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Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

Lead the design, development, and maintenance of advanced PowerBI dashboards to support L&D objectives, ensuring they provide actionable insights and are user-friendly. Owned project design to streamline and reorganize the SharePoint project management system, resulting in accessible information and a senior/ lead environment artist role on 100 years of Western art movements and aesthetics. Praised for initiative and problem-solving abilities.Forge strong relationships with external departments to ensure seamless access to and validation of L&D-relevant data, leveraging your expertise to enhance data quality and utility. Directed essential learning project to model and narrate portfolio designed project management system, resulting in templates of professional-level visual contact information and enhanced support for clients' skill development.Designed an inclusive world inside and outside of the classroom environment, resulting in 85% operations transparency. Resolved operational discrepancies in data recording metrics of 16-week programs resulting in target goals achieved with a 77% student success rate. Collaborated within the educational ecosystem on situational awareness of trends related to industry resulting in up-to-date subject matter resulting in a 15% increase in capacity building of art and design within university cultureAttained and maintained expert knowledge of all data sources impacting L&D, including Learning Management Systems (LMS), department-created forms, and other platforms, ensuring comprehensive coverage of learning analytics. Key Contributor in project design models for core programs related to international policy and peace education, resulting in 88% more transparency to institutional policy of American interests abroad. Supported the Human Resource Director and Technical Management team to explore and test different methods for creating including 15 procedural layout tools and workflows of process maps of art education in politics.

Washington, United States

Organizational Leadership and Talent & Change Management, appreciative inquiry approach to talent development through performance management. Researching in internationalization, peacebuilding, and core competencies. The goal of the role on make relationships based on the essence of approaches, institutional context, and adaptive appreciation for conflict resolution. Application of strategic plan, novel ideas, and approaching the knowledge individual have that work in peacebuilding. Acknowledgment of capacity and service as stakeholders to improve quality of life, engage dialogue, and inclusivity. Grounding methodology in the theory of change using talents, skills, and attributes of peacebuilding for establishing relationships with a variety of local and global communities. Target role committed to building performance around conflict transformational change, positive divergence for setting the stage for change at the community leveling with meaningful relationships.Utilized advanced data analytics skills to produce detailed, timely learning performance reports using Power BI and other tools, supporting strategic decision-making and operational efficiency. Coordinate with IT and analytics teams across the organization to integrate and maintain L&D reports, ensuring alignment with broader data strategies.Proactively identify, communicate, and address strategic challenges, positioning the L&D department for success in achieving its business objectives. Designed and maintained custom APIs for efficient integration between various L&D tools and systems, with a strong focus on utilizing Python for development. Championed the transition from basic reporting to sophisticated analysis and monitoring, elevating the organization's approach to L&D performance metrics. Innovated and implemented automation solutions to reduce the administrative workload on L&D staff, utilizing SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, among others.

San Antonio, Texas, United States

In summary, my role was to be a visionary leader who integrates project management expertise with a deep commitment to environmental conservation, leveraging the power of art and academics to inspire and enact change. This position required a balance of technical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to inspire and mobilize a diverse academic community toward a common goal of sustainability.Coordinator- lead an effort to focus on non-academic matters affecting student life, student success, and student learning. In addition encouraged social responsibility and leadership.• Developed a one-to-one technology system to improve choices of technology support units.• Established planned sessions and check-ins for projects and behavior analysis• Supporting executive staff during times of performance science, and project requirements including case management servicesAssist in creating a compelling vision and supporting roadmap - Uses knowledge of support best practices (internally & externally) to easily translate that into a compelling vision that is aligned with student own visionEvangelized complex programs to stakeholders, partners, and customers to gain buy in. Leverages data and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results [OKRs] and Key Performance Indicators [KPIs]) to demonstrate the value of the program and show business impact. Adapts communication style and storytelling strategy according to audience and business needs.Defined and executed a landing and communication plan, such as the target audience(s) and communication strategy. Leads the rhythm of business (ROB) during plan execution to ensure participants and stakeholders are communicating and responding according to the necessary cadence. Works across teams (e.g., Landing Design, Engineering, Supply Chain, Arts, Technical Program Management) to ensure all program requirements are understood and can be me

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Analyst for three departments over the course of four years incorporating management science to help public administration achieve goals using empirical and scientific methods.Coordinator of multi-million-dollar project management initiative facilitative connections between ninety-three city employees and five operations sites; coordinating, and overseeing administrative support operations. Art teacher and program facilitator for students entering college arts programs. Specialized in content creation, creative direction, and the entrepreneurial mindset. My goals in this position were to engage creative commons, emerging artists, and public administration of public arts. Presented branding, online profile, identity, individualism, and performance science for self-directed fine arts.Worked closely with marketing partners to ensure all creative was produced on time, on budget, and brief. Managed operating rhythm for creative and project teams. Proactively looked for and initiated knowledge and experience sharing as well as mentoring opportunities. Lead creation and implementation of on-boarding curriculum and processes for new team members. Helped develop and advocate for creative best practices, tools, and processes. Identified challenges, and imagines and proposes improvements for the broader creative discipline. Researched and shared creative trends, strategies and technologies.Worked with PM and Art leadership to manage project scope, including the optimization of resources in pursuit of the highest visual quality. Added required data, documents changes and upkeep of procedures and building management systems.Prepared paperwork in support of maintenance planning scope.Served as the main point of contact for the team on for operational and administrative needs, Coordinate and communicate process, procedure, or system changes to site teams and Coordinate and schedule training for site staff.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Responsible for building and managing a high-performing team, including individual development, performance management, training, development, and coaching within their creative discipline, specific to the directors' area of functional creative expertise (e.g. design, copy, or video).I identified and implemented industry best practices, tools, and processes for creative practice and operations within their area of functional creative expertise (e.g. design, copy, or video). This means assigning staff to appropriate projects as a Creative Director, practicing creative discipline, and supplementing creative capacity within their area of functional creative expertise (e.g. design, copy, or video) as needed.Key Deliverables: Managed creative assignments and monitored capacity & workflow for team members.Ensured creative and brand standards were met on all campaigns and projects.I ensured that risks associated with business activities were effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled according to risk and compliance policies and procedures.Demonstrated experience and expertise in developing, and overseeing the development of, compelling and on-brand visual designs across all relevant channels and tactics in support of creative platforms and concepts.Key Successes:Proven experience in building and growing the advertising/marketing design discipline within in-house and agency creative teams for Fortune 500 brands.Demonstrated experience & expertise in supporting and executing the creative ideation and conception process, from active participation in brainstorms and concept ideation to design asset delivery.Expert experience using conceptual and strategic thinking to balance creativity and innovation with business objectives. Experience designing, evaluating, and applying brand guidelines.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Administrative compliance role (mid-level); process management position for supporting senior management in defining quality assurance, operational compliance, process mapping, and performance analysis Defined and tracked the success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results [OKRs] and Key Performance Indicators [KPIs], such as quality, adoption, usage, impact, effectiveness) for the program.Worked with cross-functional (e.g., organizational, product, business) stakeholders (e.g., Engineering) to design compliant complex programs from initiation to delivery, with minimal coaching. Produces collateral (e.g., proposals, strategy walking deck, internal and external pitch content) to incorporate stakeholder needs and ensure the business objectives are met.Identified and scoped opportunities to develop new programs and improve current ones. Identifies and provides solutions to root problems (e.g., root-cause analysis), defines the program strategy, gathers program requirements, identifies resource needs, creates the project plan and targets, and works across teams to align on the plan of record. Improves operations of existing programs by applying industry methodology, defining complex program issues, assessing various scenarios, and selecting the optimal scenario to resolve issues. Drives clarity in complex program issues and strives for simplification.Performed program landscape research and analysis (e.g., internal and/or external market, sales, delivery), forecasting, and examines business trends (e.g., customer feedback and expectations) to identify audience size and program scope, stay current, agile, and competitive. Understands overall business goals, objectives, and strategies, as well as short- and long-term business priorities. Understood and identified current program risks, impact, and mitigation plans.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Complete mastery of communications and program management within command & control structure. Conducted cost-benefit analyses to examine performance to value drivers (e.g., profit and loss [P&L], return on investment [ROI]). Contributes to monthly business review (MBR), and runs rhythms regularly to identify what is working and what is not and makes improvements accordingly.Owned direction and strategy as leadership regarding business area of expertise in order to help create and execute plans that shift current priorities to new organizational initiatives and objectives, and influences others to change behavior accordingly. Defines vision and strategy for change, broad and specific impact, and the flow of communication to the organization. Ensures buy in and adoption of the new program or change by others in the organization. Develops the collateral required to enable key stakeholders and others to be onboard. Contributes to the training, reskilling, and mapping of individuals in partnership with Human Resources (HR).Collected and evaluated success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results [OKRs] and Key Performance Indicators [KPIs], such as acquisition, usage, impact, effectiveness, customer feedback) and uses scorecards and dashboards to monitor complex programs and ensure all activities align with business and program objectives. Uses data analytics (e.g., scenario analyses) to derive insights and training that help identify current and future program risks and mitigation plans, as well as opportunities to streamline and optimize programs based on lessons learned.Build alignment for visual content and feature priorities across cross-functional teams and studio leadership. Partnered with PM to drive predictable and repeatable creative processes.Submitted requests for data center access using the Data Center Access Tool provided onsite team support training to onsite staff, new hires, and general small-scale training for site staff.

Education, 97.9% Gpa: 3.8

Activities and Societies: Conceptualizing how knowledge is constructed through arts-based project management. Understanding how learning.

Master Of Science Management (M.S.M), Project Management, 3.7 Gpa

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Photography, 3.6

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (A.A.S.), Digital Communication And Media/Multimedia, 3.2