Sharon Salavaria

About Sharon Salavaria

A creative and innovative writer with extensive experience in several communication fields, including technical writing, corporate and internal communications, instructional design, and content marketing. I am an enthusiastic learner with a talent for applying my skills and knowledge to new areas and projects.Experienced writing about cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), IT, financial services, security, healthcare, and manufacturing. Tool set includes Microsoft Office, GitHub, Markdown, Illustrator, InDesignTECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION/CONTENT MARKETING Software and Hardware Documentation • Technical Case Studies • Ebooks • Presentations and Webinar Scripts • Internal Communications • Email Campaigns • Nurture Stream Content • Executive Communications INSTRUCTIONAL Enablement • New Hires • Internal Training • Enablement • Technical Audiences • Readiness Web Site • E-learning • Instructor-Led Training• Interactive Games • Videos • Animations • Technology • Security • Methodologies KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Created more than 300 customer references for Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Intel, and VMware.• Managed communications for two CIOs and executive staff.• Developed 50+e-learning and ILT courses. • Awarded “authorized quality curriculum” by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).• Created the first department style guide for the Amazon Web Services customer references team.PERSONAL INTERESTSReading, drawing, and travel

Experience

1. Lead Technical Writer

   TEKsystems

   Apr 2022 — Present · MD, US

   Support technical teams with focused and repeatable technical writing expertise and content management patterns and practices. Deliver customer-facing reports, procedural documents, and presentations. Develop case studies, training, and other content to support sales and internal activities.

Education

• Arcadia University

  B.A., History (with honors)

• University of Washington

  Certificate, Public Relations & Strategic Communications

  2013 — 2014

• University of San Francisco

  MBA, International Relations

Skills

• Content Development
• Social Media Marketing
• Web Content
• Content Marketing
• Project Management
• Internal Communications
• Management
• Enterprise Software
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Website Management
• Customer Reference
• Personal Development
• Business Analysis
• Leadership
• Success Stories
• Decision-Making
• Program Management
• Instructional Design
• Content Strategy
• Writing
• Copywriting
• Web Design
• Corporate Communications
• Content Management
• Life Skills
• Marketing
• Copy Editing
• Strategic Communications
• Strategy
• Blogging
• Web Content Management