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Chicago, IL, US

Bellevue, WA, US

• Led an international team in the publishing and user experience QA of major University courses and professional development courses for IBM, Microsoft, SAP, and others on various online platforms
• Set up processes and systems to support a rapidly expanding department that more than doubled in size in under a year
• Interfaced with key customers and project stakeholders to help define project requirements, give updates, and respond to questions and concerns

New York, US

• Set up and managed a scalable process to prep and launch course sections for universities across the US each semester
• Helped develop and implemented a custom CMS with Noodle product team and outside vendors
• Managed a team of contractors to complete tactical work for term prep at the start of each semester

New York, US

• Led cross-functional teams through the development of online graduate degree programs at American University, New York University, University of Michigan, and University of Pittsburgh
• Managed university course build budgets in excess of $1 million total and all third-party vendors and associated timelines
• Served as a key point of contact with university partners throughout course builds

Chicago, IL, US

• Instituted an Agile project management environment and led teams in development of learning management systems (LMSs) serving over 120,000 learners and educators worldwide
• Served as the main point of contact with key customers from the discovery/SOW phase through development and implementation of custom LMSs and online learning projects
• Managed core LMS feature development and releases; handled client communication for all platform updates
• Generated marketing collateral and sales support relating to the LMSs; developed and executed training for internal teams

Chicago, IL, US

• Managed operations of in-house and freelance staff on production of print, DVD, and online deliverables
• Worked with overseas distributors to translate and customize educational materials for international markets
• Developed systems with product delivery, editorial, and printers and manufacturers to monitor inventories and manage reprints

New York, NY, US

• Collaborated with editors, designers, outside vendors, and manufacturers to produce K–12 textbooks in a variety of subject areas
• Built and/or supervised the building of page templates and project specs in Quark XPress and Adobe Indesign
• Created artwork, built pages, and made page corrections; performed prepress support and fielded printer queries

• Wrote feature stories and profiles in the Chicago monthly Stagebill wrap and the Chicago Theater Guide
• Produced programs for Chicago theaters, coordinating copy and art flow from cast, crew, and marketing departments then designing, laying out, and editing eight to 48 pages of program material per show
• Worked with Stagebill New York production department and print vendors to ensure the program pages were stitched into the monthly Chicago Stagebill wrap and delivered to the appropriate theater