Work Samples

Select the images below to find work samples. No samples of grant applications and proposals are included, but they are available upon request.

  • I created the work displayed here using FrameMaker, Captivate, and Office 365, including Visio. 
  • I created this website using WordPress.
White paper that makes the case for additional government funding for Bridges from School to Work in California.
Curriculum outline and instructional philosophy for the Bridges from School to Work Program.

In addition to teaching myself Adobe Framemaker to create this document, I produced the clearest and most explicit set of instructions for encrypting personally identifiable information that I have seen anywhere. The audience for this document includes the staff of the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities.  It demonstrates an ability to give users the information they need to accomplish tasks and goals. 

Rewrite Lenovo Yoga Tablet
Hardware Maintenance Manual

Course project with infotech in china

This was a class project for a course on international technical communication. A team of three of us worked with InfoTech in China to rewrite a Lenovo hardware maintenance manual. This project simulated a global virtual team project, and it required us to improve the layout, sentence structure, design, and and word choice for the manual. This deliverable demonstrates an ability to work with engineers on producing clear, usable instructions for repairing hardware. I worked as the project lead, wrote most of the content, and created a style sheet for the project that specified layout, flow, design, and other elements. 

After a course I completed in International Technical Communication, I developed interest in establishing trust in virtual teams. My interest led me to research and write an article that was published in Intercom.  It demonstrates initiative and an ability to craft publishable content. 

I worked with a classmate to prepare and conduct a moderated usability test in the Mercer University usability lab using Morae software. The deliverable demonstrates an ability with report writing, page layout and design, creating graphics, conveying qualitative and quantitative data,  and with conducting user research. 

Research Article

User Experience and
technical communication

This document is the culmination of a a capstone project that entailed surveying UX and technical communication practitioners about the overlap in their areas of practice. I was the lead author on the article and completed extensive revisions after we reopened the survey and collected more responses. 

Content Development

Bridges from school to work

This is an annual report I produced for Bridges from School to Work. 

cup of coffee and open magazine

Digital Forms

I converted all paper-based Bridges forms to digital forms, a project I began during the pandemic.

This sample demonstrates skill, with usability, visual thinking, innovation, layout, and design.

Invitation for Bids

Website redesign

This was an invitation for bids to redesign the Bridges from School to Work website. 

Newsletter

Bridges from school to work

This is a sample Bridges from School to Work newsletter, one of  many that I designed and distributed each quarter for more than six years. Newsletters like this one demonstrate an ability with collecting and curating content, using plain language, and with employing principles of design and layout.  I developed the content but outsourced the graphic design for the print version of newsletters. For the digital versions, I created and distributed them on my own using Constant Contact. 

Bridges Newsletter

bridges from school to work

This is another newsletter for Bridges from School to Work. I also created and distributed a digitial version of all newsletters using either Constant Contact or MailerLite. 

I created this video after teaching myself to use Adobe Captivate. It is a communication vehicle distributed to the staff of Bridges from School to Work, a non-profit organization established by the Marriott family in 1989. 

Published Article

Ethnographic research

This was an assignment for a history and theory of technical communication course. The article was published in Intercom. 

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