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United States

> Oversee the design and revision of online courses for partner universities.> Set development standards which ensure that online courses: • are organized effectively and align learning objectives with assessment, practice, and instruction. • promote interaction, social presence, and community among students and between students and faculty. • incorporate authentic learning assignments and assessments that encourage critical thinking skills and self-directed learning. • highly interactive and academically rigorous.> Assist faculty with design and redesign of courses for online delivery, including the storyboarding of interactive learning objects.> Serve as the primary point of contact between program leadership at the university partner and the Keypath course development team.> Ensure courses are designed on time, on budget, and according to specifications.> Develop faculty training and student orientation materials.> Oversee the process of continual improvement for partner programs.> Provide leadership, instructional design advice, and coaching to other instructional designers, faculty, and web developers.> Support the business units in the escalation and proactive resolution of course development issues.> Assist Director of Instructional Design in the realizing of course development initiatives.> Support new program launches and attend Partner Course Development Workshops as needed.> Assist in the creation and maintenance of materials for the Course Development Workshop.> Oversee the work of a small team of Instructional Designers.

Manage partner/client relationships with regard to instructional design needs, combining expertise in instructional design and technology to help partners/clients create contextually-rich, objective-driven online or traditional learning experiences and courses that focus on real-world, workplace skills. Work with a team of instructional designers, project managers, media developers, quality assurance staff, other Pearson departments, and our partners/clients, to take courses and/or degree programs from concept to implementation. Ensure common initiatives for partners/clients. Define and communicate the project scope and project objectives for the partner/client as well as the role and function of each team member, to effectively coordinate the activities of the team. Support, manage, and coordinate activities for vendor partners. Support Pearson work streams, cross-functional staff, and account managers for curriculum development needs. Escalate internal and partner/client issues to the appropriate stakeholders. Provide oral and written status reports, workshops, and other presentations to Pearson and partners/clients. Manage changes to the development scope, course delivery schedules, and project costs/budgets in collaboration with leadership, Instructional Design Managers, project managers, vendor partners, and partner/client. Serve as an Instructional Designer on assigned courses and learning experiences development. Collaborate with project manager(s) assigned to given partners/clients to ensure timely development deliveries, project management, changes in development scope, and instructional design team support.

San Dimas, California

Hires, manages, evaluates internal and external curriculum/instructional designers and eLearning content writers/editors. Conducts and manages instructional design projects, copy writing, course vision/design facilitation, rubric generation, contract processing. Manages new course development schedule. Assigns and oversees instructional design and copy editing projects/tasks. Coordinates with eLearning Creative Manager and Manager of eLearning Development on planning and scheduling. Facilitates course vision and design meetings with academic team members (assistant deans, program development coordinators) and subject matter consultants (SMCs).

Greater Los Angeles Area

Manage, conceptualize, art direct and assemble various ad campaigns ranging from print media to music videos, packaging and television graphics. museum installations, educational learning materials and interactive experiences. Latest projects include The CELL, developing and producing curriculum material, lesson plans and other communication material in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security.

Los Angeles

Implement current best practices in instructional design to create effective, interactive learning experiences for a diverse, but focused library of courses and programs. Work with our internal academic, student support, and technology teams to design and build innovative, student-centered, adaptive, high-quality online courses and programs. Work closely with faculty and subject matter experts to identify and curate innovative course content, engaging learning activities and assessments, aligning with institutional, program and course outcomes. Evaluate and incorporate effective educational resources, social learning activities, problem-based learning, game-based learning, and adaptive learning as appropriate. Research, analyze and evaluate new technologies and learning strategies for potential applications to improve the blended, online and mobile learning experience.

Santa Ana, Ca

Work with SMEs, field leaders, and OD staff. Address identified organizational performance issues. Conduct needs assessment, design, develop, support, and evaluate functional and leadership training programs to meet specific business needs. Develop a variety of eLearning training solutions that support organization development needs and business initiatives.

Teach various design and computer graphics classes. Develop online and onground courses.

Monrovia

Managed daily operations of instruction, student and teacher communication, scheduling, quality management, budgeting, and community outreach. Developed new Media Arts & Design and Game Arts & Design program.

Greater Denver Area

Developed all graphic assets, interior design, environmental graphics, static and interactive installations for The CELL. Developed and produced curriculum material, lesson plans and other communication material for The CELL and the Department of Homeland Security.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Taught various design and computer graphics classes. Developed online/on-ground courses.

Ojai, California

Developed and taught digital imaging curriculum to primary through college-level teachers at the Thacher School in Ojai, California as part of the Vons Teach the Teacher program.

Santa Monica, California

Developed curriculum, networks and labs, Intranet system. Suggested and implemented new software and technologies. Advised teachers of appropriate integration of educational technologies into the curriculum and provided in-service.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Design And Visual Communications

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Graphic Design