Joshua Burke
Technical Writer at SGS Towers- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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SGS Towers
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United States
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technical Writer
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Sep 2019 - Present
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Westman Works
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Garden City, Michigan
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Ecommerce Specialist
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Apr 2019 - Sep 2019
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Hayden-McNeil Publishing
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editoral Production Assistant
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Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
Assisted production editors in the creation, compositing, and initial editing of textbook manuscripts. Skills and experience employed include: Microsoft Word • Composited articles, author-provided text, and scanned documents into Microsoft Word using company standards and specialized instructions when required. • Edited composited files to correct spelling and grammar errors and errors introduced by text recognition. • Stripped composited files of images, hyperlinks, graphics, or other non-text items and replaced with callouts or company-sourced image links for designer insertion. • Copied and formatted styles from Adobe InDesign for use in Microsoft Word. Adobe Acrobat • Scanned documents into PDF format for use of Adobe Acrobat features such as text recognition and importation into Microsoft Word. • Edited comments, merged files, and organized final PDF files and manuscripts in Adobe Acrobat for printing. • Printed and collated manuscripts and documents for review by senior editors. Additional Tasks • Assisted in the proofreading and image checking of manuscripts. • Compared and edited spreadsheets to ensure proper record keeping. • Performed basic photo research for replacement of copyrighted images in manuscripts. Show less
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Education
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Washtenaw Community College
Associate of Arts (A.A.), Technical Communications