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Skills and Background Summary • Professional writer and editor, with over 15 years experience, freelance and in-house. • Medical communication a specialty. • Substantial experience in business, marketing, grant, and proposal writing. • Technical writer for specialist and consumer audiences, able to communicate complex information for various audiences and reading levels. • Experience in information design, drawing upon skills in writing, editing, graphic design, and user research. • Broad experience in teaching, training, project design, volunteer coordination, program development, managing trainees, and design/production teams. • Superior people and “soft skills,” including teamwork, delegation, managing the life cycle of a project. Well-traveled and attuned to cultural differences.
Work Experience Inkville Writing and Editing, Afton, Va Nov 2008-present Provides consulting and writing/editing services to a variety of clients, including proposal consulting and editing for a start-up business providing mental-health Medicaid billing consulting and services; website content editing for a CRO specializing in Pahse IV services; annual granting agency report and eldercare grant application for a local Legal Aid organization.
PRA International, Inc., Charlottesville, VA Medical Writer III: Oct 2002 to Nov 2008 Webmaster II/Medical Writer II: Oct 2001 to Oct 2002 Medical Writer II: Sept 1999 to Oct 2001 Medical Writer I: July 1998 to Sept 1999 Designed and produced print and electronic communications for clients (newsletters, investigative site communications, & patient recruitment material). Designed and wrote content for intranet websites. Provided regulatory writing (Clinical Study Reports, Protocols, Informed Consent Forms) for oncology, CNS and other indications. Trained teams to update website content. Provided writing and editorial support for business development and marketing (proposals, website copy, press releases). Trained and supervised interns and salaried employees.
Th’Inkwell Writing and Editing, Afton, VA Freelance Writer, Self-employed: 1995 to 1998 Ran freelance writing business focusing on medical and marketing material for individuals, small businesses, hospitals, and publications. Wrote journal articles for professional and lay audience publications, marketing brochures, business proposals, and business plans.
University of Virginia Institute for Substance Abuse Studies, Charlottesville, VA Senior Health Educator/Grant Writer 1993 to 1995 Senior Writer and member of Project Development Team for 4 grant proposals, and Senior Writer and principal Project Development Coordinator for a further 3; wrote and edited press releases, PR, and educational material produced by ISAS. Grant awards totaled over $550,000.
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA Adjunct Assistant Professor 1993 to 1994 Taught writing and text analysis skills to college undergraduates.
University of Virginia Women’s Center, Charlottesville, VA Program Coordinator and Project Director 1989 to 1990, 1991 to 1992 Duties included: developing and implementing Information and Referral procedures and handbook, fund-raising for library development and lecture series, programming and coordinating several lecture series, coordinating guest lecturer visits, designing and supervising publicity, responding to crisis calls on hotline. Took 6-week peer-counseling course. Also at the Women’s Center, was an editor with IRIS magazine, serving as Graphics Features Editor and Poetry Editor, and publicity designer.
Instructor, Writing Center Tutor, University of Virginia 1985 to 1992 Taught undergraduate-level courses in writing and composition, and literature. Served as a tutor in the Writing Center helping graduate and undergraduate students.
Education Ph.D., English Literature, 1993 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA M.A., English Literature, 1985 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA B.A., Honors, English and Zoology, 1983 University of Toronto, Trinity College, Toronto, Canada
