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Monterey, Ca

Lead three teams of creative digital professionals, including managers, multimedia developers, programmers, videographers, producers, editors, and audio/visual technicians.Responsible for establishing and overseeing all Interpretive Media project budgets (~$1 million annually), department budgets (~$300K annually), and schedules ranging from weeks to multiple years.Responsible for leading user experience (UX) design for all Interpretive Media projects, including all digital signage, digital interactives, exhibit videos, and soundscapes.Lead all user interface (UI) design, storyboarding, wireframing, and flowcharting. Also lead the prototyping and usability testing processes for all Interpretive Media projects.Responsible for managing out-of-house exhibit fabricators, 3D digital artists, animators, hardware integrators, photographers, graphic artists, illustrators, music composers, and sound engineers.Aquarium’ leadership team member: represent Interpretive Media on the Visitor Experience Steering Committee, the Public Programs Committee, and the Technology Governance Committee.

Established the Interpretive Media department and grew it from a loose collection of several technical employees to a tightly integrated, creative, and collaborative team consisting of fifteen employees.Brought user experience design and application development in house and led the incorporation of design-thinking processes and procedures into our project work.Introduced, encouraged, and supported Agile software development methodologies into our daily multimedia development work.Transitioned post-production to being completed in-house, which led to increased video quality while simultaneously reducing production timelines and costs.

Contributed to the information architecture, user experience design, and user interface design for all the Aquarium’s websites and mobile applications.Worked with department leaders, web engineers, graphic designers, and content developers to develop strategies that connect online communities with the Aquarium’s mission.

Designed, developed, and maintained the public website for the multi-institutional Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) research project. Worked with a multidisciplinary team to develop and maintain a dynamic, engaging and informative web presence for TOPP research project.Developed a series of animations for spherical displays that tracked species of whales, turtles, fish, birds, and seals as they traveled throughout the Pacific Ocean in search of prey.

Identified and created new media solutions that supplemented and enhanced the education department’s learning initiatives, including designing exhibit kiosks, developing e-learning programs, building and monitoring online communities, and designing online ‘edutainment’ programs.Developed a strategic technology plan for the education department and received two federal grants, totaling $500,000, to fund educational technology endeavors.

Designed concepts, UX/UI, and content for multiple titles on the Leapster™ and LeapTrack™ platforms.Provided creative direction and coordinated the work of graphic artists, animators, programmers, sound engineers, writers, and quality assurance technicians.Created storyboards, wireframes, flowcharts, scripts, and prototypes; conducted user testing; and developed quality assurance testing plans.Responsible for developing budgets and schedules for multiple “edutainment” software titles.

Managed and grew the Multimedia Development Department from a group of three employees to a team of fifteen employees, including programmers, graphic artists, animators, and writers.Led the instructional design, user experience design, and user interface design on multiple “edutainment”’ software titles.Led design documentation; created storyboards, wireframes, flow-charts and prototypes; conducted user testing; and developed product budgets and schedules.

Masters, Instructional Technologies

Bachelors, Marketing