Position: Technical writer, project manager, account manager, recruiter
Category: Technical Writing
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 1


February 2009 – now
Intellectual Property Specialist
Responsibilities: 
- dealing with requests for proposals on registration of patents, designs, trademarks in the CIS region  and globally, for national and foreign clients. Collecting missing information for analysis by means of interviews with clients and/or e-mail queries;
- analyzing the information/data provided by the client, analyzing legislation of countries worldwide, developing a strategy for protection of client’s intellectual property depending on the needs, budget and timing;
- analyzing and/or proofreading agreements, documentation, patent applications for compliance with legislation and/or correspondence of bilingual versions. Suggesting corresponding amendments to these materials;
- operating with clients’ corporate CRM systems, developing customized schedule of charges for the non-standard services rendered through CRM systems. Compiling documentation for participation in tenders;
- developing corporate templates for official letters, agreements, requests for proposals. Tailoring the templates to the specific clients’ requirements;
- maintaining news blog on the corporate web site: monitoring and analyzing events and trends in the IP world, creating news feed for the corporate web site. Formatting the news snippets in HTML pages for further placement on the corporate web site;
- managing a team of up to 4 people: training and reviewing team members, performing knowledge sharing, efficiently distributing workload, controlling deadlines, maintaining high-quality performance level of the team;
- representing company in international exhibitions, building new cross-company contacts, making new clients. Experienced in informal networking;
- conducting presentations and knowledge-sharing sessions for foreign clients at exhibitions and on site. 

May 2008 - January 2009 
Recruiter
Responsibilities: 
- searched for appropriate candidates for IT positions (Java, .net, C#, C++ programmers; software engineers, architects; business analysts; project managers; database administrators, etc.) in the USA. Used the following web sources: Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, other alternative resources;
- conducted pre-screening interviews with appropriate candidates: collected information about candidates’ experience and expertise, provided description of the position to candidates;
- compiled candidates’ questionnaires according to the set standard, submitted candidates’ files
Motivated and well-organized Intellectual Property professional with 10+ years of experience. Looking for starting a career in the IT field in the position of a technical writer or similar requiring analytical thinking and knowledge of English at the Upper – Intermediate + level.