When I told my dad I was going to grad school for poetry, his response was blunt, “What kind of career are you gonna have doing that?” As it turns out, a pretty interesting one. For 20 years, I’ve maintained a record of storytelling, production, publication, media design, and learning solutions.Currently, I write and develop training solutions for some of the world’s biggest brands in retail, QSR, insurance, airline, hospitality, and travel—check my resume; it’s a Fortune’s who’s who. In addition, I was creative director for a decade to a team of developers, graphic artists, animators, video editors, and writers that produced videos, shorts, animations, podcasts, and infographics. Some of the hats I have worn and continue to wear include director, editor, instructional designer, learning engineer, producer, podcaster, voiceover talent, and marketer. The career path I forged grew from my background as a storyteller. Storytelling is the first arrow in my quiver. Only Hawkeye and Katniss have a better aim. Here’s a small list of what I can offer:•The ability to lead a charge and lead a team as well as mentor and build future leaders•The ability to forge and maintain relationships with clients•The ability to transform challenging processes, messaging, and learning into meaningful, memorable, and measurable experiences•The ability to draw upon a 20-year history of adapting to work cultures of startups with explosive growth, mid-sized businesses gone public, public companies gone private, and mergers and acquisitions between large businesses•The ability to pick locks, move mountains, and inhale baby grand pianosI hope Dad would have been proud. Specialties: leadership. management, writing, editing, learning solutions, publishing, design, audio/visual editing, e-learning, ILT/VILT, video, SaaS.
Listed skills include Publishing, Editing, Instructional Design, Proofreading, and 46 others.
