Jean Farkas

Resume
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Technical Writer and Editor

• Computer documentation
• Instructional materials
• Informational websites
• Technical reports and journal articles

Recent Projects

Currently teach technical editing at Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA. Fall 2004 to present.

Designed the website for Paradigm Communications Group, publisher of inflight airline magazines. June 2005. (Site to be built in-house.)

Edited instructional materials for the International Training & Education Center on HIV (I-TECH), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Fall 2004, Summer 2004, Summer 2005.

Edited engineering reports for AT&T Wireless, Redmond, WA, 4-month contract, 2003-2004.

Career Highlights

Six years as a technical editor and documentation manager at Microsoft Corporation, 1990 to 1996. Led writing and editing teams that produced several versions of Microsoft Access on-line help. Managed the content development for the Answer Wizard for Microsoft Access.

Two years as a technical writer and documentation manager for Tidemark Computer Systems, Seattle, WA, 1988 to 1990.

Three years as an instructional designer for the Mining Extension Service, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1980 to 1983.

Co-authored the textbook Principles of Web Design, published as part of the Allyn & Bacon Series in Technical Communication, Longman Publishers, 2002. Created 150 graphics, indexed the book, and developed the book's website.  www.uwtc.washington.edu/pwd

Co-authored two well-regarded journal articles: "Guidelines for Designing Web Navigation," Technical Communication, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Third Quarter, 2000) and "Manuscript Surprises: A Problem in Copy Editing," Technical Communication, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Second Quarter, 1981).