Stephanie A. Shenk

Seattle, WA 98122
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Summary

I am a professional editor with four years' experience working with technical documentation, Web content, and print collateral. My strengths include technical editing, managing writers and editors, and copyediting to diverse specifications.

Technical Editor, implement.com, Redmond, WA (3/03 - present)

• Edit technical documentation for the Windows-based Hosting solution, a Microsoft Solution Offering (MSO)
• Edit content at developmental, copyedit, and legal levels according to standard Microsoft editing best practices and to the specifications of the Communications Sector group at Microsoft
• Format content in Microsoft Word for publish in proprietary CD-based viewer
• Manage editorial scheduling; acted as implement.com's lead editor from 7/03 - 11/03
• Co-manage group's style and terms lists

Technical Editor, Microsoft, Redmond, WA (10/01 - 3/02)

• Managed publishing calendar and assigned tasks to other editor and producer
• Edited content for holes and placement for Windows Embedded and Windows Powered Web sites
• Wrote headlines, keywords, and blurbs; rewrote marketing documents to fit Web style

Uncapped Facilitating Editor, Seattle Writergrrls, Seattle, WA (4/01 - present)

• Liaison between Seattle Writergrrls steering committee and 50-volunteer Uncapped team
• Advise and mediate among copy chief, writers, editors, taggers, proofreaders, and intern reporter
• Help spearhead Uncapped site redesign and zine naming

Lead Technical Copyeditor, Microsoft, Redmond, WA (2/00 - 1/01)

• Organized schedule and oversaw work of two copyeditors
• Copyedited online Help using Microsoft FrontPage; corrected HTML in online Help topics
• Applied project-specific styles for 11 Microsoft Office applications

Proofreader, BBFM Creative, Seattle, WA (9/02 – 11/02; 1/03 – 2/03)

• Proofread product boxes, Web pages, and other marketing collateral for Microsoft and other companies
• Interfaced with diverse designers and account managers
• Edited for legal issues, layout, grammar, and style

Copyeditor, Amazon.com, Seattle, WA (3/01 - 8/01)

• Copyedited site content and newsletters in Unix and XML environments
• Checked and fixed links; fact-checked
• Resolved style issues; maintained style guide and word list

Freelance Copyediting and Proofreading

• Copyedited MCSE training manuals for Digital Content Factory, Manitoba, Canada (11/02 – 2/03)
• Copyedited Microsoft reference architecture guides for The Write Stuff, Seattle, WA (8/02 – 9/02)
• Proofread brochure and magazine for Applied Database Technology, Redmond, WA (3/02; 5/02)
• Copyedited 500-page Web site for Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA (3/01)

Skills

Microsoft Office • Source Depot • Microsoft Product Studio • XMetal • RAID • FrameMaker • MSTP • Chicago Manual of Style • AP Style Guide • HTML • XML

Affiliations

Seattle Writergrrls • Northwest Independent Editors Guild

Education

B.A. English, Cum Laude, University of Dallas, 1996

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