Jawaria Yaseen

I am a Technical Writer.

My last work experience was with an amazing company called Boston Scientific. What made this company amazing for me was that it gave me an amazing project and a super role- I was the solo technical writing resource responsible to lead and complete a large-scale documentation update project. The scope of the project was such that it would essentially impact all work instructions for every product its recently acquired company was manufacturing. I took ownership of the project and gave it my best- even training associate tech writers before leaving the company. For the amount of experience I had as a technical writer, I feel very grateful that my potential was recognized by my team lead! 

Previous to that, my work experience was with Ericsson. I was a part of the Technical Documentation team and will say I learned a lot about documentation and working in an Agile environment in the IT industry while there. 

I landed the job as an intern, trying to finish my diploma in Technical Writing from Algonquin College (one of the best, I tell you!)

Before going back to college, I worked as a Homeroom Teacher for the academic year 2018-2019 at Al-Ameen Elementary, a private school. I taught grade three. I also trained my students for Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). I would say I did a decent job as that year my school was listed as no.1 on the Fraiser’s school ranking report. I managed to win two awards that year, one for dedicated work and another for maintaining open communication with my students' parents. It was a crazy year. It was my first year in Canada as a new immigrant, my first year of re-entering the workforce, my first year teaching kids that age, and my very first year as a working mother of a one-year-old. If you are going to ask me how I got those awards- the truth is I don't know! All I know is that I worked really hard. I was constantly upgrading myself, reading articles on classroom management for 8-10-year-olds to find tips that I could successfully apply. Honestly, I was working what to me felt like 24/7. In the end, I'm guessing all of it paid off. 

Aside from this, I have over two years of experience as a Verbal Facilitator. At this company, I was teaching the verbal sections of some of the standardized tests such as the GRE, GMAT, SAT, and ACT. I was also certified to teach IELTS and TOEFL. This was in a company in India named Manya Private Limited- a franchise of The Princeton Review. I gained my first professional experience in this company, and this is just one of the reasons this company is so special to me. Over the course of around two years, I was recognized as an able facilitator and awarded recognition for my work twice. I did a lot of writing there too. Infact, I taught writing for a living. 

As you can see, I love instructing, informing, and persuading. So, technical writing was just a natural career progression. 

Cumulative, I have over five years of experience writing, out of which two years are in tech writing and the rest in creative writing and related fields. 

My last work experience was with an amazing company called Boston Scientific. What made this company amazing for me was that it gave me an amazing project and a super role- I was the solo technical writing resource responsible to lead and complete a large-scale documentation update project. The scope of the project was such that it would essentially impact all work instructions for every product its recently acquired company was manufacturing. I took ownership of the project and gave it my best- even training associate tech writers before leaving the company. For the amount of experience I had as a technical writer, I feel very grateful that my potential was recognized by my team lead! 

Previous to that, my work experience was with Ericsson. I was a part of the Technical Documentation team and will say I learned a lot about documentation and working in an Agile environment in the IT industry while there.

Cumulative, I have over five years of experience writing, out of which two years are in tech writing and the rest in creative writing and related fields. 

Completed diploma in Techncial Writing with honors from Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology.