Keith Hoffman
4723 Speros Lane #2
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-834-4139
hoffmakm@uwec.edu

 

Education           

            University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Eau Claire, Wisc. (1996-present)
           
Major: Technical Writing             Minor: Web Development and Design
           
Graduation Date: December 22, 2001

    

Work Experience

          Media Processing Assistant; VetConnect Systems, Inc.; Eau Claire, Wisc. (1999-present)
            Duplicated and assembled user manuals, release notes and other documentation to be sent to
            clients.  Managed and maintained the company copy center and all of its equipment.  Updated and
            maintained the client newsletter mailing list.  Created and implemented a bill of materials to keep
            track of documentation costs.  Designed user manuals based on previously written
            documents. Edited and proofread manuals created by technical writers. 

Technical Writing Internship; VetConnect Systems, Inc.; Eau Claire, Wisc. (June 2001-present)
Created and designed a user manual for software support.  Rewrote existing support documentation.  Converted the support documentation to HTML and posted the documents on the company Intranet. 

            Staff Writer; Toughguy.com Fantasy Football; Web Site. (June 2001-present)
   
       Searched the web for news links relating to NFL teams in the NFC West conference.  Wrote
                blurbs regarding the impact of the gathered news for a weekly email newsletter. Wrote 
   
         weekly feature entitled Tough Calls, where I gave advice on who should start in a given 
   
         week and who should not.  Wrote other articles as assigned.

             Store Supervisor; Mega Pick N’ Save;  Eau Claire, Wisc. (1997-1999)
             Managed 100-200 store employees at any given time.  Trained cashiers, baggers and
             service desk staff.  Supervised employees ranging in age from 16-70 years old.  Maintained
             store appearance.  Solved scheduling conflicts.  Assisted customers and solved customer
             problems as the only manager on duty.     

Skills

             Proficient in the following software and programming languages:        
   
     q       Microsoft Office Suite   
   
     q       Adobe PageMaker, Illustrator and Photoshop
   
     q       RoboHelp
   
     q       HTML, JavaScript, Java and SQL

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