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Andrew Nichols |
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685 Vine Street Harrisonburg, VA 22802 Home: (540) 438-0422 Work: (540) 568-8018 Email:NICHO1AB@JMU.EDU |
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until 5/2000: available on a freelance/contract/telecommuting basis from 5/2000: available for permanent or contract positions |
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Relocation |
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MOST willing to relocate from 5/2000 |
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Teaching Assistant (09/99 to present) |
Institute of Technical and Scientific Communications, JMU | |
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Develop syllabus, exams, and projects for two undergraduate technical and scientific communication classes | |
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Tech skills such as resume writing, proposal writing, software documentation, and web design | |
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Project Coordinator (05/99 to 09/99) |
The Department of the Interior, National Parks Service (NPS) | |
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Designed website for NPS-specific software to be used by park rangers | |
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Developed two online (HTML and JavaScript) help manuals for NPS software | |
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The software has since been adopted by several other federal agencies as a means of natural resource management | |
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Project Manager (04/99 to present) |
Turtleneck productions, Harrisonburg | |
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Founded freelance web design company | |
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Wrote winning proposals and managed one graphics designer | |
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Created and redesigned websites (see Relevant URLs) | |
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Associate (09/98 to 03/99) |
Barr-ee Station, Harrisonburg | |
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Helped develop online mailings and coupons to increase retail sales | |
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Performed retrail sales and financial calculations |
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B.A., Modern Foreign Languages (July 1998) |
James Madison University | |
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Concentration, Russian | |
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Minor, Russian Studies | |
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M.A., Technical and Scientific Communication (May 2000) |
James Madison University | |
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GPA 3.78 (July 1999) |
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Hardware |
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PC and Macintosh platforms; familiar with Unix/Linux; digital cameras,scanners, high volume file storage media |
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Software |
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MS Office 95, 97, 2000; Flash 4; Dreamweaver 2; Homesite; FrameMaker 5.5; PageMaker 6.0; PhotoShop 5.0; Illustrator 7.0 |
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Programming Languages and Coding |
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HTML 4.0, CSS; proficient in JavaScript; learning CGI with PERL 5.0 |
| Dominion College | |
Designed and developed website for Dominion College |
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Increased readability based on the Gunnings Fogg Index |
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Conducted audience analysis prior to use |
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| AQUIMS | |
Designed and developed website for marketing National Parks Service software |
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Cut marketing costs by developing online information for potential software users |
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| AQUIMS User Guides | |
Decreased production/printing costs by creating two online help manuals to replace current print manuals |
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Manipulated screen captures to complement text and increase usability of document |
