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*Architect and continually refine a dynamic content strategy for the Business Skills vertical by synthesizing industry trends and learner needs, setting a solid foundation for the acquisition roadmap.*Design and implement innovative strategic frameworks that significantly improve the quality and impact of the UB content collection, ensuring alignment with modern educational demands.*Conduct deep dives into content consumption analytics to lead novel content acquisition strategies that are precisely aligned with learner preferences.*Conduct gap analysis - identifying and addressing deficiencies in our content collection to provide a comprehensive educational resource.*Employ generative AI to revolutionize research, content categorization, and solution generation, aligning content supply seamlessly with learner demand and accelerating content strategy and research.*Enhance the speed and relevance of content acquisition, ensuring learners have immediate access to the most up-to-date and impactful materials.*Serve as a content evangelist, promoting the value and importance of our content both internally and in the broader online education community.

• Defining how Skillsoft filters, edits, defines, and organizes content• Defining ‘services’ opportunities related to curation including but not limited to taxonomy consulting, training & onboarding, and custom channel or creation• Developing go-to-market strategy for new curation-related features and services• Crafting customer-facing & internal educational messaging about the value of curation, new features, information architecture, and other relevant topics• Improving how content is surfaced, understood, measured, and consumed through the Percipio platform• Development, implementation, and maintenance of an information architecture which opens opportunities for automated learning paths, improved user experience, and leveraging strategic partnerships • Analyzing data on content usage, search trends, and user habits • Assisting with strategic partnerships that enhance, improve, or complement Skillsoft’s curation and information architecture initiatives• Informing, influencing, and collaborating with marketing, platform, and content teams to support, enhance, and promote curation related features and activities

Nashua, Nh

*Conducted and synthesized competitive and industry-wide research.*Defined, maintained, and participated in governance, tool development, and process definitions surrounding curation, taxonomies, content discovery, and content management.*Participated in third party content curation and management.*Conducted content audits to feature relevant and timely assets.*Analyzed data generated from learning environments and provided recommendations to Product *Management, Marketing, Planning and Editorial for improvements to content asset portfolio and/or learning environment.

Nashua, Nh

*Worked with the product management and content curation teams to iterate on a developer taxonomy & classification for content assets.*Actively participated in global content management (metadata, tagging, and categorization) for content assets.*Monitored, researched, and identified emerging business topics*Identified resources for curation needs*Cooperated and participated in tool development & process definition

Bedford, Ma

In this role, I manage and support content creation, content management, and content strategy through the creation and deployment of content dashboards, taxonomies, and documentation. • Created and deployed the content strategy and user personas for a corporate website overhaul project including information architecture• Developed both a content and qualitative dashboard for measuring and assessing content quality, location, attributes, and purpose• Designed the company’s first taxonomy for defining and auditing content for filtering, reporting, retrieval, and archiving

Boston, Ma

I served as lead editor and curator of Safari's public content channels to support Safari's product development and content marketing through improved categorization and discoverability of content. I also oversaw the creation of new Tutorials for the platform.• Implemented Safari's first ever content strategy plan by collaborating with growth marketing and sales enablement teams• Built and directed a personalization initiative to create on-boarding wizards designed to provide curated content to Safari members based on their individual goals• Collaborated with external partners to highlight their content through all available channels• Introduced Safari's first editorial calendar for planning social media and external campaigns• Worked with multiple internal teams to conduct B2B lead nurture campaign in Fall/Winter 2015• Hired and managed multiple simultaneous subject matter experts to curate and build enterprise-level Tutorials on the Safari platform• Created internal blog-authoring guidelines for Safari employees

Burlington, Ma

As the editor, I was responsible for the strategic development and direction of the neuroscience, immunology, and developmental biology portfolios at Garland Science.• Pursued digital platforms for integration with existing portfolio• Acquired first editions of new neuroscience and immunology textbooks• Product managed multi-year strategy of three portfolios of textbooks• Achieved 122% of acquisitions goal for 2013 and 115% in 2014

Boston, Ma

• Acquired first editions and sponsored new editions of chemistry conte• Implemented new digital products into existing platforms• Visited campuses nationwide for sales support and live presentations• Achieved 123% of 2011 content signing goal and 144% of 2012 goal

Burlington, Ma

• Acquired high-profile animation books from former Disney animators• Project managed multiple manuscripts simultaneously across two imprints• Launched an animation-related blog (collaborating with marketing)• Achieved 130% of content signing goal in 2008 and 112% in 2009

Burlington, Ma

• Project management across 2 imprints • Attended numerous conferences across country • Assisted acquisitions editors on proposal preparation and strategic planning• Supported 3 editors (2 remote) across two lists and two imprints

Norwell, Ma

• Project management from contract stage to publication • Prepared publishing agreements for execution • Traveled to conferences throughout country • Managed group tasks, reports, and meetings on a regular basis