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EducationCarnegie Mellon University(CMU)Pittsburgh,US | Expected Dec.2015M.A in Professional Writing Concentration: Technical WritingEnglish Department ScholarshipGPA: 3.90/4.0Beihang University(BUAA)Beijing, China | Jul, 2014Graduate with HonorB.A in EnglishGPA: 3.83/4.0Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsbrugh,US | Fall 2012Exchange ProgramGPA: 4.0/4.0

Relevent CoursesTechnical WritingStyleRhetorical GrammarProfessional and Technical WritingSoftware DocumentationInformation DesignCommunication Design Document Design

Usability TestingPlanning and Using DocumentComputing ScienceFundemental of Programming and Computing Science(python2.7)

Computing&Software SkillsAdobe InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop</oxygen>DITA editorMadCap FlareMicrosoft OfficeHTML/CSSPython (2.7/3.3)

Language SkillsChinese: Native SpeakerEnglish: FluentGerman: Two-year study

Technical Communication Projects User Assistance for JBidWatcher| Jan-Feb,2015 (Group)Ongoing Project,working with team in to create a new user guide for JBidWatcher. The content includes: the embedded assistance, online info-center and mobile help. The process includes user-experience research, draft and usability testing. Currently, I am working on the product profile, identifying the menus, contextual menuds and tasks of the given product.InDesign Tutorial on Formatting your Document | Sep. 2014 (Individual)Creating and designing a short written tutorial for future CMU professional wrting master candidates, teaching them how to set the paragraph styles and spaces with the Adobe InDesign.A User Guide to CMU-Tartantreck| Oct. 2012 (Group)Working with Two CMU students to create and design a user manual to help students use the job-searching website in Carnegie Mellon University.

Professional ExperienceResearch Assistant on Information Archetecture | Jan.2015 - Pres-entDept of English,Carnegie Mellon University| Pittsburgh, PA, US• Assist Prof.Suguru Ishizaki and Prof.Necia Werner to work on a

NSF project that aims to improve engineer students’ writing skills.• Plan, design and conduct interview with 15 professors in Pitts-

burgh area and gather their responses.• Generate a report based on the interview.PR & Digital Marketing&Design Leader | Jan.2015 - PresentCMU Summit on US-China Innovation and Entrepreurship | Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Build and Maintain media relationship with over 30 key medias.• Propose, Develop and Launch event on socal media platforms • Deisgn Summit brochures• Organize and Edit content on Summit Website

PR & Copy Writing Intern | Feb. - Apr.2014Weber Shandwick, Consumer Team | Bejing, China

• Translate,write and edit English briefing book• Draft communication plan and launch branding campaign for

two client corporations: Denza and Wall Street English.PR Intern | July. - Oct. 2013Fleishman Hillard Internationl Communication Beijing, China

• Draft proposed scheme and creative plan for customers, including Omega and Mido.

• Write and edit advertorials about beauty, luxury and fashion

A tech-savvy, bilingual technical writer and information designer with strong interest in computing programming, information technology and user experience design. I am willing to articulate complicated technical terms to end-users and bring technology closer to people.