Rita Watson

Self motivated and experienced retired professional with excellent communication skills looking to support a business in a part time capacity. Detail oriented, resourceful, and organized with ability to quickly become productive. Calm under pressure with a positive mindset.

Communication

• Clear written and verbal communication
• Assist others as needed in writing clear communication
• Able to diffuse tense situations and facilitate a positive outcome.
• Able to transform technical information into understandable terms.

Leadership

• Led and mentored a writing team in creating online help content with a single-author voice in a consistent format.
• Led two engineering teams in short work cycles called sprints to keep the teams on track for timely product delivery. Moderated daily morning meetings to check progress and learn about any blocking issues to help clear them. Conducted sprint retrospectives to find ways to do better in the next sprint.

Technical Expertise

• Quick to learn authoring tools and markup languages used for writing.
• Familiarity with some social media apps.

Time Management

• Prioritize projects to meet deadlines.
• Adapt well to evolving situations and priority shifts.