Victor A. Oliva

About Victor A. Oliva

I\'m experienced in making health content easy-to-understand and accessible by using plain language best practices. I implement content strategy that keeps priority audiences\' needs front and center.

Experience

1. Communications Specialist

   Banyan Communications

   Oct 2023 — Present

   Strategizes, develops, and edits content that takes scientific and technical information and transforms it into compelling messages and copy- Leads content strategy and creation on projects, providing rationale for decisions that encourages client buy-in and project team cohesion- Collaborates in multidisciplinary teams with subject matter experts, clients, and Banyan’s creative and strategic staff to conceptualize and craft communications campaigns, video scripts, press releases, infographics, web and social copy, and a wide range of other content types- Edits content provided by other resources or clients to make it as impactful and strategically sound as possible while still adhering to clearance, grammatical correctness, established style guides, design requirements, accessibility and usability standards, and plain language best practices- Assimilates information and synthesizes it into impactful content that can be translated visually- Works in tandem with instructional designers to create effective content for online trainings for a wide range of professional audiences (e.g. social service workers and clinicians)- Engages in the “transcreation” process by drafting English content and then providing editorial support to Spanish-speaking team members in order to create Spanish-language materials

Education

• Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

  Master of Public Health - MPH, Department of Population and Family Health

• UC San Diego

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Physiology and Neuroscience