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Princeton, New Jersey, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Focused on the strategic vision for the Global Learning department, taking into account the external business environment and alignment to 2U/edX corporate strategy. Responsible for recognizing areas of opportunity and developing clear business-level plans to execute on them. Align leaders and teams to these goals and create an “esprit de corps” among employees. Uses influence inside and outside the team to drive thoughtful decision making and innovation.Directly oversees global teams responsible for the delivery of asynchronous content across 2U/edX product lines via quality implementation that leverages best-in-class learning technologies.Directly oversees workflow and production management teams responsible for the operational backbone of content services across 2U/edX.Responsible and accountable for the departmental budget within the expectations of corporate financial goals. Collaborate with finance leadership to meet and exceed expectations and to fund important initiatives and reduce costs in areas of opportunity. Regularly question work processes, systems, vendors and costs to decide on the best financial course of action that meets customer needs. Meet and beat financial goals.Create, meet and exceed quality goals of work designed and developed by the team, always looking toward adding value to customers and being a competitive leader in the field. This includes dotted line oversight of the company's US-based production studios. Lean toward yes on projects that allow 2U/edX to meet annual strategic plans.Coordinate with other business leaders in the organization, including Product, Human Resources, Communications and Partnerships to align on goals, expectations and client management. Ensure systems, processes and technologies support the work and cross-team functionality necessary to achieve goals.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Oversee the teams dedicated to Content Development, Assembly and Delivery, Quality and Automation, and Workflow and Operations for 2UGrad.Plan and develop additional services to improve course products. Collaborate on the design and enhancements of technical tools for course services and act as a stakeholder with 2U's Tech Dev department.Collaborate with leaders of other Curriculum and Learning subgroups in the development of workflow guidelines and process enhancements for course development at scale.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Oversee a full-time staff of 14 employees and a freelance cohort of roughly 30 in charge of performing all hands-on tasks in our CMS and LMS associated with the implementation and deployment of new courses across all partner programs.Collaborate on the design of new technical tools for course assembly and act as a stakeholder with 2U's Tech Dev department for purposes of user acceptance testing of such tools.Collaborate with leaders of other Content subgroups in the development of new workflow guidelines for the passing of information and assets to and from the Implementation group through all phases of course development.Develop metrics for measuring efficiency of new workflows and develop short and long-term plans for driving efficiency. Think creatively about new ways to improve on the presentation of asynchronous content.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Lead the development of a new group within 2U's content department tasked with performing all hands-on tasks in our LMS and CMS associated with the implementation and deployment of new courses across all programs.Collaborate with leaders of other Content subgroups in the development of new workflow guidelines for the passing of information and assets to and from the Implementation group through all phases of course development.Develop metrics for measuring efficiency of new workflows and develop short and long-term plans for driving efficiency. Think creatively about new ways to improve on the presentation of asynchronous content.Develop a scalable process for the ingestion and standardization of faculty-generated lecture exhibits prior to video production.Collaborate on design of new technical tools for course assembly and act as a stakeholder with 2U's Tech Dev department for purposes of user acceptance testing of such tools.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Manage content-development production calendars across multiple academic programs. Assign tasks to freelancers and monitor their progress continually. Assist with resolving general production issues, implementing corrections, and completing projects.

Co-Created the re-launch of a sports website that focuses on breaking sports news. Write daily sports stories and weekly sports columns. Shoot weekly “Five Questions” video segment breaking down the top five sports stories of the week.

Cockeysville, Maryland, Us

I am a reporter, photographer, and fill-in anchor for WICD ABC News Channel 15 in Champaign, Illinois. I focus primarily on covering local sports stories.

Responsible for covering breaking news stories for Philadelphia professional and collegiate sports teams. Write columns and provide analysis on sporting events and team transactions in the Philadelphia area. Shoot, write, and edit look-live reports on scene for Philly sports teams. Currently serve as the beat reporter for Philadelphia Eagles news on the website.

Austin, Texas, Us

Worked as a Washington D.C. correspondent for the CBS affiliate in Austin, Texas. Filed VO and VOSOT reports, as well as packages, that focused on news impacting the Austin area in Washington, D.C. Worked as a beat reporter covering the Roger Clemens perjury trial and the NFL lockout. Wrote corresponding web reports to go along with each story.

Bethlehem, Pa, Us

Hosted a weekly talk radio show highlighting local and national sports stories. Conducted live interviews with collegiate athletes and local newspaper and sports reporters.

Bethlehem, Pa, Us

Served as the lead play-by-play announcer for 11 varsity sports including football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, field hockey and wrestling. Reported, produced, and edited pre-game and post-game reports including player interviews for website. Conducted one-on-one player interviews for “In the Spotlight” feature highlighting athletes at Lehigh University.www.LehighSports.com

Assisted in writing copy for nightly game highlights and stories. Assisted video editors on stories. Interviewed players at Philadelphia Eagles training camp. Shadowed producers to learn how to put a nightly show together. Logged games and interviews.

Ms, Broadcast & Digital Journalism

Bs, Business And Economics