Nicholas Merlau

Proposal Writer @Recon Environmental, Inc

San Diego, CA, US

Helps teams identify winning strategies by understanding the client’s needs and creating proposals that are customized to each client.• Develops and writes grants, proposals, and reports, including rough drafts, revisions, and final copy.• Organizes material and complete writing assignments according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology.• Maintains records and files of work and revisions.• Performs light copyediting (spelling, punctuation, grammar, consistency) and organization of proposals, grants, and reports; adhere to formatting guidelines; maintain report style sheets; insert graphics, tables, figures, and photographs; coordinate with project teams; incorporate revisions; and create and combine PDFs (including the work from other writers).• Assists in laying out material for final production.• Wrote a winning County proposal with a value of $5M• Helped find SEO strategies to increase website traffic.

The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

Summer Intensive Training, Acting

Genesee Community College

Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

Pace University

Bachelor of Arts, Film & Screen Studies and English Language & Literature with a concentration on Creative Writing

Finger Lakes Community College

Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies