Throughout my 24-year career, I have successfully managed the development of hundreds of educational programs in a variety of subject areas and grade levels. I work extensively with leading medical publishers such as Pearson and Wolters Kluwer Health in staffing, developing and producing nursing products–for both the academic and clinical markets.Our start-up company, Lifelong Media, is a digital publishing company that promotes lifelong learning in people of all ages through enriching educational experiences.Rapid advances in technology have significantly shortened career life cycles. According to the Bureau ofLabor Statistics, the average worker holds ten different jobs before the age of forty, while the Pew Research Center states that the majority of Americans are seeking out learning activities in their personal and work lives. In response to these trends, we focus on new learning models for personal, educational, and professional development. The technologies driving the changes in the job market are also driving changes in the traditional educational landscape. We have witnessed first-hand that global educational publishers are struggling to adapt to changes in the textbook industry.Our research-based approach to learning infuses domain-specific learning activities with a rich set of digital media tools to provide a complete set of resources that build specific skills and understandings while at the same time develop a rich set of individual core competencies, or soft skills. We are fully prepared to support the 21st Century Learner with soft skills resources.Our learning collections address the entire career-span of a domain—from those considering or just entering a professional field to seasoned professionals looking for continuing education. We produce videos, virtual simulations and adaptive online learning resources from soup to nuts!

As founder of The Research Masters, my role consists of managing, training, relationship-building, and coaching my team of freelance talent and the clients whom we service. I have cultivated profitable relationships with vendors and clients alike. I understand the day-to-day dynamics of the publishing industry and work closely with key stakeholders to devise continuous ways to create new revenue.The Research Masters has been very successful in developing exceptional, content-rich learning experiences for its publishing partners for audiences ranging from early childhood to college-level. Its market solutions include content strategy, standards alignment, learning goals, videos, storyboarding, assessments, instructional design, subject matter expertise, basal and supplemental programs for a wide-range of subject-matters and curriculum development for both print and digital media. In addition, we provide copyediting, proofreading, fact-checking, indexing, quality assurance and user testing services.We combine content, pedagogy, and product needs to bring client projects to market quickly and efficiently. Excelling in all K-12 subject areas, we specialize in curriculum development, writing, editing, assessments, CCSS, NGSS, instructional design, subject matter expert review, graphic design, photo research, art development, metadata tagging and alt text work. Our allied health & nursing teams (medical coding, respiratory care among others subjects) specialize in the development of NCLEX materials, college and university competency-based materials (syllabi, lesson plans, tutorials, videos) for multiple courses in Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate programs. Our goal at The Research Masters is to facilitate literacy around the world, especially for our youth by creating and participating in the development of as many educational programming projects as possible.

Amelia Ames Hill Associates provided photo research, art buying services and well as photo, text, and literary and permissions support services to leading global educational publishers. Client included but were not limited to McGraw-Hill, Scholastic Inc., Sunset Publishing, Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, The Dryden Press, and National Geographic.Responsibilities: Read manuscripts and created photo specs for magazine and book manuscripts. Found and licensed images in response to manuscript needs. Worked directly with authors to identify photo and art needs. Searched through image library collections: rights-managed, royalty-free, museum, corporate, historical societies, and governmental databases to identify suitable images to meet client needs. Commissioned original art from qualified illustrators and designers. Regularly reviewed projects for visual quality assurance. Read manuscripts to identify permission requirements for excerpted materials. Secured text, literary, image permissions and rights clearances. Organized teams of photo researchers and permissions experts to handle large scale projects.

Was responsible for selecting, editing, positioning and publishing photos for the company library and to accompany the text of company newsletters, publications and mailing campaigns. Worked with clients to understand photographic needs and requirements for multiple publications around the globe. Supervised staff photographers, reviewing and critiquing work, giving photo shoot assignments and making sure that work is completed on time and in budget.

Researched photographs for the 1656 page book, A Concise History of the World, by J.M. Roberts.

Researched photographs for a variety of clients including but not limited to educational publishers, travel publications, magazine publishers, museums, national parks, television stations, foundations and corporations. Provided diverse and creative picture research for books, encyclopedias, marketing campaigns, magazines, newspapers, television shows and corporate marketing briefs and presentations.Possessed knowledge of copyright legislation on usage rights, and sought updates on the rules that govern usage to ensure the company's practice meets these standards.Was responsible for image checks on crediting and picture reproduction quality.

Worked in a variety of roles to help this start-up 501 C3 non-profit gain its footing in the community. Oversaw, organized and planned activities for K-5 students for after-school and summer youth programs. Activities included but were not limited to: homework assistance & specialized tutoring in math, language arts, science and social studies. Instructed weekly physical education sessions throughout the school year. Planned and implemented group trips to educational institutions around NYC on a daily basis, developed summer curriculum which consisted of combining academic learning (in class and homework assignments of reading, writing, speaking and listening) with real world experiences. Assisted the Founder and Chairman with the application and writing of grant proposals to acquire funding for the organization. Attended seminars, workshops and presentations on a weekly basis. Won first grant for the foundation from the City of New York.