Brigitte BAILLEUL

Current

Freelance Writer & Translator at bewritten.com
Communication & Writing at Ve-hotech

Past

Technical Writer (Enterprise Computing Solutions) at NEC
Maître de Conférence Associé (PAST) at Université de Rennes 2 - Haute-Bretagne
Technical Writer (Notebooks and Tablet PCs) at NEC

Technical Writer (Desktops) at NEC
Technical Documentalist (R&D Intranet) at NEC
Press Correspondent at La Voix du Nord

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Education

ISCOM (Lille)
Université catholique de Lille
R.J.Reynolds High (Winston Salem, USA)

Lille

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Industry

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Brigitte BAILLEUL’s Summary

Broad experience in both technical writing (hardware and software), translation, and documentation projects management. Interested in teaching these subjects.

Brigitte BAILLEUL’s Specialties:

Technical Writing using Adobe products.
On-line writing on computing subjects.
Quality check of localised documentation and UI (english and french).
Good knowledge of server technologies and specifications (general purpose, Blade, SAN, NAS, Fault Tolerant).

Brigitte BAILLEUL’s Experience

Freelance Writer & Translator

bewritten.com

(Writing and Editing industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

Currently working mostly for Ve-hotech (www.ve-hotech.com)... Check-out my work on the company blog, the internet site, and the user documentation. I was also by their side at the CeBIT 2009 to manage the Press Relations, to welcome the general public and thedistributors, and to demonstrate how the VHS-4 works.

In the meantine, please do not hesitate to contact me if you can use my services, either as a technical writer, journalist, or translator.
Communication & Writing

Ve-hotech

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)
Technical Writer (Enterprise Computing Solutions)

NEC

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

April 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 7 months)

I was in charge of the whole documentation package for the Enterprise Computing Solutions (general purpose servers, workstations, appliances, NAS, SAN, Blade...).

- Creation and follow-up of the documentation planning. Estimation of the workload. Coordination with the other actors in Japan, the United States and the Netherlands.
- Developement of the documentation in English. Follow-up and update until the product end-of-life.
- Follow-up of the outsourced translations. DTP, translation integration and proofreading.
- Development of the packaging artworks.
- Printing follow-up (proofs approval).
- Pictures taking and retouching for illustration purposes.
Maître de Conférence Associé (PAST)

Université de Rennes 2 - Haute-Bretagne

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2004 — December 2006 (3 years )

I taught Technical Writing to students in BAC+3 (L3) to BAC+5 (M1 & M2) classes.
Technical Writer (Notebooks and Tablet PCs)

NEC

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

April 2002 — March 2005 (3 years )

I was in charge of the whole documentation package for the Versa Notebooks and the Tablet PCs (R&D located in Malaysia).

- Project management with the Purchasing dpt to define the documentation specifications according to the sales forecasts.
- Creation and follow-up of the documentation planning. Estimation of the workload.
- Development of the documentation in English. Follow-up and update until the product end-of-life.
- Follow-up of the outsourced translations. DTP, translation integration and proofreading.
- Printing follow-up (proofs approval) - european and asian suppliers.
- Pictures taking and retouching for illustration purposes.
Technical Writer (Desktops)

NEC

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

April 2000 — March 2002 (2 years )

I worked for the i-Select and PowerMate Desktops lines (R&D located in Angers, France).

- Development of the documentation in English. Follow-up and update until the product end-of-life.
- Follow-up of the outsourced translations. DTP, translation integration and proofreading.
- Printing follow-up (proofs approval) - european suppliers.
Technical Documentalist (R&D Intranet)

NEC

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

June 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 10 months)

- Technical writing of the components specifications, and publication of the specs on the Intranet. Daily index updates.
- Artwork creation for all CDs provided to our customers. Proofs approval.
Press Correspondent

La Voix du Nord

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

September 1995 — October 1996 (1 year 2 months)

I covered the events located in Vauban-Esquermes, a district of the city of Lille. I also had the liberty to write pieces on the history of the district, and on its inhabitants.
More than 150 of my articles were published in the newspaper over that period.

Brigitte BAILLEUL’s Education

ISCOM (Lille)

Public Relations, Press Relations, Communication 1994 — 1995
Université catholique de Lille

DEUG , English , 1992 — 1994

Activities and Societies:

La Fédé, Catho News
R.J.Reynolds High (Winston Salem, USA)

12th , 1992 — 1992
Lille