Cara Bereck Levy
Senior Technical Communicator
Cara Bereck Levy
Professional Summary
I tailor technical information to match the exact needs of my audience, and deliver it in the format and media desired. I also write sparkling copy for advertisements, catalogs, brochures, and all other types of marketing collateral.
Current Employer: Unitronics
1998 - present
I play key roles in the Software Development, Technical Support, and Marketing departments.
Main Tools
RoboHelp
Author-it
Camtasia
Captivate
Snag-it
Powerpoint
Acrobat
Visio
Word
Skills
Technical Writing
Help Authoring
Single-sourcing
How-to Videos
Content Management
Marketing Copy
2010 - present
2010 - present
Technical Support
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Founder of the company’s Technical Support Forum, researching platforms, guiding the set-up process, defining forum modules & moderation paradigms.
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Administer and moderate the forum, ensuring queries are answered promptly and politically.
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Enlist power-user forum members into the beta-testing program, managed in private forum sections.
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Monitor support correspondence to ascertain user needs and tailor the documentation accordingly.
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Create scripts and guidelines enabling support team members to build training videos hosted on YouTube. Administer YouTube channel, including reporting viewer metrics.
Marketing Department
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Product promotion videos for trade media portals, designing and producing 60 to 90 second videos from start to finish, including voiceover.
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Press releases, catalogs, brochures, advertisements, trade show handouts, writing copy and setting the logical flow and graphic design.
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Application stories and videos collection showcasing our products, sourced from the support forum and social media.
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Blogging and writing press releases for software, firmware, and hardware releases.
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Data sheets and installation guides, from template to print-ready document.
Management Experience
During peak periods of activity, I manage small teams of technical writers and graphic artists, and outsource data sheet projects.
Software Development
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Single-sourced help and manuals that teach industrial engineers how to program our PLCs to automate industrial processes in real-time.
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Learning aids to lead programmers through complicated tasks, such as closed-loop control and implementing industrial communication protocols.
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How-to videos created from start to finish: script, software demonstration, and voice-overs.
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GUI: work with coders to design interfaces that are minimalistic and intuitive, requiring as little Help as possible.
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Beta-testing program founder and manager.