Daniel Smith Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Design and execute online learning experiences for higher education. • Consult with deans, SMEs, and learning technologists to set scope for revision projects. • Collaborate with SME to research and create improved online learning experiences. • Ensure materials exceed current standards for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Write, edit, and consult on online learning experiences for higher education. • Edit courseware in nursing, executive leadership, gen ed, and other sectors. • Consult with learning architects, SMEs, technologists, and managers to optimize online learning experiences. • Writing a 5-part article series with education industry experts for publication in Forbes.

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Write, edit, and consult on content for educational development projects.Provide full-cycle publication services for memoirs, crime fiction, and epistolary fine-edition books. • Wrote 19 science lessons and three summative exams for grade 5 science (NGSS). • Published four full-length books to date. • Edited online assessment preparation service for Texas.

Coralville, Iowa

Developed and launched mobile and web services for health science professionals. Formulated product design, conducted and analyzed user discovery sessions, and edited content for My Mastery, a subscription service for nursing and dental professionals. Conceptualized “next-gen” assessment tools, such as choice-directed unfolding case studies, and created lean solutions with cross-functional teams. Implemented item-performance data tools to improve test revision plans. Collaborated with the data analytics team to create reporting tools and interpret results. Organized user-requirement investigations and led cross-functional teams through iterative releases. • Reached 200k Monthly Active Users (MAU) and promoted 2x growth in monthly revenues.• Designed a new Content Management System (CMS), which houses more than 250,000 assets and increased publishing efficiency.• Established new Multimedia and Editorial Services departments.

Established a new team for creating custom i-Ready solutions tailored to win Requests for Proposal (RFP). Completed preliminary research, planned budgets, hired and onboarded staff, managed workflows and schedules, and created marketing content. Coordinated with sales, manufacturing, and marketing for project feasibility and execution.

Published national and state editions of Ready Common Core. Conducted market research focused on teacher stories and preferences. Oversaw blueprinting for the new i-Ready Standards Mastery (iSM), 500+ digital quizzes assessing individual Common Core standards. • Drove $55m in sales for 2015 and positioned Ready as the best-in-class Common Core series. • Launched Ready Teacher Toolbox, an online directory of all print Ready materials and corresponding i-Ready resources.

Installed a new satellite office to publish K–12 educational content. Recruited and trained eight editors and designers. Oversaw budgeting, workflow, editorial style, and business contracts. • Achieved $27m in sales, making this division the company’s most profitable. • Produced the company’s first online product, i-Ready Practice, comprising over 26,000 test items.

Led the editorial department, publishing ~40,000 pages yearly of K-12 educational content, contributing to a 260% growth in sales over a three-year period. Supervised 30+ editors, writers, researchers, and designers. Handled all contract and budgetary business. Exceeded quality expectations each year, met schedule demands, and spent less than 95% of budget.Created and staffed New Products group, directing their efforts at publishing high-concept, high-profitability educational publications.

Outlined strategic publishing plan to meet aggressive output targets.Executed the strategy that brought yearly page output up 90%, sending 30 new books yearly to the sales force and thereby contributing to 78% growth in sales.

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Edited and wrote standards-based K–12 science content.Created new instructional material and tests that conveyed contemporary scientific issues and historical patterns in terms easy for struggling students to understand.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Edited electronic manuscripts for The Astrophysical Journal and prepared documents for digital and print publication, using LaTeX-based editing platform.

Ma, Humanities

Studied image/text relationships in an interdisciplinary humanities MA program.

Ba, English

Education record