Designing and Teaching Online, Hybrid & F2F Courses at the Graduate Level in the Departments of Communication and Marketing Management:• Negotiations & Conflict Resolution – 2013 to presentA communication skills course designed to understand the nature of conflict& its resolution through persuasion, collaboration, & negotiations.• Integrated Marketing Communications - 2013 to presentStudents learn about practices in corporate communication. Topics include PR, social… Show more Designing and Teaching Online, Hybrid & F2F Courses at the Graduate Level in the Departments of Communication and Marketing Management:• Negotiations & Conflict Resolution – 2013 to presentA communication skills course designed to understand the nature of conflict& its resolution through persuasion, collaboration, & negotiations.• Integrated Marketing Communications - 2013 to presentStudents learn about practices in corporate communication. Topics include PR, social media, researching campaign design, global integrated marketing, and crisis management.• Media Relations - 2013 to presentThe course is intended to increase knowledge of the principles and methods of generating publicity as well as the basics of planning and writing media relations campaigns.• Communication Research Methods – 2013 to presentIntroduces both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, providing an overview of the different steps in the research process.• Crisis Communication – 2013 to presentStudents explore organizational cultures and government practices vulnerability to crises and examines appropriate leadership styles, actions, and strategies before, during, and after a crisis.• Professional Communications – 2013 to presentThis course provides an understanding of the most important communication and career-related formats of professional writing, and oral presentations.• Change Management – 2014 This course focuses on how organizational change is managed in highly competitive operating environments, and how organizations can continually adapt, evolve, and innovate. • Principles of Project Management - 2013 to presentFocuses on the essentials of project management. • Financial Management - 2012 to 2014Course focuses on understanding the fundamental principles of finance, including financial statement analysis, present/future value/ NPV/ discounted cash flows, etc. Show less

Fine Art Studio - Creating & Sponsoring Visual Fine Arts.

Teaching courses in Northeastern University's Master of Science Graduate Program in Corporate & Organizational Communication.

Spring 2013 & Fall 2012 - Writing & Editing Across the Media - Undergraduate CourseThe objective of this course is to help improve students' writing skills by teaching the fundamentals of good research, proper organization, copy editing and the importance of clean copy and how writing styles differ for different media.Fall 2012 - Advertising [COMM 286] - Undergraduate CourseIntroduces basic elements of advertising theory and practice with an emphasis on the role of creating… Show more Spring 2013 & Fall 2012 - Writing & Editing Across the Media - Undergraduate CourseThe objective of this course is to help improve students' writing skills by teaching the fundamentals of good research, proper organization, copy editing and the importance of clean copy and how writing styles differ for different media.Fall 2012 - Advertising [COMM 286] - Undergraduate CourseIntroduces basic elements of advertising theory and practice with an emphasis on the role of creating effective and results-oriented advertising messages. Analyzes advertising case studies to explore concepts and apply them to real world examples. Provides tools to develop writing and design skills and to create portfolio samples. Includes a team project to create an advertising campaign for a client of choice. Show less

Spring 2013 & Fall 2012 - Visual Literacy [MK 353] - Undergraduate Marketing & Communications CourseExplores the importance and meaning of visuals in business & marketing communications, typefaces and layouts to the use of images, color, symbols, style, and art direction. Also discusses the mechanisms companies use to maintain consistent visual identities, and the resources available when changing their visual portrayals.

Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab, Cambridge, MA Website Usability Consultant January 2011 – June 2011• Contracted to design, manage, and implement an iterative usability study for the Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab’s ShelfLife; a library search tool in development with virtual shelf browsing capabilities, incorporating features based on Harvard Libraries’ user community data. • Created testing scenarios, recruited… Show more Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab, Cambridge, MA Website Usability Consultant January 2011 – June 2011• Contracted to design, manage, and implement an iterative usability study for the Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab’s ShelfLife; a library search tool in development with virtual shelf browsing capabilities, incorporating features based on Harvard Libraries’ user community data. • Created testing scenarios, recruited participants, managed recording / data collection and webcasting technology, moderated testing sessions, and facilitated debriefing meetings with Harvard Innovation Lab’s Design and Programming Team. Performed site usability analysis, and presented findings formally to the Team. Show less

Managing a needs assessment evaluation project for the library of this progressive secondary school; creating data collection tools, performing a gap analysis to help guide the organization towards future solutions.

• Plan, create, and manage various marketing and outreach materials for current and potential MIT Libraries’ users.• Create metadata and searchable records in MIT’s ExLibris Aleph 500 ILS, and for the Rotch Map Collection’s print map database for GIS Service’s GeoWeb database and front end web tool.

• Directed the planning and production phases of the agency’s creative product: workflow/quality control systems, project management, purchasing, supplier management and manufacturing. • Supervised a state-of-the-art Mac Desktop Publishing Design Studio renovation, which evolved into the Digital Interactive Group in 1999, producing interactive media and transactional websites for Bose Corporation, among others. • Interfaced with clients on a consultative basis to determine best… Show more • Directed the planning and production phases of the agency’s creative product: workflow/quality control systems, project management, purchasing, supplier management and manufacturing. • Supervised a state-of-the-art Mac Desktop Publishing Design Studio renovation, which evolved into the Digital Interactive Group in 1999, producing interactive media and transactional websites for Bose Corporation, among others. • Interfaced with clients on a consultative basis to determine best strategies for digital workflows, creative templates, and manufacturing systems. • Headed up sub-committee at parent company Arnold Communications to develop and execute an integrated QA/workflow system across Arnold divisions. • Clients included: Bose Corporation, Fidelity Investments, and Volkswagen. Show less