Akilah Bledsoe Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, Ca, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

Research Program Manager – Facebook Reality LabsIdentify, establish, and maintain programs and processes to support research execution at scaleFoster and build relationships within Facebook legal, policy, and compliance to proactively optimize and streamline research processes Manage Research Assistants and Research Assistant program for Facebook Reality Labs UX Steward for Research budget (forecasting and yearly planning) and management of contingent workforce Manage research contract program supporting 100+ researchers Leveraged partnerships with global and local research vendors to negotiate rate cards and master SOW language for efficient project executionSource, vet, and facilitate the security assessment of vendorsCo-Authored a Medium article about Rolling Research Speaking Engagements: People Nerds panel | Rolling Research: Your key to Creating a Culture that Incorporates User Insights – 2020 AnswerLab Client panel – 2020 AnswerLab Salon Series | International Research – 2019 Facebook panel | Research Operations – 2019 Research Program Manager – International Advise researchers on best practices planning, executing, and sharing findings from international & domestic research Assess gaps in the international research program to create resource documents and trainings in partnership with researchers Document and establish policies around user data sharing and non-disclosures in conjunction with cross functional partners Establishing best practices for international recruiting and advising on how to reach niche populations Creating the process for screening and hiring research contractors for UX Research Developing and maintaining relationships with vendors to create efficiencies and set pricing Work with our AV/Labs managers to ensure researcher needs for equipment and labs are met Experience negotiating pricing with research tool vendors Ensure research team needs are met when moving to new offices Mentor the coordinators on my team

San Francisco, California

Train and manage new Project ManagersOversee programs of domestic and international research: Maintaining/updating timelines & resource allocationActing as the gateway between the research team and our clients for individual projects as well as programs of researchFor qualitative and quantitative research, I assist our sales team with bidding and project feasibilitySchedule internal and external project kickoffs with the research team and clients For qualitative studies, manage recruitment, facility selection, and overall research and technology logisticsFor quantitative studies, manage panel vendors, survey programming and fieldingManage project budgets Actively building, maintaining, and leveraging a database of customers for research Account tracking and client knowledge centerDrafting statements of work and pricingLook for ways to make processes more efficient and/or functionalWork directly with our vendors to make sure AnswerLab standards are being met Vet new domestic and international vendorsThe hallmark of this position is anticipating obstacles and opportunities and planning how to bypass or capitalize on them

San Francisco Bay Area

Manage recruitment, facility selection, and overall research and technology logisticsManage project budgetRecruiting for high profile research For qualitative I assist our sales team with bidding and project feasibilitySchedule internal project kickoffs with the research team and clients Account tracking and client knowledge centerWork directly with our vendors to make sure AnswerLab standards are being met Look for ways to make processes more efficient and/or functional

San Francisco Bay Area

Manage project timelines to ensure deadlines are metFacilitate communication with clients: send client updates and summaries of recruiting progressMonitor project budgetsManage 15 recruitersModerate individual interviewsScreener and moderating guide formulationKnowledge of a variety of software such as Morae and WebExExperience with audio/video setupExperience with working across various departmentsRecruit for high profile studiesOrganize and specify recruiting order to ensure client quotas are metI anticipate and resolve issues before they ariseUpdate Fleischman database of respondentsAssist in database developmentDesigning and executing queries in Access database

San Francisco Bay Area

Coordinate client needs on site for studyDirecting respondents when they arrive at the facilityFacilitating communication between clients and the recruiting officePreparation of any client documents needed for the studiesScheduling catering services for the clients and respondentsDrafting host reportsWriting and distributing incentive checksOrganizing incoming and outgoing mail Recruiting respondents for market research studiesTyping respondent profiles for client updatesUpdating Fleischman database of respondents

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Facilitate the flow of acceptable patrons and students into and out of the library. Performing patron counts Answering a multi-line telephone Placed facilities requests Assisted with the opening or closing of the library.

Storrs, Ct

Participated 2 consecutive summersConduct my own research working with Mitochondrial and chromosomal DNAPerform an oral presentation of my research goalsCreate a poster presentation of my finished projectPresent my poster at a symposium for all program participants across the program

Masters Of Science In Marketing, Project Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated, Sigma Alpha Lambda,