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Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas Area

Work with Instructional Designers to create new products for guided and self-guided virtual learning utilizing multiple learning methodologies and accounting for accessibility, ELL and differentiated learning. Products include text, video, animations, assessments and scorable content objects. Using POCs, develop plans and processes for creating product delivered through the company’s content management system. Oversee maintenance of existing products, prioritizing updates and corrections obtained from end-user feedback. Maintain enhancement requests meeting with Product Management teams to review and prioritize, then cross-check against developers ongoing enhancement list. Escalate end-user discovered bugs to developers and oversee that resolution is made in a timely manner based on company interests and priorities.

Austin, Texas

• Project Management: Planned and directed the content development of multiple print and online projects for a variety of clients utilizing HTML, XML, authoring tools and content management systems. Built workflows and processes, determined outsourcing requirements, evaluated project risks, scheduled and tracked and reported project development. Also, collaborated and liaised between clients and in-house teams, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and creative and technical groups, both onshore and virtual, building strong partnerships to ensure product met quality, cost, and tight schedule specifications. • Team Management: Supervised and developed contract project managers to manage product development. Planned staff assignments, assisted in problem resolution and personality conflicts, and identified and escalated project issues in a timely manner. Oversaw project launch meetings, status meetings, and end-of-project debriefs.• Financial Management: Built program budgets based on project specifications and most efficient processes. Created and managed the project’s profit and loss statement and provided monthly financial reports to upper management. Managed project budgets ranging from $250,000 to $900,000.

• Managed the product development for a customized e-learning product. Provided financial, team, and vendor management as well as solution-oriented problem solving.

•Project Management: Plan, direct, problem-solve, supervise and report on the development of the product line. Select vendors and complete contracts, collaboratively build efficient processes and procedures, plan staff assignments, project outsourcing needs, evaluate project risks, schedule and track project components, and collaborate and communicate with all departments to ensure product meets quality, cost and schedule specifications.•Team Management: Supervise and develop 3 project managers that manage the programs, teams and vendors. Assist in problem resolution, personality conflicts, and identify and escalate project issues. Oversee project launch meetings, status meetings and end-of-project debriefs.•Vendor Management: Select and award work to domestic and overseas vendors and monitor their quality and timeliness.•Financial Management: Create and manage the Science product production’s annual budget of approximately $2-3 million and project monthly spend.

Bachelor'S Of Arts, Photocommunications

Minors in English and graphic design with upper level courses in Science. Continuing education in accounting and physics.

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