Rose Hansen (Forest)

Current

• Communications Specialist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Past

• Editorial Process & Training Lead at LexisNexis
• Editor at LexisNexis

Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• Granada High School

Connections

73 connections

Industry

Publishing

Websites

• Writing sample 1
• Writing sample 2
• Writing sample 3

Rose Hansen (Forest)’s Summary

Experience in editing for substance, style, and format; writing science and news content for a general audience; developing communications strategies; creating technical documentation and presentations; analyzing and explaining complex processes to a variety of audiences; providing individual and group training; troubleshooting technical problems; managing projects and publications; and communicating with authors and a range of internal customers.

Rose Hansen (Forest)’s Specialties:

Editing
Writing
Research
Content development

Rose Hansen (Forest)’s Experience

• Communications Specialist

  Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  (Government Agency; Research industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  • Edit and format technical, scientific, and business content for articles, presentations, documentation, webpages, and other projects for variety of internal clients
  • Conduct interviews with scientists and administrators and write articles and news briefs for general-interest science magazine and department website
  • Recently lent my voice to the narration for several informational science videos produced for external consumption

• Editorial Process & Training Lead

  LexisNexis

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Publishing industry)

  October 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 8 months)

  • Coordinated the delivery of training and monitored the quality of training
  • Provided first-level support to users on new tools and processes
  • Created and maintained documentation, training guides, and other user resources
  • Led and co-led training sessions of up to 60 people, often in multiple locations

• Editor

  LexisNexis

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Publishing industry)

  December 2002 — October 2005 (2 years 11 months)

  • Edited and formatted manuscripts for publication
  • Corresponded with authors, consultants, and other freelancers
  • Answered customer queries and directed them to appropriate resource
  • Shared responsibility for keeping publication work on schedule

Rose Hansen (Forest)’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  B.A. , Anthropology , 1998 — 2002

  graduated magna cum laude
  National Merit Scholar

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa
  Golden Key National Honor Society
  UC Women's Chorale
  National Society of Collegiate Scholars
  Alpha Gamma Delta
  Anthropology Undergraduate Association

• Granada High School

  1994 — 1998

Additional Information

Rose Hansen (Forest)’s Websites:

• Writing sample 1
• Writing sample 2
• Writing sample 3

Rose Hansen (Forest)’s Interests:

traveling, singing, skiing, hiking, yoga, reading British lit, shopping, tennis

Rose Hansen (Forest)’s Groups:

UC Alumni Chorus

•    Elsevier Employees & Former Employees
•    Science & Technology Media Professionals™
•    National Laboratory and R&D Institutes Professionals
•    Science Writers
•    LexisNexis Alumni

Rose Hansen (Forest)’s Honors:

graduated magna cum laude

Rose Hansen (Forest)’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• expertise requests
• getting back in touch