Krista Lebednik                  E-mail: [Send email using form at bottom] OR
Telephone:  [Send email to request phone number] 46-7440                  krystajo_anne@fastermail.com



FREELANCE EXPERIENCE

Summary: As Freelancer, provided Writing/Editing and related Documentation
services to a range of publications and organizations. (1990 to Present [October
2011])


PUBLICATIONS
Since 1990, articles and stories have appeared in publications including:
Catholic News Service, Demand Studios [Ehow/Answerbag/Daily Puppy/Livestrong],
Toy Directory Monthly, Vocational Biographies, Rough Draft (the Boston Local of
the National Writers Union’s newsletter) WIND newsletter, Associated Content,
Helium, My Legacy, Chips Off the Writers Block, Cochrans Corner, Write Now, Dream
International Quarterly, Christmas Memories, Christmas Treasures, Diarists
Journal, Thumbprints, Pocket Inspirations, Stories for Little People (an
anthology); and in amateur press periodicals Just You, Me and the Governor (five
editions to date), Compadres (three editions to date), Black Magic, Our Favorite
Things, Strictly An Indulgence, and Not In Your Wildest Dreams.


Freelance Writing/Editing:

- Wrote researched articles on multiple topics for Demand Studios
[Ehow/Answerbag/Daily Puppy/Livestsrong] [July 2009 to Present (October 2011)]
- Wrote Feature Articles for a toy industry online trade journal [Oct. 2006
through July 2008]
- Wrote Product Descriptions for the companion publication Toy Directory.
[2008]
- Wrote book reviews for Catholic News Service [2008]
- Provided Research, Technical Editing, and writing/revision services to update
existing report on home water filters for an online Consumer Guide website
[February through September 2007]
- Wrote New Hire Job Descriptions for client in holistic health care field.
[Jan. 2006]
- Wrote evaluative reports/reviews of retail establishments for multiple
clients. [2005, 2006 2007 2008, and 2009]
- Worked as Stringer for a publisher producing vocational/educational features.
[September 2002 to July 2003]
- Wrote book reviews for consumer Internet site. [2000 and 2001]
- Contributed articles and short stories to periodicals. [1990 – 2006]
- Supplied Editing, Critique, Tutorial, and Writing Instruction services for
private client. [1994 – 1996]
- Wrote Newsletter Articles as Guest Columnist for WIND Networking Group for
Professionals. [Fall 1995]
- Wrote Book Reviews on Career Development and Job Search resources for WIND
newsletter. [Fall 1995]


Research:
- Researched content for web-based articles for Ehow, Livestrong, Daily Puppy,
and Answerbag content websites [July 2009 to Present [October 2010]
- Researched Feature Articles for a toy industry online trade journal [July 2006
to December 2007]
- Provided Internet Research and Semantic Classification services for Internet
Domain Registry client [Oct. – Nov. 2005]
- Provided Research/Investigative Mystery Shopping services at various retail
locations, and for multiple clients [2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009]
- Worked as Field Researcher for a publisher producing commercial directories.
[September and August 2004]
- Conducted in-field interviews of local residents for U.S. Bureau of Census.
[Spring/Summer 2000]


Instructional:
- Lynn Public Schools Substitute Teacher
(at English High School) [Sept. 1996 – May 1997]

Subjects: Government, English



CORPORATE PROJECTS/ASSIGNMENTS:

Business and Technical Writing:
- Developed Departmental Job Process Documentation for Optical Character
Scanning Team employees [Internal Revenue Service, 2006]
- Prepared Employees’s Inquiry Q&A presentation for Division Director’s Employee
Forum Meeting [Internal Revenue Service, 2004]
- Wrote and designed Presentation Materials on China facts for Diversity Day
[Internal Revenue Service, 2004]
- Applied Corporate Standard® approach to documentation about career path
progression within company [Dataware Solutions] [2000]
- Wrote Management Reports on Software to Software File Conversion Methods and
Labor/Personnel policies [CERTEK Corporation, 1995]
- Wrote Procedures for Purchasing Materials Administration [CERTEK Corporation,
1995]
- Edited generic Quality Assurance/Quality Control policies and procedures to
reflect in-house Quality program [CERTEK Corporation, 1995]
- Wrote articles for company newsletter [Urban Data Processing, 1988]
- Wrote cost effectiveness report on LAN network and related electronic text
production [Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, 1986]


Editorial:
- Furnished Technical Writing and Editing to revamp Marketing Plan left
incomplete at departure of Marketeer [ANSER, 1999]
- Provided Technical Editing activity to develop an updated Security Standards
and Practices [ANSER, 1999]
- Provided Proofreading/Editing for Style/Format services for Navy documents
[Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, 1985-1987]


Instructional/Curriculum Development
- Trained junior, contract writer in fundamentals of the Functional Thinking and
writing approach used by systems like Information Mapping and Corporate Standard
[Dataware Solutions, 2000]
- Wrote web-based educational and training documentation, and produced for
Knowlagent courseware [Dataware Solutions, 2001]
- Furnished Stand-up Training services on NBI word processing as used on Navy
formatted documentation Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, 1986 and 1987]


Research:
- Researched Massachusetts Labor Laws to ensure compliance [CERTEK Corporation,
1994]

Technical Documentation
- Using Corporate Standard® approach, developed call center support
documentation procedures for multiple product lines describing troubleshooting,
maintenance, and other outsourcing support [Dataware Solutions, 2000 and 2001]
- Wrote portion of document coordinating configuration management effort for
major Navy project [Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, 1986 and 1987]
- Wrote test procedure documents from rough drafts or from outlines supplied by
engineers or by test personnel [Charles 
Stark Draper Laboratory, 1986 and 1987]
- Wrote keyboard operator’s user guide for NBI64 System [Charles Stark Draper
Laboratory, 1986]


EDUCATION: 

- Certificate, Software Technical Writing; Bentley College, Waltham, MA
- BA, Salem State College; Salem Mass.
English Major, Sociology Minor
Honors Program Participant, Highest Honors in Honors Essay