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Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Write operating and maintenance manuals for flight simulators for military customers.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Wrote install/operating procedures and maintenance manuals for product inspection equipment using X-ray and metal detector technologies. Compiled risk assessments. Wrote work instructions and functional design specifications.

St. Petersburg

First as a contractor (for 10 months through Content Rules) and then as a full-time employee, provided technical writing for L-3's passenger radio-wave scanners and checked-baggage X-ray scanners. These security and detection technologies provide screening for numerous security applications, including aviation checkpoint screening, cargo and air freight screening, port and border inspection, and facility protection.-- Wrote assembly procedures-- Compiled installation specifications and manuals-- Created operating/user manuals-- Developed service/maintenance manuals-- Used Microsoft Word & Visio and Adobe FrameMaker & Photoshop to craft concise text and provide informative graphics

Largo, Fl

Full-time position (following 90-day temp-to-permanent contract) writing and editing all manner of company communications, including technical reports, progress reports, journal articles, user guides, grant applications, proposal submissions, and Web posts for a forensic science training and technical support company with various federal grants and contracts. -- Interviewed subject matter experts and captured photographs for reports, articles, and posts.-- Crafted compelling text to convey the intended message to the target audience.-- Edited and integrated input from experts and project managers seamlessly into reports and articles.-- Used WordPress to write Web and Facebook posts informing readers of company activities and achievements, and also to maintain Web pages containing documents, forms, and other information.

Palm Harbor, Fl

Full-time position managing the proposal effort for a workforce development software company.-- Wrote and edited winning proposals.-- Researched and wrote white papers.-- Updated boilerplate files.-- Compiled marketing information.-- Coordinated patent applications.

St. Petersburg, Fl

Full-time position writing and editing software documentation for a cell phone media company.-- Revised existing and wrote new help manuals, user guides, and FAQs.-- Wrote and edited specification documents, proposals, white papers, presentations, and media campaign books.-- Wrote and edited marketing materials, publicity pieces, media campaign books, and web content.

Tampa, Fl

Full-time position writing and editing technical proposals for a telecommunications/electrical contractor.-- Wrote winning proposals.-- Compiled past performance documentation.-- Wrote and edited strategic business plans, marketing materials, publicity pieces, and web content.

Largo, Fl

Full-time position editing and revising all deliverables and internal documents for an engineering services/technology transition company.-- Edited and wrote copy for engineering reports, progress reports, summaries of findings, specification control documents, fact sheets, training manuals, and procedures.-- Edited and wrote copy for proposals, program management plans, mission statements, presentations, brochures, trip reports, newsletters, web content, and correspondence.