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Chicago, Il, Us

Lead program design, research, and/or content creation for diverse clients, including museums, schools, children's media companies, and restaurants.

Chicago, Il, Us

Led metrics analysis and testing strategies to improve customer interactions on the Field Museum’s website, which serves over 2 million users each year. Collaborated with stakeholders in Marketing, Fundraising, Science and Education, and Exhibitions. • Created and oversaw processes for reviewing, documenting, and interpreting web analytics across multiple user touch points: website visits, donations, and ticketing. Built dashboards in Google Data Studio to share insights.• Redesigned the Field’s online library of learning resources in consultation with the learning team to better serve virtual and homeschool audiences, iterating the Learning Resources Filters.• Partnered with the Center for Digital Experiences at the Pratt Institute to evaluate the Field’s capacity to support UX strategies and prioritize plays to build UX capacity at the museum. Managed the Field’s deliverables for the study, collaborating with a cross-functional team of five colleagues.• Improved public and patron communications by comparing link management platforms, adopting Short.io, and educating interdepartmental collaborators on best practices for short URLs and QR codes.

New York, Ny, Us

Supervised the general affairs of CMA and worked closely with the Board to develop and meet high-level objectives to educate and connect professionals in children’s media. Spearheaded new partnerships, sustained strategic relationships, and communicated CMA's progress.• Mentored and managed board officers and chapter leaders; partnered with directors of membership, development, digital, and marketing to add value to members and corporate sponsors.• Oversaw the operating budget and resource planning.

New York, Ny, Us

As editor-in-chief of #MetKids (metmuseum.org/metkids), managed program strategy, budget, metrics reporting, user research, and improvements for the site after it launched. In 2018, #MetKids was a Webby Award nominee in Websites: Youth and a Webby honoree for the #MetKids Facebook Show in Social: Art & Culture.• Oversaw the production of content streams, including assigning work to in-house teams and contractors: 24 short-form videos, 40+ blog posts, 60+ artwork labels, and monthly email.• Increased engagement with owned media by collaborating with the Communications team and an agency partner for paid media activities: over 2 years, grew the email subscriber base from 1.5K to 10K using email lead generation; in the fiscal year 2018, increased the sessions on #MetKids by 14% YOY.• Conducted UX research using web surveys. Managed in-depth research by external consultants, including interviews and surveys conducted by Frankly, Green + Webb USA and playtesting sessions led by PlayScience. Findings: Most users interacted with #MetKids in school and at home, and there were multiple opportunities to improve the mobile UX.• Mentored and inspired the #MetKids team to produce high-quality videos and web content. The video, "How Can Photos Take Us Back in Time?" was licensed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The blog, "How to Wear Body Ornaments from the Ancient Americas," was linked in the New York Times' glowing review of the exhibition, "Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas."• Spearheaded new cross-institutional collaborations and sustained strategic partnerships. Partners included Play Africa Children’s Museum, Pratt Institute, and NYC DOE.

New York, Ny, Us

Launched #MetKids with the Media Production and Online Features team in September 2015. In 2016, #MetKids won four industry awards, including a Parents’ Choice Gold Award.• Leveraged museum expertise, eliciting input from curators, conservators, and educators, to develop content: produced 15 short-form how-to videos and instructions; and reviewed and edited activity prompts for 200+ object labels.• Project managed writing and editing for 250+ vocabulary terms for artwork labels for #MetKids.

New York, Ny, Us

Led the high school animation program for 4 years—developing the curriculum and supervising the teaching artist faculty. Founded a visual arts program in 2013/14, designing and teaching the first-year course to six sections across grades 9 and 10.

New York, Ny, Us

Served as a Long-term Substitute Teacher for a Grade 3 Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) class at East Village Community School. Co-planned and co-taught a Contemporary Issues in Art class at Vanguard High School.

New York, Ny, Us

At Vanguard High School, planned lessons for a photography course for 10th-12th graders, assisted in 9th grade humanities class, and mentored two students in stop-motion and hand-drawn animation in an upper-level studio course.

Coordinated GFS operations at The Cinema School (TCS), including program planning, administration, and equipment usage and maintenance. • Led professional development for TCS teachers in iStopMotion, iMovie, and Adobe Premiere CS6.• Co-produced the annual End-of-Year TCS Public Screenings in May and June 2013. Produced the Barnes & Noble Fundraiser Screening in December 2012 and the End-of-Year screening in June 2012.

Planned and managed the freshman animation program for GFS’s Mid-Winter Institute (MWI) at The Cinema School (TCS) to engage 80–90 freshmen in individual and collaborative animation projects.• Trained and supervised 3–4 professional animators responsible for delivering lessons to the students.• Identified necessary resources: equipment, software, materials, room assignments, AV requests. • Invited guest speakers and planned field trips.

Ma, Art Education

Ba, Anthropology