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EXPERTISE

Project Management

  • Managed project lifecycle from initial concept through development, testing, and final deployment.

  • Developed cohesive, objective-driven plans, schedules, and budgets.

  • Served as main contact for status updates, troubleshooting, quality control oversight, resource allocation, and metrics tracking.

Management

  • Managed cross-functional departments and teams ranging from 5 to 25 employees.

  • Responsible for work prioritization and assignments; product development review and feedback across all stages of development; coaching and mentoring; and professional development, annual performance appraisals, and other managerial functions.

  • Coordinated sales and marketing functions across multiple divisions.

Instructional Developmentand Design

  • Worked with operations and engineering, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders to create scalable, strategically-focused, practical and engaging instructor-led, eLearning, and operator qualifications training programs, job aids, and other training materials.

  • Conducted needs analyses, wrote strategy briefs, and developed and implemented learner-focused online, blended, and micro-training designed to align with procedures and strategies, operational and safety goals, and corporate culture and values.

  • Planned learning programs, units of study, interdisciplinary curriculum connections, and final assessments and rubrics for inquiry- and project-based learning.

Marketing / Design / Advertising

  • Developed domestic and international marketing communications plans, budgets and launch strategies for new products and services.

  • Developed, wrote, and designed advertising, sales and marketing collateral, direct marketing campaigns, and annual reports and other investor communications.

  • Crafted impactful brand strategies and solutions and comprehensive visual systems, balancing creative aesthetics with strategic objectives tied to client values, goals, and market positions.

  • Developed and executed global trade show and event marketing plans, exhibits, and related lead generation and sales close strategies.

  • Served as editorial director for employee communications programs.

Other

  • Increased department efficiency 45% through the development and refinement of new development process workflows and communications templates.

  • Lead the move towards LMS-based assessment solutions for classroom and computer-based learning.

  • Tapped to create C-Suite video packages for use at public functions to promote the company.

  • Chosen to beta MS Copilot for the company, and subsequently tapped to serve as an MS Copilot Champion to assist the organization in phase two rollouts.

  • Developed a multi-component promotional campaign for a financial institution, with results surpassing 150% of projected goal.

  • Increased productivity by redesigning the workflow tracking and filing system of a a major tradebooks publisher in order to streamline operations resulting in a 47% increase in efficiency.

  • Increased academic performance by 37% by developing proprietary curriculum and teaching strategies for an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme campus.

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