| Objective: |
A full time/part time
position in the field of technical writing, technical Editing and/or Graphic Design |
| Education: |
University
of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD
B.A degree. in English expected in December 1999
Minor in Professional Writing
Information Systems Management minor equivalency |
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Relevant
Courses:
Programming in Pascal and C
User Interface Design using Java |
Technical Writing
Technical Editing |
| Experience: |
University
of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD |
| September 1998- Present |
English Lab Computer Helpdesk:
- Training English department professors in various computer applications.
- Assisting students with their NT workstations.
- Writing and editing useful technical documentation instructions for staff, students, and
faculty.
- Training other computer consultants with WebPage applications.
- Trouble shooting computer software problems.
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| November 1998 |
Team Leader of a PowerPoint process manual
group:
I led a 5-member team in developing a PowerPoint process manual for first time
users of PowerPoint. Our responsibilities included developing the process manual and
presenting it to a non-technical audience of first time users. Copies of the Manual can be
provided during the interview process.
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| December 1998 February 1999 |
University Computing Technical Writer:
A task oriented project where my responsibilities included writing documentation for
UMBC faculty using the new automated Faculty Annual Report.
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| September 1997- November 1998 |
University Computing Faculty and Staff
Helpdesk:
- Trouble shooting software and hardware problems over the phone and on-site.
- Writing documentation for certain applications.
- Editing PC related application documenation
- Conducting site surveys for network ready offices.
- Installing new software and hardware.
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| December 1996- January 1997 |
Johns
Hopkins Center of Communication Programs, Baltimore MD
Computer Productionist:
A task oriented part-time job where I produced their annual Moroccan Seminar Magazine,
a 350 page Arabic Family Planning tool kit. My responsibilites included editing the
existing text, editing their graphics, and ensuring each page was well presented in a
feasible format.
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| Computer Skills: |
- Trouble shooting Macintoshes and PCs
- Trouble shooting Windows 95 and Windows 98
- Extensive experience with FrontPage, Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Claris Impact, Fetch
FTP, Rapid Filer, NCSA Telnet, QVT-Term, Cricket Graph, PINE email, PowerPoint, Netscape
Communicator, Netscape Composer, WWW, HTML, Paint Shop Pro, PageMaker, Adobe PhotoShop.
- Currently learning Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Director 6.5, Macromedia Flash.
- Touch Type in both English and Arabic.
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| Honors: |
- Smith College Book Award for Excellence in Writing (1994)
- Howard County Poetry and Literature Society Achievement in Language Arts Award (1995)
- English Council of Majors Member
- IFSM Council of Majors Member
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| References: |
Available Upon Request |
