Jonathan Wexler

Extensive Communications Experience Technical writing, editing, and managing for software projects across platforms and disciplines / Translation / Information Architecture / Production Work in Print, Web and Television Ottawa, Ontario, Canada e-mail: jonathanwexler@live.ca (Initial communication via email preferred)

Languages: English and French spoken and written, as well as

localization skills into several other languages

Communications Experience: Writing and Editing

Lead technical writer for many companies. Covered such diverse subjects as logistics,

telecommunications, physical security, finance & expense management, film and video compositing and editing, digital music and jukeboxes, and live event multimedia.
Managed translation of all technical documentation, including over 200 pages of user and admin guide

content, as well as software user interface strings, from English to French for renowned multimedia company Moment Factorys core software application X-Agora. Used Across translation engine, both architecting and implementing solution.
Wrote, designed, and organized marketing and PR content for print, web, and television, with an

emphasis lately on mobile applications for iOS and Android. Writer and editor for hundreds of articles for many publications across Canada. Subjects varied widely, from news, to technology, to art and film reviews, and more. Wrote all elements for six different series for World Affairs Television. Communicated in written form with leading global personalities in various fields.

Leadership and Organization

Tapped to be the sole technical communicator during biggest software problem in Autodesk Media and

Entertainments history which impacted post production houses worldwide. Awarded for response.
Participated in product definitions, strategic marketing plans, and public relations communiqus

for commercial software, consultancy services, and television programs. Managed the production and necessary infrastructure for hundreds of web and print-based deliverables for a wide variety of companies located around the world.
Ran the most widely trafficked immigration law website in Canada after the governments own website,

at http://www.canadavisa.com, as Communication Manager for CanadaVisa/Campbell Cohen. In this role, was in-charge of all their social media assets, including the redesign of their Facebook page, managing Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts with thousands of followers/friends, initiating multimedia campaigns, and working with the National Bank on a banking offer for new immigrants to Canada including an analytics component gauging the projected number of newcomers, from which countries, and details on where in the immigration process clients were, including projecting into the future. References and portfolio available upon request

 Lead technical writing and quality assurance teams in Bangalore and Montral for multiple

releases of Cleaner (leading video encoding software on the market at the time).
Coordinated many productions simultaneously at World Affairs Television (programs seen on

CBC, PBS, Bravo!, Black Entertainment Television, Global, SCN, and Ovation).

Technical Skills
Thorough knowledge of complex professional computer applications. Summarized at end of resume. Lead Designer of user and training guides, newspapers and magazines. Innovated processes for working remotely and in virtualized teams using a mixture of virtual private.

networks (VPN), remote desktop, VNC servers within VMware virtual machines and their respective clients
Pioneered use of interactive 3D graphics within online help systems, working simultaneously with

Softimage engineers, Flash animators, and QuickTime programmers.

Coordinated audio and video editing for many television programs. Code and scripting skills on Linux/Unix, Mac and Windows including: HTML(5) and CSS, JavaScript,

XML, PhP, LaTex and more.

Employment History:
Consultant, Information Architect and Lead Writer for companies in the following fields: multimedia and digital jukeboxes/digital music, telecommunications expense management, electronic data interchange (EDI), CNC machining, finance, logistics and accounting, variable content documents, high-end printing, etc.
* Company names available upon request.

February 2006 Present

Moment Factory as consultant managing their technical documentation and translation projects

2012 (second half)

CanadaVisa.com/Campbell Cohen as Communication Manager 2011 (November) 2012 (March)

Watch4net/EMC as Technical Writer

2010-2011 Consultant, Editor, and Lead Technical Writer for the Advanced Systems (compositing and editing). Autodesk Media and Entertainment/Discreet 2003-2006 Writer/Editor, Web and Marketing Consultant. MindAvenue/20-20 Technologies 2001-Feb 2003

Coordinating Producer and Writer. World Affairs Television

1998-2001

References and portfolio available upon request

Researcher. Cthial & Bossche, dition des livres pour enfants Editor-in-Chief. The Plant, Dawson Colleges student newspaper

1997 1997

Education:
Bachelors in Communication Studies with distinction (concentrations in organizational communication and film/video production), Concordia University Creative Arts DEC with highest distinction in College (concentrations in journalism and cinema), Dawson College 19982001

1995-1997

Awards and Honours:

Multiple awards at Autodesk (including 2 bonuses based on routine project work, one large stock grant

because of overall accomplishments, recognition for writing and overall role during rollover date Y2K-like issue (see: http://www.fxguide.com/featured/Stoned_and_Wired_Behind_Discreets_Y2k_4_bug/
Participant in Autodesk Employment Leadership Program (ELP): program to shape future leadership. Continuous accolades and repeat work from clients.. Winner of Dawsons highest honour, the Gallagher Award, for contributions to College. Winner of Kruger Memorial Scholarship for academic achievement. On Honours List throughout University and CEGEP.

Software Skills:

Production: Adobe CS and Adobe Technical Communication Suite as well as WebWorks ePublisher and DITA-FMx for DITA-related work with FrameMaker. Internet-related: Hootsuite (social media management), Blogging Platforms including Wordpress and Tumblr, managing accounts on Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Project Management and productivity: Project, Visio, Microsoft Office, Databases and ERP systems, as well as Chrome Apps Smartsheet and LucidChart. Worked directly with development platforms like CVS (TortoiseCVS) checking in code and text strings in multiple languages right into complex branched code bases. Skilled as well in video work including Final Cut Pro, various audio software packages and interactivity applications like Max/MSP, as well as higher end products suck as Autodesk Smoke, Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Lustre.

Recently worked on development of a project with Blender 3D and LinuxCNC involving the output of Gcode from Blender into a CNC-ready format, including the development of the whole process and all the necessary software. Productivity: Microsoft Office (heavy user of OneNote), OpenOffice, and Google Docs/Google Drive.

References and portfolio available upon request