Famin Ahmed

About Famin Ahmed

Medical editor and health communicator with more than 20 years\' experience working on a…

Experience

1. Writer-editor Iv

   JBS International, Inc.

   Jan 2025 — Present · North Bethesda, MD, US

   Contractor for: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). • Helps project management of 100+ health information products and 30+ Spanish products each year, tracking production workflows and monitoring the quality of deliverables, assisting with managing budgets, reviewing and mentoring the work of junior copyeditors, training staff, and helping to keep publication processes on time and on budget. Trained and mentored two junior copyeditors on client procedures and style.• Manages the translation and production of 30+ health information topics into Spanish every year for 3 years. Supervises, mentors, and oversees the work of two in-house Spanish translators and two freelancers. Oversees the monthly Spanish Translators’ Workgroup and facilitates discussions of Spanish style issues. Recognized for exceptional efforts as a supervisor and increasing job satisfaction for employees.• Serves as an expert of plain language. Monitors Flesch-Kincaid readability levels for 60+ health information topics per year, editing and adjusting content to improve readability. Reviews and updates client’s house style guide. Responds to monthly style and grammar queries from staff and client.• Manages, facilitates, and troubleshoots administrative procedures and production issues. Member of Technology Working Group, which researches and explores AI and copyediting tools and macros to improve publications processes. Researches and tracks electronic health record (EHR) codes for NIDDK’s health information topics that are mapped to NIH’s MedlinePlus Connect program and is part of the first NIH institute team to supply Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) for MedlinePlus Connect.

Skills

• Web Content
• Technical Writing
• Strategic Communications
• Science Journalism
• Creative Writing
• SEO Copywriting
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Books
• Ama Style
• Storytelling
• Blogging
• Copy Editing
• Content Management
• Newsletters
• Nonprofits
• Freelance Writing
• Content Development
• Web Analytics
• New Media
• Chicago Style
• Brochures
• On-Site SEO
• Speech Writing
• Crisis Communications
• Bengali
• Publicity
• Social Networking
• Multimedia
• Facebook
• Google Analytics
• Corporate Communications
• Editorial
• Public Speaking
• Medical Editing
• Technical Editing
• Non-Profits
• Online Publishing
• Ap Style
• Editing