Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Career Aims
Skills Experience
Activities
Awards
Conferences
Software
Interests
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Ruairi McMillan

Edinburgh

Summary

Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Life Science publishing internship. Ready to help team achieve content creation and administrative goals.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Luath Publishing co.

10.2019
  • Publishing data analysis, cover and press release drafting
  • Proofreading, typesetting, copyediting.

Self-Employed Strength & Fitness Trainer

01.2008
  • I built this business training a clientele out of a studio gym, allowing me to provide bespoke and measureable results
  • At full capacity I established 20 dedicated clients and athletes, who had achieved between 70 to 85% of their health and strength related aims.

MEDCAT & UCAT content writing

MEDISTUDENTS.com
01.2020 - 01.2023
  • Content research and writing for medical students and professionals who seek to further their logical and statistical inference skills, and to understand functional and clinical presentations of anatomy with advanced precision.

Xapiri.com & Alianza Arkana: Content writer & Analyst

11.2017 - 03.2018
  • Writer, administrator and developmental consultant
  • This project worked directly with Matzes communities of the Amazon, aiming to increase the exposure of skill-led traditions such as hunting and textile crafts.

Wood Tech. Finisher - Spirit Yachts

01.2006 - 01.2008
  • High specification, care, preparation and finishing for modern classical wooden yachts, ranging 38 to 100 feet, across all seasons.

Education

BSc Hons - Human Anatomy

University of Glasgow
01.2020 - 05.2024

DipHE - Biology & Statistics

Open University
01.2018 - 05.2020

MSc - Creative Writing

University of Edinburgh
01.2018 - 05.2019

Skills

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Career Aims

  • To work with anatomical specimens on a daily basis, develop my skills and experience within medical science and related disciplines.
  • To apply my broad background and skills to health and science communications, medical/bio-ethical writing and education across all ages.
  • To produce and develop content and resources for neuroanatomical and neurological science.

Skills Experience

  • Online content writing for medical ed. and neuroanatomical articles (MS Office & Adobe Suites).
  • Experienced in proofreading, web editing and content design.
  • Writing for medical education, in both MEDCAT and UCAT formats.
  • Fully literate in academic research for experimental science: human anatomy, neuroanatomy, genetics, histology and neurophysiology.
  • Clerical skills for medical education and non-academic administration.
  • High proficiency in software applications for writing, data and media production.

Activities

  • Astlie Ainslie Hospital, 2024-01-01, 2024-12-31, NHS Volunteer. Ward Visitor for Patients in Stroke / Neurology units.
  • LUCIDAVISIONIS.co.uk, 2023-01-01, 2023-12-31, Online self project, communicating the relationship between humanism and neuroanatomy through in-depth articles. Illustration and drafting techniques combined with technical writing and voiceover audio.
  • Himalaya Uttarakhand Jan Jagriti Sansthan, 2017-01-01, 2017-03-15, Uttrakhand, India, A grass roots organisation which encourages productive and localised economic infrastructure whilst selectively integrating modern solutions to everyday life. I gained working insight into the cultural and socio-economic dynamics, constraints and advantages which affect quality of life.
  • Sambhali Trust, 2016-01-01, 2016-03-31, Rajasthan, India, Tutoring Dalit caste women and children in English & mathematics. Rajput family NGO.

Awards

Integrative Neurophysiology Studentship, 2020-05-01, 2020-08-31, School of Medicine, Veterinary & Life Sciences, Glasgow University, Under a successful grant application to the British Society for Neuroendocrinology, this studentship developed my practical implementation of experimental neurobiology.

Conferences

BRAIN Journal of Neurology: Poster Presentation of Research & Illustrations, 2024-03-01, 2024-03-31, Royal Geographic Society - Oxford University Medical School, Neuroanatomical Specificity in Reporting & Diagnosing Aphasias: A Functional & Ethical Review. Presentation of my work at BRAIN on clinical reporting of neuroanatomical aetiology in case-reports of aphasia. This was my own research and medical illustration.

Software

Adobe Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Audition & Illustrator

Interests

Anthropology, Classical History, Acrobatics & Traditional Scottish Music

Timeline

MEDCAT & UCAT content writing

MEDISTUDENTS.com
01.2020 - 01.2023

BSc Hons - Human Anatomy

University of Glasgow
01.2020 - 05.2024

Luath Publishing co.

10.2019

DipHE - Biology & Statistics

Open University
01.2018 - 05.2020

MSc - Creative Writing

University of Edinburgh
01.2018 - 05.2019

Xapiri.com & Alianza Arkana: Content writer & Analyst

11.2017 - 03.2018

Self-Employed Strength & Fitness Trainer

01.2008

Wood Tech. Finisher - Spirit Yachts

01.2006 - 01.2008
Ruairi McMillan