Writer - anywhere, anytime!
Melbourne Area, Australia
- Current
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- Web design, Flash Development and copywriting at Tall Poppy Digital
- Past
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- Technical Writer/Wiki Developer at InsuranceLine
- Process Writer at Telstra
- Technical Writer at DST International
- Technical Writer at Open Wave Systems
- Technical Writer - Disaster Recovery Project at Sensis
- Technical Writer at MYOB Australia Pty Ltd
- Technical Writer at Quest Software
- Education
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- Taylors College
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Lisa Sinclair’s Summary
Lisa is a professional web designer, with skills in CSS, HTML and Flash which she uses to create great sites. Her role as web designer for Tall Poppy Digital has also helped her to hone her graphic design skills, and she is proficient in the use of Adobe Photoshop.
Her skills in Copywriting have been put to great use in a recent AdWords campaign, and she is currently working on a website landing page for a Victorian small business.
Lisa also has experience in Copyediting, most notably on three issues of an Australian niche magazine, and also acted as editor, writer and copy editor of her own street magazine during 2004 and 2005.
In the Technical Writing sphere, Lisa has ten years experience, thus giving her a firm grounding in the technical and non-technical world. Lisa specialises in the creation and design of easy to use, user-friendly procedural materials, and has additional skills in the creation of all aspects of document creation and design, including print manuals, specification documents, business requirements and design documentation. She is well versed in the creation and setup of WIKI systems and also has expert knowledge of MS Office products.
Analysis could be said to be one of Lisa’s strongest skills, and her abilities in the breakdown of complex systems into easy to comprehend portions is evident in the documentation and diagrams she produces. These are all designed with a top-down philosophy, taking the whole -- the bigger picture -- and segmenting it into smaller, easier to understand pieces.
Past roles include a 9 month stint at Telstra during 2007 for the Transformation Project, 3 months at Sensis in 2006 for the disaster recovery project, and shorter-term contracts at DST International in 2006 and at MYOB in 2005.
She worked at Quest Software, as Systems Tester and then Technical Writer on various projects from 1999 to 2004.
She has an Australian and EU passport, allowing her to work both here in Australia and in Europe.
Lisa Sinclair’s Specialties:
HTML, CSS web design
Flash design
Graphic Design
Copywriting
Copy Editing
Technical Writing
Business Analysis
Lisa Sinclair’s Experience
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Web design, Flash Development and copywriting
Tall Poppy Digital
(Online Media industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Enjoying working for myself -- and people who need web, copy and technical services.
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Technical Writer/Wiki Developer
InsuranceLine
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2007 — May 2008 (8 months)
- WIKI development and customisation
- Conversion of user documents from FrameMaker to Wiki
- Creation of new documentation
- Revision and redesign of existing documentation -
Process Writer
Telstra
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TLS; Telecommunications industry)
January 2007 — October 2007 (10 months)
- Process writing of existing processes
- Creation of CaseWise models to support process documents
- Interviewing Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create process documents -
Technical Writer
DST International
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Banking industry)
November 2006 — December 2006 (2 months)
Position entailed reverse-engineering Framemaker documentation for inclusion in online help projects.
After some analysis, it became evident that the project could not progress due to a rewrite of source material being required.
Proposed new system using MadCap Flare for reusable snippets of information which would have streamlined the system and substantially improved the delivery mechanism to the end user. -
Technical Writer
Open Wave Systems
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2006 — October 2006 (1 month)
- Create print documentation for Heidi product administration module
- Create system interrelationships between the modules of the Heidi system and subsystems -
Technical Writer - Disaster Recovery Project
Sensis
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TLS; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2006 — September 2006 (3 months)
- Technical Writing
- Version Control Analyst
- Information gathering and design of version control system structure -
Technical Writer
MYOB Australia Pty Ltd
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
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Technical Writer
Quest Software
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2004 (5 years )
Lisa Sinclair’s Education
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Taylors College
1989 — 1989
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Lisa Sinclair’s Interests:
Wiki development, Web design and CSS, Copywriting Bike riding, Movies, Bikram Yoga
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