Sofiya

SOFIYA FOMITSKA
Technical Writer
I‘ve been working as a technical writer for 5 years, while my total experience in writing and
translating/interpreting from/to English, German, Ukrainian, Russian is over 11 years.

Location Lviv, remote
Phone; e-mail [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section); [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
Marital status Married, 2 children aged 10 and 4; my husband serves in Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Date of birth 15 November, 1980

WORK EXPERIENCE
Technical Writer Jul. 2011 – till Dec., 2018 Mita-Teknik Ltd., Lviv, Ukraine.
▪ Writing technical documentation in English: user manuals, installation guides
(Windows and Linux platforms), release notes
▪ Creating an API reference manual, data sheets, style guides, training materials
▪ LaTeX typesetting (text blocks, tables, images) and building final PDF documents
▪ Creating from scratch/proofreading procedure descriptions, document templates
▪ Involvement in major localization project from English to Chinese
▪ HTML source editing
▪ Close communication with developers and QA engineers
▪ Manual testing of end-user portal functionality, creating test cases, bugs tracking
▪ Teaching Business English to company employees

SKILLS & TOOLS
Languages English: fluent; German: fluent; Russian: fluent; French: good; basic knowledge of
Polish (reading, basic speaking skills); Ukrainian: mother tongue.
PC skills ▪ MadCap Flare, LaTeX, Visio & InDesign
▪ Figma, Visual Studio
▪ Bugzilla, Jira and Confluence
▪ Microsoft Office, 1С: Accounting (basics)
Technologies ▪ HTML, CSS, API
Methodologies ▪ Agile, waterfall
Style guides ▪ Microsoft Manual of Style, Chicago Manual of Style, Apple Style Guide
Soft skills ▪ Profound communication skills, high level of intellectual grasp
▪ Excellent pronunciation of all foreign languages I mastered
▪ Responsibility and consistency in fulfilling work
▪ Time management skills, creativity, team spirit and devotedness
▪ Participation in TV program „Live and help“, Freiburg, Germany

Further training ▪ DSH exam certificate (exam prior to entering any university in Germany)
▪ Das Kleine Deutsche Sprachdiplom in Goethe Institute, Germany
▪ Technical writing by Udemy
▪ HTML/CSS Courses in IT Education Academy
▪ Basics of Software Manual Testing by PROMETHEUS
▪ Webinars in Business Analysis by Genius
▪ Certificate "Secretary with English knowledge"

EDUCATION
Education in Ukraine 1998 - 2003 State Pedagogical University in Drogobych, Foreign Languages Department:
English and French (I was granted RED GRADUATE DIPLOMA).
Education in Germany 2003 - 2004 Au-pair year in one of German families in Freiburg.
2004 - 2006 Studies at Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg (Germany) with the
following majors: English Philology (Linguistics) and German Studies (Linguistics).
2005 - 2006 German Language Courses in Goethe Institute. I obtained “Das Kleine
Deutsche Sprachdiplom” (certifies a language level of a native speaker).

Recommendations ▪ Recommendation granted by Prof. Dr. Mrs. Dorothee Shlenke (Germany)
▪ Letters of Recommendation granted by top managers of Discovery Drilling
Equipment Ltd., Baumit Ukraine Ltd.