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Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge, MA

• Consultation & Technical Guidance:
• Conduct accessibility evaluations using manual testing, automated tools, and assistive technologies.
• Provide detailed conformance remediation recommendations and code-level examples to development teams and business owners.Training & Documentation:
• Develop and deliver training curriculums to diverse audiences.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of tools, processes, release, and end-user documentation.
• Coach project teams to incorporate accessibility and inclusive design principles from early planning through production.Support & Communication:

Brighton, MA

• Responsible for the production and quality of content in multiple formats (primarily, PDF, EPUB, and HTML/CSS/JavaScript) and their ability to flow through multiple delivery channels.
• Manage relationships with Content Operations team, HBS Case Services team, external content collection partners, and contractors/vendors to maintain full supply chain efficiency.
• Manages the development of customized software Content Production uses for content formatting and recommends new ways to capitalize on software investments.
• Leads the evaluation, testing, and implementation of new formats, pipelines, and processes for Content Production.
• Assist in accessibility planning, and provide guidance on development of digital products regarding accessibility.
• Incorporating accessibility as outlined by recognized standards in web applications and digital publishing (e.g. WCAG, ARIA, EPUB Accessibility) into production processes and establishing QA methods to measure a.

Watertown, MA

• Review, track, and respond to daily queues and priorities related to document conversion tasks. Managing to priorities set by the Director but also self-managing and prioritizing tasks as necessary at the detailed.
• Perform daily conversions from Word to PDF, Word to XML, XML to EPUB, and XML to XHTML using document templates, conversion software, and other publishing tools. Provide guidance to other specialists and temporary.
• Perform validation checks and adjustments on incoming files to ready them for content transformation (layout, proof checking, file comparison, copy fitting, etc.), flagging adjustments as necessary to ensure.
• Provide quality assurance checks and comparisons related to multiple file formats before they are cleared for delivery by Higher Education Operations.
• Document and flags conversion issues so that workflow and transform components can be updated accordingly.
• Identify issues with content and the appropriate means to address content and or platform issues.

Boston, MA

• Provide gap analysis for customer collections
• Research and record award data for Credo content
• QA and publish content

Watertown, MA

• Convert original versions of published documents to XML and EPUB format
• Validate conversion results and identify errors in the conversion.
• Correct or report errors as needed
• Requires fast and concise communication with fellow team members and team leaders.
• Work within a team and coordinate progress to reach project goals.
• Report on new releases of conversion software

Boston, MA

• Provide support and instruction to Storybuilder clients regarding audio and video production and the use of software (Audacity, Adobe Elements, Soundslides) and hardware (Zoom H4, Canon Power Shot.)
• Work with video production to produce music style that will fit the project and customer needs.
• Compose, edit, record and master music and audio for various projects.
• Used a variety of software: e.g. Reason/Record, AbletonLive, Sonar, Audacity, Audition

Waltham, MA

• Survey and record a preliminary overview of the collection.
• Develop processing plan and method to integrate old finding aid with a newly created finding aid.
• Monitor and track progress using MS Excel spreadsheet.
• Identify preservation issues and re-house materials and records as needed.
• Record collections information using Archon collection management software.
• Communicate progress and issues with supervisors in a timely and clear manner.

• Scan, adjust and ingest images (prints and negatives) for the library’s digital archive using Adobe Photoshop and/or Elements, and Nikon, Epson, and Hasselblad (Imacon) scanners
• Digitize audio using Steinberg WaveLab
• Create metadata and track progress via EMC’s Documentum digital assets management software, and MS Office applications (i.e. Access, Excel, Word)
• Processed audiovisual portion of a multimedia collection.
• Identify corrections to be made in finding aids and insure AV materials in collections are correctly identified and described.
• Perform various processing tasks as needed: Rehouse collections, process and transcribe oral histories, move collections, update records, and report on various facets of audiovisual collections.

• Survey digital transfers (.wav files) of ¼” “This I Believe” reels and identify contents
• Create discrete audio files and corresponding transcript/text files and associate the transcript with the audio using Indiana University’s Variations Digital Music Library system
• Catalogue and describe individual essays and create metadata including TEI header metadata and Tufts’ digital library database records.
• Prepare digital objects for ingest into the Tufts’ Digital Library.
• Curate and create a web exhibit for Tufts’ Digital Collections and Archives
• Plan workflows and coordinate progress for evolving phases of the project with other project assistants to meet deadlines and accomplish tasks.

• Processed GLAD’s administrative and legal records
• Surveyed, organized and described administrative and legal records in GLAD’s possession.
• Creating a database using Excel to identify and locate the surveyed records.
• Review GLAD’s records for privileged and sensitive information and also identify potentially sensitive records for further review before shipment to Yale.
• Described collections and materials according to Describing Archives: Content Standard (DACS) guidelines.
• Created an inventory of processed records for ingest into Archivist’s Toolkit and the Yale database.

• Oversaw and Instructed ETS employees and ensured ETS guidelines are consistently and accurately applied.
• Implemented and communicated content decisions and testing rubrics to ETS raters.
• Addressed rater’s concerns/issues and forward these to higher management when necessary.
• Wrote reports detailing daily events and progress, describing scoring progress and the strengths and weaknesses of ETS raters.

Staten Island, NY

• Instructed a 15-week course on the topic of the historical, political and sociological roots of modern American society.
• Created lesson plans to meet core objectives defined by the department.
• Managed class sizes between 25-40 students: grading, attendance, creating syllabus, test preparation, meeting with students and keeping office hours.

Master Of Library & Information Science (Mlis), 3.9/4.0

• Digital Preservation/Archive class work: Metadata taught by Prof. Kathy Wisser, Archives and Preservation of Digital Media taught by.

Master Of Arts In Liberal Studies, 4.0/4.0

• Masters Thesis: US Foreign Policy and Ethics • One year of study abroad in Paris at Paris University III & X studying French History and.

Bachelor Of General Studies, Arts And Humanities, 3.5/4.0

Graduated with Distinction