Kompetencer
I have a bachelor degree in communications engineering from England but I have worked as a technical and marketing writer (English text) during the last 21 years in Denmark. I am confident that – with so many years in the writing business – I have the experience and maturity you require.
In particular, I understand that – to do this kind of work successfully – I need to think independently, but at the same time work as part of a team.
I am used to working in a systematic and structured manner, always with one eye on the deadline. Also, I am used to cooperating with people with various personalities and professional backgrounds eg marketing people and software developers.
I would like to highlight the fact that I can speak and write Danish fluently (I passed Danskprøve 2 many years ago).
Tidligere og nuværende ansættelser
Freelance Technical/ Marketing Writer
(Current)
Responsibilities: To produce various types of technical documentation (see previous permanent positions below for examples) on a contract basis.
As a freelancer, I have worked most recently for Novo Nordisk and GN Netcom. For Novo, I worked on some presentations about diabetes detection. At GN Netcom during 2009 and 2010, I wrote user documentation for their Jabra headset range.
I have also worked as a freelancer between 2001 and 2004; see below for more.
Technical Writer for Lawson
(2004 - 2007)
Lawson provides software and service solutions to customers in the manufacturing, distribution, maintenance and service sector industries
Responsibilities: User manuals and on-line help for the e-Sales and e-Procurement business software products.
Lawson e-Sales enables companies with to give a single Internet-based entry point to their customers and partners. It is aimed at organizations operating a variety of trading channels with a highly mixed customer base, offering many products and multiple product assortments and catalogs.
Lawson e-Procurement is a web-based application that automates and integrates many of the administrative tasks related to indirect procurement. It makes the purchasing cycle for indirect products and services more effective by focusing the buying power of the whole organization and ensuring a consistent and comprehensive view of all company external spend and supplier relationships.
Freelance Technical/ Marketing Writer
(2001 - 2004)
Responsibilities: To produce various types of technical documentation (see previous permanent positions below for examples) on a contract basis.
As a freelancer, I worked for Motorola, Sophion Bioscience and Filanet (now Uroam).
Motorola provides mobile, radio and broadband communication products and services
Sophion are developing a highly automated system for drug screening using ion channel technology.
Filanet were a networking company that developed variants of what is termed an “Internet Service Appliance”. The appliances interfaced company networks to the Internet, providing a wide range of services.
Technical Writer for i-data Printing Systems
(1999 - 2000)
i-data Printing Systems manufacture and supply printing solutions for host environments, LAN environments, and combined host-to-LAN environments. The products are mostly printservers and protocol converters.
Responsibilities: Quick Guides, Installation and Operators Guides, HTML customer support files for the web.
Technical Writer for DSC Communications
(1997 - 1999)
DSC Communications A/S produce a diverse range of telecommunications network equipment. This equipment falls into two main categories; switching systems and transport and access products.
Responsibilities: User manuals and on-line help for a Windows NT-based system used to manage transmission network elements. Also responsible for project documentation.
Commercial and Technical Writer for RE Technology
(1994 - 1997)
RE Technology A/S produce digital encoders and decoders for use within TV and Radio broadcast networks.
Responsibilities: The customer magazine, the monthly marketing newsletter, brochures, product data sheets, press releases, operation manuals, user guides and service manuals.
Commercial and Technical Writer for Brüel and Kjær
(1990 - 1994)
Brüel and Kjær A/S produce a range of electronic measurement instrumentation for monitoring industrial environments. These are mainly sound and vibration frequency analysers and gas analysers .
Responsibilities: Operation and service manuals, user guides for both the hardware and application software, interface manuals, product data sheets, brochures, flyers and on-line help.