
SKILL SETS
Learning & Development
-
15+ years experience creating and instructing music production, sequencing, arranging and writing courses that incorporate electronic and hybrid production techniques;
-
15+ years experience working one-on-one with students in Directed Study as they prepare their graduation portfolio and make the transition from student to industry professional;
-
15+ years experience developing and refining curriculum to reflect the changes and developments in the music industry.
-
15+ years experience teaching experience in writing, arranging, and music technology
-
15+ years experience implementing and administrating instructor-led and elearning adult learning solutions.
-
Responsible for hands-on development of courses in collaboration with faculty members and staff, including video producers, graphic designers, copyeditors, music notation specialists, software developers, and others.
-
Pioneers innovative and practical approaches to designing and developing custom-designed courses for a wide variety of custom-designed learning platforms and portals.
-
Identifies and implements innovative instructional design strategies and learning methodologies for graduate and undergraduate instructor-led courses in music that provide the best possible learning experience for students.
-
Provides training / instructional design feedback to course authors in order to create compelling learning experiences.
-
Develops project schedules - manages author deliverables and resources to ensure the timely completion of courses.
-
Develops content, including text, graphics, and multimedia, using tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, audio editing programs, online content management systems, and other technologies.
-
Collaborates with the Senior Directors, faculty, course developers, software developers, graphic designers, editors, student workers, and others to design and develop courses and related materials for course delivery.
-
Collaborates with video production teams to create compelling video for courses that strengthens the learning experience and provides for promotional content on various distribution channels.
-
Works with marketing teams to identify/gather compelling examples, relevant information for course promotion opportunities.
-
Instructs multiple courses at a time - Monitors newly launched and revised courses for effectiveness.
-
Stays informed of trends in learning, including new learning technologies and new feature sets available in LMS, and devise plans for implementing what is best-in-breed and enhances the learning experience.
-
Possesses solid understanding and expertise of web and mobile technologies and social media.
-
Possesses multi-faceted experience in an education, training and digital media environment, including experience designing and developing courses with rich multimedia.
-
Familiarity with learning management systems, including Canvas.
-
Strong written and oral communication skills, and the ability to maintain high levels of creativity and quality.
-
Demonstrated experience working effectively with subject matter experts to develop content.
-
Proven background in instructional design, education, and/or learning theory, with 15+ years experience in course development in an adult learning environment.
-
Possesses expertise and experience developing learning curriculum for academic institutions and adult learners.
Learning & Development Technologies
-
15+ years’ experience with Corporate University design development and deployment for Fortune 500 companies.
-
15+ years experience, expertise, fluency using the most up-to-date, state of the art leading training tools and approaches.
-
Fluent with the latest best practices and most state of the art new technology tools in technical training,
-
Effectively uses technology to expand learning, development and manage change across organizational functions.
-
Evaluates, assesses and recommends new and emerging technologies for implementations
-
15+ years’ LMS and CMS expertise - LMS packages: SABA, SumTotal, Cornerstone, Success Factors, Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, GeoLearn, Learn.com.
-
Uses Learning Management Systems (LMS) and HRIS systems to manage global training programs
-
Configures curriculum and establishes course structure for assigned projects within the Learning Management System.
-
Serves as a designated LMS administrator, assists in administrative tasks of LMS
-
Administers and uses LMS to develop, deliver, schedule and track employee training across global enterprises.
-
Administrates, coordinates and tracks LMS registration and course completion by participants. Creates/runs LMS reports.
-
Creates/ Configures LMS curriculum, course offerings, system-generated announcements and establishes course structure for assigned projects within LMS.
-
Develops new content for corporate websites and LMS training portals related to training and training initiatives.
-
15+ years of experience with content design tools used in a learning creation environment
-
15+ years’ expertise with eLearning training course development – as well as course migration from ILT to elearning
-
Expertise with eLearning Development/Authoring tools - Adobe Captivate, Articulate Studio & Storyline, Trivantis Lectora
-
Expertise with Microsoft technologies: Office 2013, PowerPoint presentation production skills. Microsoft Project expertise.
-
Expertise with 2D graphics / DTP content production: Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat.
-
Expertise with 3D graphics / animation content production: Maya, 3D Studio Max, Lightwave, Bryce. Poser, Fuse.
-
Expertise with online video content production skills – Adobe Video Suite: Premiere, After Effects, Flash, Audition
-
15+ years’ expertise with Virtual Classroom Systems: Interwise, Saba Centra, WebEx, Moodle, Adobe Connect, MS Lync/Skype
-
5+ years’ expertise with Mobile Social Media tools: Yammer, Google Apps, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram
-
5+ years’ expertise with Music Sharing Apps: Allihoop, iTunes, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Tunecore, YouTube.
Instructional Design
-
25+ years’ expertise with ADDIE, Instructional System Design methodology, adult learning theory and curriculum architecture:
ANALYZE
-
Uses the ADDIE method to evaluate program effectiveness, analyzes trends, and identifies gaps
-
Determines training needs, develops/implements training programs, using effective technology and learning approaches.
-
Develops learning competency maps, models and measurement, safety and technology certification programs
-
Works extensively with subject matter experts (SMEs), vendors, and project team members to design, develop and deliver appropriate training.
-
Collaborates and works directly with SMEs to capture course-specific knowledge and to gather and understand information, products and services, policies, procedures, systems and skills requiring instruction or development.
-
Directs curriculum and course design sessions to gather detailed information from SMEs and to strongly influence the best instructional design blend.
-
Develops, implements and manages training project plans to incorporate new training initiatives.
-
Revises existing training project plans & programs to incorporate new tools, new functionality and new training material.
-
Gathers raw materials for training projects (graphics, documents, etc)
DESIGN
-
Creates project documentation: design documents, design templates, procedures, standards, style guides, technical specifications, prototypes, straw models, train-the-trainer and pilot materials.
-
Creates course design deliverables: technical/creative briefs, course and video outlines, scripts and storyboards, instructor/participant guide prototypes.
DEVELOP
-
Responsible for developing eLearning, Virtual and Instructor-Led curriculum while keeping specific corporate branding, audience, learning modality, and other learning considerations intact
-
Applies instructional design standards and styles to training material - Ensures course deliverables are compelling and incorporate best practices in adult learning theory.
-
Develops courses and videos from design deliverables: outlines, scripts and storyboards
-
Creates overviews, exercises, activities, summaries
-
Embeds process training documentation into training.
-
Writes concise, creative, and effective instruction - Performs editing and quality reviews.
-
Responsible for writing, editing, designing, testing, and publishing interactive eLearning modules and assessments.
-
Builds instructor/participant materials, training tools/job aids. Updates and maintains published training material.
-
Designs assessments and quizzes that measure the effectiveness of training based on learning objectives
-
Expertise with role playing, simulations, team exercises, online and classroom group discussions, video production.
-
Expertise with audio & video production – performs voiceovers.
-
Directs internal development teams and projects outsourced to third party vendors
IMPLEMENT
-
Practices continuous improvement in piloting, implementing and revising learning programs to meet changing needs.
-
Develops pilot training courses to analyze and evaluate success of learning and needed training revisions.
-
Develops and conducts pilot training courses to analyze and evaluate success of learning and needed training revisions
-
Appropriately delivers blended learning programs – Live Classroom & Virtual Instructor-Led, eLearning, On-The-Job and Video-Based curriculums and courses
-
Serves as the primary instructor for classroom and virtual training events.
-
Excellent customer service skills - supports training classes while interacting with learning participants
-
Develops and implements marketing and communication plans used to internally publicize learning and development programs.
EVALUATE
-
Gathers course evaluations, changes, deltas and feeds them into course revision cycle.
-
Collects data, tracks and evaluates training metrics.
-
Develops and implements training audit and control strategy
-
Helps to build workforce capability required to move through growth and change.
-
Develops and delivers Change Management training and coaching - Applies change management theory into training.
-
Serves as lead change management professional - develops / implements content to enterprise wide IT systems projects.
Video Production / Digital Multimedia Production
-
Directed and shot video for live and taped broadcast in studios and on location
-
Equipment Experience: Sony DXC537/BVV-5 Video Camera/Dockable Analog and Digital Betacam SP Field Deck; Canon J14ax.8.5BIRS Zoom Lens w/ 2X Extender, 4x4 Matte Box & Filters; Anton Bauer Pro Pac Camera Batteries & Logic Series Charger; Sony WRT-820A M55 Unilateral Wireless Mic System/WRR-840A Receiver.
-
Set up and utilized lighting equipment / lighting grids and spots, including: Lowell Softlight, Transkit & Ambikit lighting equipment Directed and engineered audio recording sessions and voice-overs. Digitally edited audio.
-
Utilized non-linear editing technologies and conventional online/offline edit suites.
-
Hands-on experience with the following computer-based, non-linear video editing systems: Data Translation Media 100, Avid Media Composer 8000, Videocube, Radius Videovision Studio, Sony Video Vegas, Adobe Premiere, DPS Spark
-
Hands-on experience with Canon Optura DV camera and DPS Spark Firewire card.
-
Advanced online video content production skills – Adobe Video Suite - Premiere, After Effects, Flash.
-
Advanced skills with 3D Animation software - featuring 3D Studio MAX, Lightwave.
Music Production & Engineering
-
Possesses strong musical background, including knowledge of music theory and composition.
-
Possesses hands-on music industry expertise in music production and the music business.
-
Possesses production, sequencing, arranging and writing that incorporates electronic and hybrid production techniques
-
Possesses significant experience as an active composer, arranger, and producer in a variety of contemporary music styles, with emphasis on sequencing, hybrid and electronic productions, writing for new media and multi-media;
-
Possesses high level skills in music production both using current music software on the DAW and in the recording studio
-
Expertise engineering in pro level recording studios for music production, radio & TV commercials, jingles.
-
Expertise with audio sound editing: Adobe Audition, Sony Sound Forge, Propellerhead ReCycle.
-
Expertise with digital audio production software: Propellerhead Reason, Avid Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Korg Gadget.
-
Expertise with software synth programming: Propellerhead Reason & Thor, Korg Gadget, Native Instruments.
-
Expertise with hardware synth programming: Korg M1&Triton, Roland Jupiter-8, D50, XP-80, Yamaha TX816, DX-7,
Kurzweil K2000 & K250, Oberheim Matrix 12, Ensoniq SQ-80, PPG Wave 2.1, Synclavier.
-
Expertise with audio recording equipment: wide variety of Microphones, Multitrack tape decks, automated mixing desks
-
Expertise with audio sweetening equipment: multiple reverbs, EQs, compressors, limiters, mic pre-amps, noise gates