Jodi Blake Email & Phone Number

Adult learning professional with deep expertise in designing and developing engaging and job-relevant corporate learning experiences. Passionate about collaborating with others to build high-quality deliverables that achieve desired learning outcomes for participants and organizations. Background includes extensive instructional design and content development for multiple learning channels (instructor led, eLearning, and virtual/blended) and across a variety of industries and professional skill areas. Experienced team lead for co-located and virtual teams who fosters collaboration, creative problem solving, and shared success.Specialties: Corporate training solutions, writing, editing, project/team leadership

• Instructional Designer/Team Lead

  Accenture

  Oct 1991 - Aug 2020 - Greater Chicago Area

  Instructional Design Senior Lead, April 1994 - August 2020Designed, developed, and tested engaging learning experiences for internal and large external clients, ranging from new hire orientation to project and program management, leadership, women's career development, systems user training, and technology skills. Internal courses scored 4.25 to 4.9 on a 5-point scale and had annual throughputs of 100 to 6,000 participants globally.Instructional Design and Development• Designed content modules, activities, and case study storylines.• Applied adult learning principles and best practices to course designs and revisions.• Researched and wrote course content, including faculty and participant guides, PowerPoint slides, activity handouts, job aids, web-based content, and course descriptions.• Interviewed subject matter experts to understand key content learning points and processes.• Facilitated faculty prep and train-the-trainer sessions.• Prepared pilot test participant evaluations and observation checklists for new courses.• Observed pilot test sessions and conducted faculty interviews to obtain feedback for course improvements.• Analyzed pilot test feedback and scoped post-pilot revision recommendations.Project Team LeadershipSupervised multi-disciplinary co-located and virtual teams of instructional designers, graphic artists, technologists, media developers, and delivery specialists to execute and deploy learning development programs and processes.• Led teams for three to five projects simultaneously within a fast-paced, complex work environment.• Planned and estimated work efforts and non-payroll project expenses.• Organized and reprioritized project schedules and team resource plans to minimize downtime and rework, allowing delivery on time and on budget.• Managed subject matter expert and stakeholder involvement in content development and review cycles. • Reviewed work completed by team members for accuracy and quality.

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  Truman State University

  Summa Cum Laude