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James S. - Senior Tech Writer, Project Mgr., E-Commerce, Marketing - Freelance Technical Writer, United States

My writing career spans a wide range of disciplines, from technical writing to journalism to marketing writing. I've documented e-commerce portals, oil field drilling equipment, consumer electronics, personal computers, DSP chips, database kernels and deployed systems, telephone infrastructure equipment, SDKs, APIs, complex microprocessors, networking controllers, software, and operating systems. I've also done illustration and graphic design for online and print publications, using both...
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
Editing Skills Certification 4.75 99% TOP 10% 12/04/2007 12 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.90 97% TOP 10% 12/04/2007 10 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification 3.75 87% TOP 20% 12/04/2007 12 min
Job Category Interests

Web Development

Software Development

Writing

Administrative Support

Graphic Arts & Design

 
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
Framemaker 15 yrs 5.0 2007 FrameMaker is my preferred document development environment, and I've used it on nearly every project since 1992.  I have deep experience in book creation and maintenance, template development, indexing, use of conditional text, import and export of files into other applications, development of help files and HTML files from FrameMaker, and creation of PDF files.
Word and Office 22 yrs 5.0 2007 Primary tool for Liberty Mutual e-commerce portal documentation effort.  Modified document templates to adhere to corporate standards, produced print and digital output in PDF.
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Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
05/2007 07/2007 Liberty Mutual Technical Writer / Independent Contributor Liberty Mutual is a large Fortune 100 multi-line insurance company that leverages its considerable investments in its IT resources and its human resources to deliver customer-friendly and socially responsible services and products.

Documented system and database environment for e-commerce portal based on BEA AquaLogic. Developed "best practice" documents, disaster recovery documents, and system run books.
Other Experience
Liberty Mutual e-commerce portal
Documented system and database environment for e-commerce portal based on BEA AquaLogic. Developed "best practice" documents, disaster recovery documents, and system run books.
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
01/1987 12/1987 University of Texas Bachelors Magazine Journalism Began degree path in Electrical Engineering, switched to Liberal Arts
09/1975 05/1983 University of Texas Bachelors English Literature
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
Editing Skills Certification 4.75 99% TOP 10% 12/04/2007 12 min
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.90 97% TOP 10% 12/04/2007 10 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification 3.75 87% TOP 20% 12/04/2007 12 min