CV Technical Writer, Technical Author, SDI Hungary Ltd., Budapest, Hungary

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Last Updated: Monday, September 8, 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

I will soon be moving to Muscat to join my fiancé who has just started working there. I am writing to enquire whether you have an opening at your company for an experienced technical writer.

I have been working on various information design projects as a technical writer, lead author and project manager. At present I work in the initial core team of the first European back office of SDI Corporation. In addition to writing and editing I participate in developing the documentation processes and in training new writers.

As a project manager I coordinated a highly successful team of 10 writers and engineering change order analysts, organising inductions as well as frequent personal and project reviews. It was also my responsibility to liaise with the client and engineers in the USA and the UK.

I am a good team player and wish to work in a friendly environment where I could make most of my precision, flexibility, creativity, and excellent communication and organisational skills.

Working in a multinational, multilingual environment, across different time zones has been an everyday feature of my career as a technical writer and something with which I am comfortable.

2008 – Present: Technical writer, lead author
SDI Hungary Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
Working in the initial core team of the American company’s first back office in Europe. Developing the technical documentation back office projects for IBM and Sun Microsystems.
Responsibilities as a technical writer and lead author:
• Developing the basic back office technical writing processes
• Writing, editing and proofreading technical texts and manuals in English
• Producing and editing illustrations as required
• Training new writers
• Managing documentation processes across different time zones

2006 – 2008: Technical writer, project manager and team leader
Sigma Kudos Hungary Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
Working on technical documentation projects for Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Ericsson and Siemens.
Responsibilities as a project manager and team leader:
• Managing a highly successful team of 10 technical writers
• Keeping track of deadlines, monitoring progress, ensuring high quality deliverables
• Keeping in touch with clients, regularly discussing progress and problems
• Regularly evaluating the team’s overall performance and checking quality
Responsibilities as a technical writer:
• Writing, editing and proofreading technical texts and manuals in English
• Translating texts
• Producing and editing illustrations as required
• Working in a multinational, multilingual environment
• Managing documentation processes across different time zones

2002 – 2006: Teacher of English as a foreign language
Dover Language Centre, Budapest, Hungary; Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Responsibilities as a teacher of English:
• Planning and executing lessons for small groups of students at all levels
• Clients included ministries, banks and multinational companies, such as the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign Ministry, Allianz Hungary, Bosch, Bombardier, Hungarian State Railways, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Nokia, Procter and Gamble, and PWC
• Hungarian state language exam examiner in English at all levels

1995 – 1996: Translator and interpreter, Komar International Ltd., Hungary
Responsibilities as a translator and interpreter:
• Interpreting and translating for the company’s American general manager
• Administrative duties

2003: Centre for Foreign Languages, Budapest
Certified English language examiner

2001: The Mary Ward Centre, London, England
Certificate in Publicity and Promotion

1999 – 2001: University of Debrecen, Hungary
Master of Arts degree in Applied Linguistics.
Member of the editorial board of the institute’s English language newsletter.

1996 – 1999: University of Debrecen, Hungary
Bachelor of Arts degree as a Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.
Contributed articles to the Institute’s English language newsletter.

• Experienced user of: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), StarOffice, Adept Editor, Epic Editor, Adobe FrameMaker, CorelDraw, Oracle, sound editing software, time management software
• Ability to edit Word, HTML, SGML and XML texts
• Currently learning: Photoshop, DreamWeaver

Languages:
• Native level English with a good British accent
• Native speaker of Hungarian
• Currently learning Arabic
General skills:
• Excellent communicational and organisational skills
• Able to work under pressure, quick adapter, fast learner
• International driving licence (category B)