Senior Manager, Knowledge, Community, And Localization
Spokane, Washington Area
As the Senior Manager of Knowledge, Community, and Localization, I led 3 teams, all focused on delivering a unified digital help experience. Each team had specific mandates to ensure our customers received the best content, at the right time, and in the style that delivers success. My oversight of each individual team was unique.Knowledge:- Oversaw a team of professional writers to deliver monthly Documentation and Help content as part of D2L's continuous delivery product development.- Partnered with Prod Dev and Marketing Sr. Leadership to ensure product changes and dev processes were aligned.- Responsible for the successful delivery of the D2L-wide Knowledge Centered Service (KCS) initiative, which empowered all D2L employees to create, craft, and publish subject matter expertise for our customers.Community:-Responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of D2L's peer to peer Community.- Oversaw a team of highly dedicated Community Managers in order to design a customer-centered community interface that curated, created, and delivered experiences unique to specific user types.- Craft, communicate and influence Community strategy both inside and outside the D2L organization.- Grow the Community user base in a way that reflected D2L's customer interests (7X Community growth under my leadership).- Own the @BrightspaceHelp Twitter handle, which engages with D2L customers through providing real-time guidance, and providing proactive updates on the latest Help content. Channel has grown 10X.Localization:- Design a Localization strategy that delivered translations of D2L's product & supporting materials in 13 languages, on a concurrent pace as all English content (D2L is the only company in its industry to achieve this).- Guide a team of Localization experts to ensure D2L's products maintain excellence across all languages.- Strategize with Executive Leadership to decide on best Localization approach with breaking into new sales territories.