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Palmyra, Va, Us

Charlottesville, Va, Us

Charlottesville, Va, Us

* Articulate and influence the product vision and strategy through synthesizing market research, data science, user research, business development insights, user support issues, and platform metrics*Build trust and effective relationships with cross-functional teams to translate and drive alignment on the product vision and strategy for the teams to enable implementation of the features and improvements to achieve organizational goals and community impact*Manage and ensure Product Owners establish strong understanding of the products and use cases, and collaborate bidirectionally with end users and stakeholders to understand and share future ideas for the product* Instills a culture of user-centric and member-centric approaches to all product areas by incorporating user research to gather and empathize with challenges facing stakeholders across domains* Manage all aspects of the product life cycle for multiple products through participation and representation in the agile processes to ensure clarity of requirements. * Elicit requirements from stakeholders, product feedback, improvements and bugs, and organize and manage in the product backlog with continual grooming and prioritization.* Work alongside engineers to understand system architecture and data flows to guide product development, assess risk, assist in problem-solving, define objectives and key deliverables for projects, manage scope, and facilitate discussions and prioritization* Collaborate with the marketing team to promote new features and improvements to users, members, and stakeholders and to plan outreach to communities and potential new users to grow adoption* Understands and stays updated on the scholarly research ecosystem, incorporating the rapidly evolving landscape into the product vision* Continually leads by example through effective project management, bidirectional communication internally and externally, executing projects on time and on budget, and cross-functional collaboration

Charlottesville, Va, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Plan and manage organization and event logistics, including grant funding, room assignments, the filming of a documentary film, and volunteer recruiting, training, and management.Contribute to conference content development, including discussion topics, conference schedule, inviting delegates, and web content.Serve on editorial committee for issue brief series

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Us

Contribute to strategy, policy, and communication for the Institute.

Seattle, Us

The Plan--• Create, manage, and develop strategic plan for a worldwide collaborative network of research communication, advocacy, and outreach organizations. The goal is to create a space where members can share best practices, concerns, questions, literature, and opportunities, which will increase each organization's effectiveness in its unique realm of influence.Accomplishments--• Increased the number of targeted organizations by 300% while maintaining an information database and tethered geographic map of current and potential partners. Included is contact information, leadership, location, and strategic focus of each potential member.• Pitch the concept to prominent science organizations and networks.• Research and compose application materials for project-related grants and awards.• Organize conference calls, discussion groups, and other collaborative opportunities.• Design network map visualization materials within the Gephi data visualization platform.• Research similar outreach initiatives found overseas and developed an evaluation tool to follow-up on initial engagement strategies.• Consulted on attendance boosting and visualization materials for a conference hosted by the Institute, which focused on the future of publication in science.• Used membership to begin seeding the delegation of the Open Scholarship Initiative.The National Science Communication Institute is a nationwide nonprofit dedicated to improving communication within the scientific community.I encourage members of the scientific community, including communicators and outreach professionals, to contact me at eric@nationalscience.org to learn more about the benefits of taking part in the Science Communication Network Initiative at nSCI.

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Develop and execute strategic plan for the region, in collaboration with other ORCID teams.Supervise development of three ORCID consortia leads and strategy.Manage policy and collaboration between ORCID and the ORCID consortia.Manage the User Facilities and Publications Working Group, consisting of major publishers and national labs from around the world.Integrating ORCID into existing communities of practice, including federal agencies, data facilities, and data education.Plan and execute in-person and virtual events to highlight existing community practices, demonstrate ORCID use cases, and feature ORCID member integrations.Grow the ORCID community by recruiting consortial and non-consortial members.Represent ORCID in external working groups/committees on/through UNESCO, open science, digital scholarship, science policy, team science, data / metadata management, and community cultivation.Beginning work with global cataloging community to consider and propose ORCID inclusion in common metadata and workflows.Developing use cases and user journeys to communicate ORCID value and uses.Create modular ORCID communication materials that members, enthusiasts, or prospects can use to introduce or clarify ORCID value.Support members as they plan, develop, and promote ORCID integrations, including the creation or adaptation of alternative scholarly communication solutions.Collaborate on the development of notifications policies.Plan efforts to engage and facilitate communication with and between diverse stakeholders of scholarly communication community.Assist with the development and launch of new ORCID information and troubleshooting knowledgebase.Respond to tier 1.5 to teir 2 technical support queries. Work with Membership team to cultivate new members and potential opportunities.Speak and otherwise represent ORCID at scholarly communication conferences and events.Write for ORCID blog and other external sources.

Assessed science and science communication organizations for compatibility with PressForward'spartnership program, culminating in 15 prominent projects and publications.Created strategy, language, and messaging to reach out to compatible organizations.Collaborated with PressForward team to develop and host the PressForward Institute, a comprehensiveworkshop for PressForward partners.Contributed to grant work plans, milestones, and writing.Create and present PressForward and science communication workshops for various research and libraryaudiences across the country.Design a PressForward "workshop in a box", which organizations can use and adapt in order to train theircommunities or teams.Participate in and develop science communication and scholarly communication events and communitiesaround the country and on the web.Develop media outreach through interviews in industry magazines and articles in relevant journals.Organizations developing new publications include, but are not limited to:• Public Library of Science (PLOS)• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)• Council for the Advancement of Science Writing• Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institution• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsA free and open-source software project launched in 2011, PressForward enables teams of researchers to aggregate, filter, and disseminate relevant scholarship using the popular WordPress web publishing platform. Just about anything available on the open web is fair game: traditional journal articles, conference papers, white papers, reports, scholarly blogs, and digital projects.

Edit and advise on science proposals, outreach materials, meeting minutes, newsletters,web presence, and technical documents for federal and regional projects.Customize Google Analytics metrics and reports designed to gather data aboutstakeholders utilizing Virginia Sea Grant’s website and online products.

Fairfax, Virginia , Us

The Position--• The position of "Program Marketing Manager" was created for me after I demonstrated exceptional research acumen and commitment to strengthening the program.The Plan--• Created the first program materials (first program-specific website and copy) intended for external audiences. The goal was to elucidate the purpose of the program, what the faculty researches, and how joining the program will benefit the prospective student.Accomplishments--• Created the first program-specific web material, utilizing the Wordpress platform. My work will soon be integrated into the web materials of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.• Created training materials related to utilizing the Wordpress platform.• Established the initial social media presence, including Twitter and Facebook.• Published stories featuring the program in national newsletters.• Represented the program during a VIP tour of the Scientific Visualization Studio at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.• Consulted on program strategic plan with faculty and department chair, including collaboration with faculty members in the College of Science. • Distributed physical marketing materials on campus.

Gloucester Point, Virginia, Us

The Position--• The position of “Graduate Intern for Science Communication Evaluation” formed in the summer of 2012.The Plan--• Virginia Sea Grant is a broker of science information, which seeks to retain the sustainability of the Commonwealth’s marine and coastal ecosystems through collaboration with resource managers, policy makers, businesses, and communities. Communication and collaboration tools are currently in transition, and require evaluation and refinement.Accomplishments--• Researched and documented previous strategic communication evaluation efforts in the Sea Grant organizations and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.• Collected detailed background information on coastal science, engineering, and policy network partners and their extended user-base.• Created an interviewing tool designed to elicit evaluation data from Sea Grant partners.• Arranged meetings with 13 state and federal resource managers and policy makers on the East Coast to determine their evaluation of Sea Grant communication efforts and specific information needs including content, format, and frequency.• Performed a SWOT analysis on the data to determine the status of the current communication strategy and network map. Findings, including methods, models, data, and recommendations, were submitted via written report to the Virginia Sea Grant Director and the Director of Communications• Consulted on meetings with academic partners, seeking increased collaboration.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

• Served as primary instructor and ran screening sessions in the professor’s absence.• Monitored progress of 250+ students through the course managements system and lab sessions.• Generated smaller-session review materials.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

• Co-developed and ran a pilot and four-session media literacy course targeting parents and children in the community.• Topics included nutrition, body image, and aggression, and were explored through the media objects recommended and frequently consumed by the students.

Graduate Certificate, Science Communication

Ma, Communication

Ba, Communication

The Field School For Cultural Documentation, Interviewing, And Archiving

Invitational Master'S Student Institute, Communication And Media Studies