Phone:
414-915-4293
Email:
lstauss@gmail.com
Home:
Manor, Texas
I'm passionate about providing world-class products and experiences for customers. I identify business and customer needs and define and implement innovative, effective content and digital solutions.
2022-PRESENT
PROJECT MANAGER & CONTENT STRATEGIST
Acton Academy and School of Business
Manage and support content team operations, including: development, editing, publication, and maintenance of content
Ensure adherence to Learning Design and Socratic Question principles throughout all content to strengthen critical thinking
Maintain up-to-date content roadmap and weekly progress reporting
Plan, test, and utilize content solutions and features for app and web platforms
Manage daily operations related to legacy and next-generation content
2018-2022
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER (OPERATIONS)
Beneplace, LLC
Manage the day-to-day operations of the Digital Products team
Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap
Manage project timeline, scope, and prioritization
Participate in the Agile software development process
Manage customer service operations
Work with internal and external clients to understand product vision
2012-2018
PRODUCT OWNER (OPERATIONS)
SunPower
Ambassador for customer care and production support
Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap
Manage project timeline, scope, and prioritization
Develop and maintain weekly metrics on progress for senior management
Lead development team from concept to implementation
Work with internal and external clients to understand product vision
TECHNICAL WRITER
SunPower
Collaborated with product management, UX/UI team, and software development to create online content strategy for software products
Researched, defined, and delivered documentation for hardware and software products in collaboration with product management and engineers
Expedited content creation, revision, review, approval, and release process for multiple products simultaneously
Created content for multiple audiences including: solar customers and partners, engineers, customer support, sales, and marketing
Organized and maintained various team content management sites
2011-PRESENT
OWNER, WRITER, PROJECT MANAGER
Write On, LLC + lstauss&co
Created digital roadmaps including marketing and content strategy
Documented app instructions for iOS and Android smart devices
Scripted, recorded, and edited instructional product videos
Edited technical documentation and online copy
Wrote and maintained wiki documentation for hardware configuration, programming guidelines, and software instruction
2008-2011
TECHNICAL WRITER
Cardinal Automation Group
Wrote, edited, and designed manuals, guides, proposals, and brochures
Created copy, layout, design, and online ordering for CardinalAG.com
Prepared documentation for translation and worked with vendor for content
Performed efficient and effective interviews with SMEs
Reviewed scope, content, grammar, and format of company documentation
1999-2005
ENGLISH & BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Business and Professional Writing
Project Management for Writers
Writing for Information Technology
Legal Environment of Business
Modern English Grammar
German Studies
2015
SAFE AGILIST
Certification
Trained as a change agent to apply Scaled Agile Framework, lean thinking, and product development principles
2015
STRUCTURED WRITING
Certification
Learned to segment data for maximum use and reuse and become familiar with the current trends in technical writing
2010-2014
PROFESSIONAL WRITING & COMMUNICATION
Graduate Course
Technical writing and editing
Writing for social media
Professional communication
Document design
Project management
2010-2014
PROFESSIONAL WRITING & COMMUNICATION
Graduate Course
Technical writing and editing
Writing for social media
Professional communication
Document design
Project management
MICROSOFT OFFICE - Expert
GOOGLE OFFICE SUITE - Expert
INDESIGN & PHOTOSHOP - Expert
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - Expert
SALESFORCE - Expert
ADOBE CC - Experienced
JIRA & CONFLUENCE - Experienced
AGILE ENVIRONMENT - Experienced
HTML, XML, CSS - Knowledgeable
Lauren started in a newly created Technical Writer position. She immediately began producing quality work and quickly became an indispensable part of the team. She is detail-oriented, organized, dependable, and passionate about her work. I truly enjoyed my working experience with Lauren!
When we want to get a better understanding of what the customer thinks or needs, we ask Lauren—because she's already discovered the answer. When we want to know who we should talk to within the company to accomplish XYZ, we ask Lauren—because she's already developed the necessary relationship. When we want to know the best practice for getting something done, we ask Lauren—because she's the one who defined it. When we want to improve a feature or process quickly, we ask Lauren—because she's already planned it. And so it goes, on and on. Lauren just being Lauren makes us a better team, makes us more productive, helps us deliver better products, helps us smooth over conflicts, helps us avoid mistakes.
Lauren relates to product/dev in a very healthy way. She respects what dev brings to the table, doesn't rush, and is willing to problem solve if dev can't put together what she wants.