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Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Exton, Pennsylvania, United States

Transitioned to managing in-house learning and development for a regional credit union. Manage a team of instructional designers, multimedia developers, and facilitators to deliver learning solutions for new hires and tenured employees through onboarding, upskilling, instructor-led training, e-learning, and microlearning. Manage service requests, workflows, templates, and needs analyses and recommend employee-focused training solutions with measurable business results.

Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States

Manage a team of content developers who research and explain complex business topics through digital learning experiences. Develop structured writing methods, work with subject matter experts, and manage content development from planning to production.

Lead a team of content developers who author educational material for professionals. Present complex risk management, insurance, and financial topics in accessible language, enhanced with videos, graphics, and practice exercises.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Lead multiple cross-departmental teams to determine educational content for products and events. Work with subject matter experts and publishing professionals to develop material for print and online learning (including text, videos, and graphics) and for industry conferences. Review other writers’ work.

Develop educational material for those working in or interested in the risk management and property-casualty insurance industry, making challenging concepts accessible for today's professional. Research current topics for new products and revise and update existing material to maintain accuracy and explain ideas to adult learners.

Expanded my editorial duties by taking on more project management roles and participating on company teams. In addition to editing various content types, reviewed acquired content and made recommendations for its development, trained external editors, and created and maintained several copy-specific style guides.

Duties included substantive editing and copy editing of all products, including textbooks, course guides, online modules, marketing materials, and research reports. Also served as managing editor for various courses and updated and maintained the company style guide.

Developed supplementary study material. Job duties included authoring all Review Notes, authoring and revising course guide questions, assisting in editorial process, and updating the Learning Object Development Guide. Also performed various administrative duties in the content management system.

West Chester, Pa

Was responsible for viewing creatives (commercials), writing descriptive recaps of them for competitors, and proofing and editing other writers’ work. Did testing for IT as they implemented new software versions.

Jenkintown, Pa

Worked as a proofreader for an advertising company specializing in automobile ads. Responsibilities included proofing direct mailers, newspaper inserts, covers, websites, sweepstakes, etc. for spelling, grammar, graphics, and dealer guidelines.

King Of Prussia, Pa

Worked as a proofreader for large, independent directory. Was responsible for early review of pages and final reads before pages shipped to printer. Performed spelling and graphic checks and made sure ads were in the correct seniority and placed to their best advantage on the page. Was responsible for logging and resolving production issues.