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Degrees
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PhD in Chemistry, University of Bath, UK
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My Expert Service
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Planning and delivery of Technical publications.
Expertise in FrameMaker, Microsoft Office, Macromedia products and Web-based help.
Experience in printed, PDF and electronic media.
Specialist knowledge in the physical sciences.
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Experience & Qualifications
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Writing and documentation:
• Creating online help, printed and PDF manuals for computer software, including MacVector, Chem-X, CATS-cp, EZsubs and PDFaqua, on all major operating systems
• Designing the structure, layout and navigation of online help and user documentation
• Creating templates for the production of user documentation
• Designing single source publishing solutions
• Writing Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC) procedures
• Creating and maintaining in-house style guides
• Editorial role to ensure consistency of voice and correct use of house styles
• Contributing to the design of User Interfaces through improved text and labelling
• Developing PowerPoint marketing and training presentations
• Liaising with printers and publishers to produce printed documentation
• Managing localisation projects for resource strings and user documentation
• Use of FrameMaker; WebWorks; RoboHelp; Microsoft Office, Visio and Project; Acrobat; Flash; and HTML editors
• Experience with Paint Shop Pro for general image creation and manipulation
• Familiarity with the use of Documentum repositories
• Familiarity with the use of source control and defect tracking software
• 5 years of scientific computing in quantum chemistry and image processing
• Knowledge of Windows 2000/NT/XP, UNIX and VAX-VMS as an end user
• Mentoring and managing Technical Authors
• Liaising with product managers, customer support and programmers to achieve relevant and accurate software documentation
• Working on multiple projects in a multi-disciplinary teamwork environment
• Presenting and demonstrating new software features
• Teaching support at Further Education level
• 3 years in agrochemical research
• Computational chemistry research at PhD level
Examples of previous employment:
CDC Solutions Ltd, Jun 2000–2004:
Senior Technical Author for regulatory submissions publishing software, producing installation guides; user guides; release notes; and online Help in Windows and HTML formats, as well as managing and training other members of the Technical Publications team.
Sechi Ltd, Sep 1998–Jun 2000:
Sole Technical Author for clinical trials software, producing printed and PDF user guides, online Help and training materials.
Oxford Molecular Ltd, Sep 1997–Sep 1998:
Technical Author for bioscience software, producing printed user guides and online Help.
Chemical Design Ltd, Jan 1995–Sep 1997:
Sole Technical Author for the Chem-X molecular modelling software, producing user guides, release notes, tutorial lessons and reference material.
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Available Modes Of Communication
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email/chat
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Contact
SciTechWriter
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