Jennifer Kearny Bates Email & Phone Number

San Luis Obispo, California Area

• Introduce students to technical documents and writing skillsets necessary for effective communication in industry settings
• Analyze audience, purpose and document conventions to design user-centered communication with an emphasis on translating technical information for non-specialist audiences
• Introduce professional culture to the classroom through establishing teams, team managers, project planning forms, multiple deadlines, and individual work accounts
• Conduct workshops for students to draft and improve resumes & cover letters
• Establish best practices for peer-review & editing processes; IEEE style citation

Greenwood Village, CO.

• Analyzed and evaluated research reports, literature reviews, white papers, monographs, and grant proposals specific to diseases, medical procedures, and drug studies to determine the use and appropriateness of data.
• Wrote and edited pharmaceutical content for Truven’s Micromedex 2.0® databaseo Read and evaluated clinical trials, case studies, and drug package inserts to create concise and actionable drug information for hospitals.
• Wrote and edited patient education content for Truven’s CareNotes® and DrugNotes® o Read and evaluated journal article articles, case reports, and drug package inserts to translate the technical language of specialists.

Greater Denver Area

• Created, developed, and implemented company content for corporate website, email copy, email blasts, landing pages, banner advertisements, and rip-cards.
• Supervised the redesign and relaunch of corporate website o Devised, refined, and implemented messaging consistent with company’s vision and valueso Managed agency relations and guided creative and copy on a daily basis
• Advised executive team on media placements
• Maintained budgets on advertising campaigns and internal initiatives
• Planned trade shows and managed vendor partnerships
• Directed and executed social media marketing efforts

Greater Denver Area

• Writing Instructor, English Department
• Focused students on becoming active and critical readers
• Guided students toward constructing organized, coherent, and well-reasoned essays that consider the type of information being conveyed, the purpose of the document, and the audience to whom it is directed
• Trained students to conduct research through electronic databases; evaluate the authority, reliability, and value of sources; compare discourse communities; and consider the usefulness and significance of data.
• Assigned frequent short essays—formal and informal—to encourage focused and well-supported arguments based on evidence and logic
• Encouraged revision activities through peer-review and workshops on grammar, punctuation, and mechanics

Ph.D., English

M.A., English