Experience

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  The Aerospace Corporation

  • United States
  • Space Research and Technology
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Technical Editing Specialist

    • Aug 2017 - Present

    Responsible for the content of technical documentation. Edit and prepare technical reports for publication, ensuring proper use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling, and consistency of writing style and format. Manage technical report process from initial submittal to publication and distribution, using the corporation’s report tracking/publishing application. Also responsible for proposal production, which includes interpreting RFP/BAA requirements, creating templates, organizing servers, instructing team members, and ensuring the final product meets solicitors' requirements.

  • Publications Coordinator Specialist

    • Jul 2011 - Jul 2017

    Edit and prepare technical reports for publication, ensuring proper use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling, and consistency of writing style and format. Manage technical report process from initial submittal to publication and distribution, using the corporation’s report tracking/publishing application.

  • Word Processing Specialist

    • Apr 2010 - Jul 2011

    Prepare technical reports, conference papers, technical briefings, and customer presentations. Compile and format author files to create cohesive, professional-looking documents, ensuring compliance with corporate documentation standards.

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  Teledyne Controls

  • Technical Support

    • 2008 - 2009

    Established the company's Technical Publications department. Developed and instituted plans and procedures to incorporate Technical Publications into the document development and publication workflow. Established and enforced format and style rules. Provided document preparation and editing services to engineers who authored the documents.

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  BAE Systems

  • Graphic Arts/Publications Coordinator

    • 1992 - 2007

    Coordinated the production of technical documents, proposals, presentations, and white papers. Prepared technical documents and oversaw the development of proposals from the planning stages to final publication and shipping. Compiled, integrated, and formatted text, graphics, charts, and diagrams from various applications to produce professional-looking documents. This included editing for accuracy, consistency, format, grammar, and spelling. Developed company-wide procedure for gathering, compiling, and formatting electronic inputs from various applications and formats.

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  Nevis Technologies

  • Senior Editor

    • 1990 - 1992

    Edited and proofed user manuals, training materials, data sheets, and brochures, giving final approval for reproduction. Created a consistent set of formats for all company literature and a method for producing those formats efficiently on the Interleaf Technical Publishing System. Created initial sketches, involving significant use of graphics, from which the artist developed final layouts for end user manuals and numerous corporate and product slide presentations. Compiled and maintained the Corporate Communications Department style guide.

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  Ryan McFarland Corporation

  • Senior Editor

    • 1983 - 1989

    Edited complex technical specifications and end user manuals, and prepared the master versions for reproduction. This involved editing for accuracy, consistency, format, grammar, and spelling, and specifying the necessary type, reduction work, and stripping and pasting of artwork. Duties also included overseeing the production cycle of manuals, developing new formats for end user manuals, compiling and maintaining a style guide for use by the Publications and Word Processing departments, and proofing galleys and bluelines.