ABOUT ME
I’m an instructional designer who is passionate about digital innovation and creating extraordinary learning experiences, primarily in in healthcare and science. I strive to create the best possible learning experience, while making learning accessible to anyone worldwide. I excel at converting large nebulous projects into high-quality focused products. I have:
- Overseen the creation of, or personally created, 5000+ educational videos.
- Grown two YouTube channels to over 2.7 million subscribers and 303 million views, collectively.
Experiences
I was nominated to be an advisor to the Board of Directors at the Vista on the Park Condominium, where I hold equal roles and responsibilities of a typical Board of Director, minus voting rights. A notable event during my tenure was risk management during the COVID-19 pandemic.
My responsibilities include:
- Creating eLearning courses and curriculum for Diffusion Studios - the contract division of Osmosis.
- Planning curriculum, filming on location, editing footage, and managing the team of illustrators and video editors working on clinical skill video content.
- Fostering strong partnerships with universities and hospitals to create clinical skill content.
- Assisting the Chief Operating Officer on a wide variety of operations tasks, such as IT security, intellectual property compliance, and procurement of hardware and software solutions.
- Risk management for a variety of organizational issues.
- Providing support and insight on internal intellectual property and contract law issues.
Samples from Clinical Skills video series: Tracheal Intubation: Direct Laryngoscopy; High-frequency oscillatory ventilation
My responsibilities included:
- Designing the original voice, tone, and educational flow of Osmosis High-Yield Notes textbooks (pathology and physiology).
- Managing relationships with various printing manufacturers and negotiating printing contracts.
- Developing supply chain management and distribution policies of our print products.
- Designing and directing the original voice, tone, educational flow, and visual style of Osmosis clinical skill videos.
- Providing support and insight on intellectual property and contract law questions internally.
- Risk management for a variety of organizational issues.
Samples from High-Yield book series: Blood Components and Function; Nephrotic Syndrome
My responsibilities included:
- Designing the original voice, tone, and educational flow of Osmosis animated videos (pathology and physiology) in collaboration with our lead video creator.
- Recruiting and managing a team of remote script writers & flashcard writers to produce scripts and flashcards for the Osmosis platform.
- Managing the Osmosis YouTube channel, including translation of subtitles into 20+ languages.
- Managing the relationship with the Wikipedia Medicine community; uploading videos and subtitles to Wikipedia.
Samples from Learning Science and Pathology video series: Multimedia Learning; Aneurysms
- Oversaw and completed multiple year-long projects (on time and under budget) related to related to MCAT and NCLEX-RN test-preparation.
- Managed a budget of $500,000 over 2 years.
- Managed 75 globally remote contractors simultaneously.
- Created and curated articles, videos, and questions on health and medical topics.
- Collected and interpreted data from Qualaroo, Google Analytics, and YouTube, using this knowledge to improve our educational resources.
- Optimized content for search engines (SEO), globalization, and accessibility.
- Administered two 1-week content creation training camps, training 10-15 people each session.
- Recruited content creators through job postings and several search talent competitions.
Samples from the projects I worked on: Schizophrenia symptoms; Antibiotic Resistance
I was employed in the intensive care unit where I worked closely with other health care professionals to treat and care for patients with complex or life-threatening illnesses.
I taught swimming lessons to children of all ages. Certification courses I taught & examined included: Standard First Aid with CPR C, National Lifeguarding Service, Bronze Medallion, Bronze Cross. As a Head Lifeguard I supervised other lifeguard/instructors, acted as a customer service representative, troubleshoot facility internal issues, and organized facility events. During the summers, I would sometimes assume the role of a camp counselor.
Projects
Below, you will find a brief summary of select recent projects of mine. Check out my full portfolio above. Samples are available upon request.
Skills & Proficiency
Adobe Auditions
Adobe InDesign
Affinity Publisher
Adobe Premiere
DaVinci Resolve
Adobe Captivate
Articulate 360
Adobe Photoshop
Abobe Illustrator
Affinity Photo
Affinity Designer
Adobe After Effects
Python
Publications
Here is a list of my publications, which comprises of books, opinion pieces, corporate blog posts, and essays I’ve written.