a simple line drawing of a rocket with an exhaust plume and a single window Shawn Huelle

About Me

I was born and raised in Nebraska, was exposed to art and theater at an early age, and spent my junior year of high school as a foreign exchange student in Germany. Those experiences set me on my current path.

I have dedicated my entire educational and professional life to writing. Whether writing code, technical documentation, marketing copy, or a novel, I am always looking for the best way to communicate an idea. Because communication is multi-directional, I am also very much invested in writing as a process, and an important part of that process is review and collaboration.

This website is a place for me to showcase a digital version of my CV, create an archive of projects both individual and collaborative, and slowly practice my quickly-rusting web-development skills,.

CV

Skills

Education

Work Experience

  • Technical Writer — 15 January 2024 - 08 July 2024
  • ZONTAL, GmbH
    • Created customer-facing and API documentation for the ZONTAL platform using both Confluence and KnowledgeOwl.
    • Maintained and improved house style and branding guidelines for both online articles and PDFs using HTML and CSS.
    • Gained valuable experience in creating qualification documentation in a validated environment.
  • Senior Technical Writer — 2022
  • thingsTHINKING: Karlsruhe, Germany
    • Created technical documentation and wrote release notes in English for semantha using the Component Content Management System Paligo.
    • Made linguistic and content revisions to existing content, including marketing documents.
    • Proposed and implemented improvements to the usability of the documentation and the semantha user interface.
  • Head of the Library and EducationUSA Studies Adviser — 2015-2022
  • Carl-Schurz-Haus/Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institue Freiburg eV: Freiburg, Germany
    • Oversaw library budgeting, purchasing, cataloging, marketing, and led a team of employees and volunteers.
    • Advised one-on-one and in large groups for EducationUSA. Performed outreach, wrote and designed marketing materials, and led a small team of student employees.
  • Head Projectionist and Assistant Bar Manager — 2014-2015
  • Kino Atelier/Café Haag: Arsenal Kinobetriebe, Tübingen, Germany
    • Managed a small, independent cinema. Programmed the digital projector and ticketing software on a weekly basis. Chose and hung marketing materials. Ordered bar and restaurant supplies. Worked with vendors. Ran the projector. Sold tickets. Served food and drinks.

Teaching Experience

  • Instructor — 2011-2014
  • Eberhard Karls Universität: Tübingen, Germany
    • Taught a variety of courses in the Sprachpraxis section of the English Department:
      • Language & Use (introduction to academic writing)
      • Written Communication 1 (academic writing)
      • Written Communication 2 (creative writing)
      • Oral Communication 2 (presentation and public speaking skills)
      • Translation 1

Further Sections

Publications (highlights)

My writing has appeared in a number of publications. I have also published two chapbooks with Shirt Pocket Press.
Here is a list of works that can be found online:

Projects

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