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1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  He is originally from Slovakia but has studied abroad all his life. After his Master’s degree in Journalism, he went immediately into freelance works and has worked in both English and Slovak which is his native language for few years. He worked on all sorts of publications, did lots of fellowships, and cross-border journalism stuff. He also was with XXXX previously as a News & Assignment Editor, also served as a Coordinating & Field Producer for them where he worked on desk, coordinated, navigated, curated, and edited the whole of international coverage for XXXX. It became challenging for him when he moved to Hong Kong full time because of the working hours so he moved to XXXX as a Senior News Editor where he did a similar job to his previous one, worked with planning logistics teams, he also moved on to the digital team with them once they shifted from TV to digital; he was the one leading the news coverage and news gathering until this April when he decided to take a bit of a break. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be his proficient writing skills since his job is to put out information to an entire network including thousands of people and millions of viewers. He is great with writing, editing, and copyediting as well; on top of that, he’s good with coordination and management since he has to work on the ground/field and behind the desk at times.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  She finished her studies in Information Technology and after that started to work with XXXX as a Senior Technical Editor where she primarily worked with open source technologies and after that, started her career with technical writing across multiple organizations including XXXX, XXXX, and also was a Process Manager – Onsite Documentation Specialist at XXXX where she provided documentation support for their onsite projects including SOPs, Process maps, user manuals, and facilitator’s guide for different tools. Her last role in India was an Associate Manager for Knowledge Management with XXXX where she worked with Scrum teams and Product Owners in sprints of Agile environment, attended walkthroughs and demos as well to fully understand feature and documentation requirements; she was working on their Salesforce platform and online retail segment as well basically on consumer goods and services. She was previously with XXXX in Hong Kong as a Contract Technical Writer where she reorganized and revamped their existing contents and had to streamline a document on settlement processes. She is currently doing a contractual role with XXXX as a Technical Writer; she has worked across multiple types of documents and domains spanning from finance, online retails, digital analytics, investment banking, and others, mostly on SOPs, process maps, release notes, contract notes, online helps, and different tools as well such as Word, MadCap Flare, FrameMaker, and Visio for process maps as well as editing tools including Paint and Adobe. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be editing and writing in terms of documentation. On top of that, she is very adaptable to changing environments, across different culture and teams, as well as her flexibility to work in different domains and countries either as part of a team or an individual. 3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements? She has almost 15 years of experience now with Technical Writing and has great exposure to technical documentation, standards, and directives. She is knowledge with Adobe Suite tools especially FrameMaker and also uses MadCap Flare as her main tool; also knowledgeable with InDesign and Illustrator. Willing to learn XML documentation as well if given the chance; she can also leverage her good reading and writing skills in French for this role

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  She has been into technical writing and instructional designing since she started her career for more than 10 years now. Before moving to Hong Kong, she was already working in India for multinational companies such as XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, and has been into writing of training materials for variety of audiences from different sectors: financial, pharmaceuticals, and even software companies. Coming from the Philippines after a short break, they moved to Hong Kong and joined XXXX where she did technical writing and creating of user manuals for different clients and products. She then had an offer from XXXX and worked there for about two years before COVID happened. After that, she had an opportunity with XXXX as a Learning Consultant where she worked on client office which was XXXX, she was not doing any direct writing here but more on the learning and development side of things. Her last role was a contractual with XXXX as a Knowledge Management Associate for one of their clients, the role was more on knowledge management, updating the existing training materials they have, collaborating with different teams to create some video tutorials, and such. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be more into technical writing, creating training materials, and translating complex topics into something that can be easily understandable by different audiences. In terms of the tools, she’s mainly using Adobe InDesign; also has knowledge of Illustrator but since it’s mostly used for designing, she hasn’t used it yet in a professional setting. 3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements? She has over 10 years of experience into technical documentation and writing, and has worked already on different sectors depending on her company’s clients. She is very familiar with Adobe Creative tools especially InDesign since this is what she mostly use for her previous projects. Has brief experience and knowledge as well with XML Documentation and just needs a little refresher before working on it confidently again. Most of the materials she has worked with are mechanical manuals, user directives, safety guidelines, and all.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  Has been working as an ELT Editor for XXXX where she has gained her experience in editing, writing, and proofreading English learning and teaching materials for primary school and kindergarten textbooks. She’s also responsible for maintaining the language quality and the general accuracy of the materials, also involved in producing e-resources in various projects such as animation and videos. She mostly uses Procreate, Adobe Photoshop and Premiere, and other Microsoft Suite tools. In this company, she has worked with lots of in-house designers, other freelances, and external parties to ensure timely delivery of assigned titles and projects. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be her attention to detail, strong communication skills, and multitasking abilities as well. On top of that, she’s great with time management and delivering projects on time. For the technical tools, she mostly uses Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, and other design/editing tools available. 3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements? Most of her experience in writing and editing is within educational and learning materials, mostly for primary schools. She has great skills in Microsoft Office Suite and also has knowledge with both Photoshop and Premiere, she also sometimes use InDesign and Illustrator but they are mainly used by their in-house designers so not frequently. Also speaks a bit German and Japanese that she can also use in her work.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  She is currently working with XXXX as a Digital Manager where she manages all of the digital contents from strategizing, editing, managing SEOs, assigning writers/freelances on trending topics, and managing the publication timelines as well; on top of that, she also writes about beauty, wellness, diversity, and mainly in the lifestyle sector. She also worked previously with XXXX where she worked on lifestyle magazine and also joined XXXX which is a content management company, she was assigned with XXXX magazine and XXXX magazine discovery. Aside from that, she worked on freelancing roles including a white paper for Visa and a tech writing for a cryptocurrency agency. Before this, she did a bit of tech writing in India and was involved in writing e-learning and web-based learning solutions for Ericsson. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be editing and writing since she has been doing this since the start of her career. Most recently, she has been working mainly on the lifestyle sector but she’s also open for roles within other field as long as it involves writing and editing. For the tools, she mainly uses CMS, some AI tools, Excel, InDesign, and Canva as well.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  Currently, he spends most of his time teaching English and Philosophy to International School students as a full time Tutor. He started working with XXXX together with his friends as the Operations Director although he has stepped down from the management and focused more on personal growth as well as other projects. For the past few years of his career, he has been into teaching, writing, and editing for different niches mostly within education and media. He spent two years being the Editor-in-Chief at XXXX where he mostly wrote about local news, attended international conferences, and wrote lots of research as well. Even though he mostly worked on news and journalism, he also has experience writing technical documentation including program setup/integrations, and such. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be his ability to write based on the requirements and needs of different stakeholders. He is quite good in making sure that the communication comes across the target audience or the readers, not just on writing good articles or materials. 3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements? He has been writing since university so for about 8+ years now. He’s focused solely into writing within different niche but majority within academic/education and media, some tech writing as well; he’s also willing to learn more about the actual engineering or manufacturing side of things if it’s required by the job.

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?  Her experience are mainly from marketing, technical writing, and copywriting, spanning in multiple industries and various audiences; she can craft technical documents, advertising communication documents, SOPs, and such. Her last role was with XXXX as a Marketing Communications Manager where she was mostly doing copywriting, had to reframe their perspective, with clients mostly coming from consumer industry sector, internal staff, and others in B2C. Before this, she was a Technical Writer for XXXX where she mostly worked on English manuals for consumer products, also was a Senior Creative Writer for XXXX where she again worked for consumer products. Before that, she was with XXXX as a Technical Writer where she wrote lots of documents including SOPs, instruction files, presentations, and training materials. In general, she also has to communicate with different parties to get the information needed for her materials and publications; also worked on some translations from Chinese to English. Before this, she was mostly involved with both marketing and technical writing for different industries. 2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?  Strongest skill would be technical writing since she has been doing this for more than 10-15+ years. She can consider consumer products, especially electronics, as her niche but can handle almost any industry. She is also flexible in terms of tools depending on which system was given to her to work on. 3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements? Has more than 10 years of experience in technical writing mainly focused on consumer products, technical manuals such as installation of software, electronics, worked with engineering and manufacturers as well. She is knowledgeable with Adobe Suite including InDesign, also Photoshop and Illustrator, has knowledge of Canva as well and is an advanced user of Microsoft Windows and software. Also good and familiar with compliance and regulations standards.