Ann G. Sparx Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

• Design and delivery of e-learning programmes
• Instructional Design, content writing and editing
• UX and UI design and audit
• Project Management and Team Management

• Talent Acquisition
• Learning and Development / Professional Development
• Organisational Development & Change Management
• Leadership Development
• Executive Coaching
• Career Coaching

[gap year]Coordinated operations for a London-based logistics company with main distribution centres in Poland and Ukraine.

• Experience and expertise providing L&D and Talent Acquisition services to regional, national and global corporate clients in the following sectors: IT, engineering, architecture and construction, fashion, publishing.
• Professional Development / L&D and Talent Acquisition Consulting – audited and put on track start-ups, small and mid-sized companies, and helped large international organizations to significantly improve employee and.
• Training and Professional Development – design and delivery of learning programmes.
• L&D Audit – assessed quality and relevance of learning and development programmes, evaluated learners' progress, interpreted gathered data, identified areas for improvement and suggested solutions.
• Talent Acquisition – co-designed recruitment strategies, designed and conducted assessments. Also: interviewing, sourcing for talent, HiPo, executive search.

[maternity cover/contract]Leadership and management of the Language Centre: 200+ students/clients, 16 teachers (Polish, British, American and Australian) and 4 admin staff, 2 sites. Responsible for all aspects of training delivery – from recruiting trainers through to curriculum design and assessments. Managed all stakeholder relationships.

• Built from scratch a team of international trainers, managed full cycle of recruiting, managed full cycle of learning and development programmes for our employees and training delivery to our clients. Developed and.
• Reviewed and implemented learning standards company-wide in terms of professional training delivery to our clients as well as employee professional development for the dynamically growing and changing company.
• Analysed and assessed needs and requirements to provide effective L&D solutions. Designed training materials, diagnostic tests, assessment tests, feedback and satisfaction surveys, and interpreted results.
• Pro-actively identified areas for improvement and resource redeployment opportunities, provided thought leadership and advised on strategy and organisational development.
• Organised and coordinated 50+ multi-national trainers scattered all over southern Poland and teaching 800+ students with different learning needs and goals, across industries such as IT, engineering, manufacturing.

Worked for a number of schools and training centres as an English teacher and ESL/EFL trainer. Taught primary and secondary school students, including SEN children; general and business English courses; exam preparation courses; military English courses.

Worked and co-worked on commercial and residential architectural projects.