Valerie A. LipowContract & Freelance Writer, Editor, Instructional Designer
Jan. 1998Laguna Woods, California, United StatesSkilled in researching, developing, writing, proofreading, copy editing, issuing and maintaining products in clear and concise style, for paper, multimedia, web-based publications, user sites, and embedded user systems. Designs, writes, edits, and maintains user guides, manuals, online Help, marketing collateral, instructional materials, and feature articles. Expertise in documentation publishing and instructional design knowledge and tools (including HTML, CSS, structured authoring, etc.) to produce, edit, and ensure quality for factual and grammatical accuracy, clarity of message, thoroughness, and compliance with all requirements and company style, in both text and graphics (such as flowcharts and other engaging and well-designed digital visuals) for print, digital and other media under tight deadlines. Experienced in creating large and complex documents within project management, build-and-distribute, defect tracking, content management, and source control systems and workflows, applied in government, biotechnology, software and hardware development, manufacturing, engineering, aerospace, etc. Clientele include: • Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc.
• AirFiber, Inc. • Alignent, Inc. • American PrintWare, Inc.
• American Health Consultants • Anonymizer
• Bridges Initiatives • Cubic, Inc.
• CurAnt Communications, Inc. • Eastman Kodak Corp.
• Hewlett-Packard Corp.
• ICW Group
• IGIS Technologies, Inc.
• Google, Inc.
• Kyocera Wireless Corp.
• LearningExpress, LLC • Miller Brewing Co. • Monster.com • Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. • Odyssey Business Training Services • Oracle Corp.
• ProviderSearch • Raytheon Corp. Integrated Defense Systems
• SAIC • Salk Institute for Biological Studies
• Self-Management Institute • Taiwan TeleMed Consulting, Inc. • Technical Standards, Inc. • Tramp Steamer Media, LLC • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • VersaLogic, Inc.
• Washington Information Source Co. • WCB/McGraw-Hill Publishers