Heidi Leury
403.281.3134
hleury@spots.ab.ca

 

Greetings,

... and thanks for visiting! If you're looking for writing, editing, web design, or desktop publishing services, you've come to the right place.

This summary resume will give you some idea of my work experience and skills. Naturally, portfolio samples will be made available during an interview, and I'll be pleased to answer any questions you might have about my resume or contract rates.

In the meantime, please read on, and be sure to let me know how I can help you.

Cheers,

Heidi Leury
hleury@spots.ab.ca


Recent Experiences

  • Manager, Creative Services
    Net Shepherd Inc.
    June 1996 - June 1997
    • web site management, maintenance
    • writing, editing corporate communications and technical documents
    • print production, desktop publishing

  • Marketing Assistant
    Quantum Data
    May 1995 - June 1996
    • writing, editing marketing, sales and promotional documents
    • writing, editing proposals
    • print production, desktop publishing

  • Freelance and Contract
    September 1991 - present
    • writing, editing corporate and technical documents for a variety of clients
    • print production and brokering
    • design, layout and desktop publishing

Professional Activities, Memberships

Highlights
  • writer and editor, with over 10 years' experience in corporate and marketing communications and technical documentation
  • web site manager, responsible for developing and maintaining corporate and project webs in IIs and UNIX server environments
  • project manager for corporate printing and web-based publishing
  • desktop publisher, with over 6 years' experience in layout, design and production

Toolkit

  • Desktop publishing, word processing
    • PageMaker, some Quark Express
    • Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, and others
  • Illustration, presentation
    • Photoshop, Corel Draw
    • PowerPoint, Freelance, Astound
  • Web design tools, utilities
    • FrontPage
    • WS-FTP, WebTrends, and a variety of browser, e-mail, news and chat tools
  • Spreadsheet, database
    • Excel, Lotus 1-2-3
    • Access, FileMaker Pro, Lotus Approach
  • Significant others
    • Robohelp, GoldMine, Act!, Winfax Pro, Winzip

Education

  • Course work up to third year of B.A.
    • Psychology, with English minor
    • Includes 4 semesters at Faculte St-Jean, French immersion faculty at U of A