed content, Web design, photography and graphics development, manuscript revision, and proposal development for several individual clients. Fully familiar with Chicago style, Words into Type, AP, APA, and MLA; design client-specific styleguides as needed. Hired and managed up to 32 subcontractors in content, art, layout, programming, and QC as necessary to meet needs of clients and act as their project lead.



Sandstone Editing and freelance

• Writing instructor, instructional designer, editor, technical and professional writer, novelist

  • 1994 - 2013

  I have edited and written professionally since 1994 and have owned and operated a professional and technical writing and editing business since 1996. I have worked on numerous manuals, specifications, promotional pieces, training modules, and other materials in various industries, from medicine to various branches of engineering to the tourism and restaurant industry. I have the warm, inquisitive, and professional disposition necessary to work seamlessly with subject-matter experts, project managers, clients, and colleagues. Whenever a subject-matter expert or colleague shows interest in receiving feedback, I offer tactful and effective advice, drawing on my experience training subcontractors for Sandstone Editing, the writing-editing business I owned for 20 years, as well as on my experience as a university writing instructor for almost 5 years. Further, I have 3 years of experience ensuring regulatory compliance for a large environmental-consultant company.I absorb industry-specific language and information quickly and can produce content appropriate for engineers and laymen alike, conveying information and messaging with clarity, precision, accuracy, and impact. I have broad experience with relevant market applications, and I learn custom applications quickly. I am happy to take part in any training necessary to fulfill job requirements and exceed management’s expectations. I am highly self-motivated and my experience as a project manager—both as a contractor and a subcontractor—has proven my ability to exercise sound judgment under tight deadlines and other pressures, produce flawless documentation of enterprise goals and objectives, establish and meet approved success measures, and contribute optimism, enthusiasm, and respectful encouragement to team members and atmospherics.