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What's your dream job?

Ideally, I would most like to work in an environment--large or small--that offers creativity and flexibility in a professional setting that encourages a sense of fun while getting the job done :)

Posted @ 09:32AM, June 04, 2007 by Madison Sterling | Permalink
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Work history

Best Buy July 2008 to the present
Senior Training Developer/Instructional Designer

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How would you describe your time at Best Buy?

- Work with business and human resource partners to identify performance and learning implications of business strategies.
- Design, develop, and implement appropriate learning solutions and measure results.
- Manage project workload and deliverables.
BI Consulting Group April 2008 to June 2008
Captivate Developer

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How would you describe your time at BI Consulting Group?

- Worked with business and human resource partners to identify performance and learning implications of business strategies.
- Designed, developed, and implemented appropriate learning solutions and measure results.
- Managed project workload and deliverables.
Best Buy July 2007 to May 2008
Instructional Designer

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How would you describe your time at Best Buy?

- Worked with change management team to deploy new warehouse management system in 22 distribution facilities.
- Translated and combined vendor training documentation with corporate standard operating procedures to develop new user learning materials.
- Created trainer and learner content,
working closely with SMEs and system programmers to ensure learner-appropriate and operationally-sound instruction.
- Lead designer responsible for revising all final documentation for continuity of layout, graphics, tone, and style.
- Project management of workload and deliverables.
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Ameriprise Financial April 2007 to July 2007
Instructional Designer, Captivate Developer

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How would you describe your time at Ameriprise Financial?

- Developed computer-based training for corporate-wide conversion to Clarity project and time management tool.
- Converted vendor documentation to customized e-learning content for U.S. and offshore delivery.
- Edited material for timing, accuracy, and effectiveness, creating user interactivity
within project constraints.
- Updated and enhanced blended classroom materials for incoming broker sales training.
- Evolved learner-centered instruction from existing documentation???while adhering to tight deadlines, working closely with F2F trainer/SME.
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Online Learning Content Manager

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How would you describe your time at PolarHusky.com: University ...?

- Developed and managed all online learning content--modifying, converting, optimizing--to include HTML, graphics, audio, video, and interactive learning tools.
- Researched, composed, and edited real-time learner/user content and communications.
- Moderated and promoted online collaborative
work and activities.
- Employed for Spring 2006 & 2007 semesters.
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Aerosim Technologies May 2006 to August 2006
Instructional Designer

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How would you describe your time at Aerosim Technologies?

- Developed software training instructional design boilerplate for turn-key application.
- Translated customer specifications and FAA regulations to identify project development inputs as they related to scripting, programming, audio, graphics, and learner activity.
- Planned and maintained
training development schedule.
- Collaborated with SME, reviewing courseware for functionality, clarity, format, consistency of tone and style, learner-centeredness, and instructional design soundness.
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American Galvanizers Association July 2002 to August 2005
Marketing Communications Manager

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How would you describe your time at American Galvanizers Associ...?

- Increased audience reach 193% via internet marketing, trade show promotion, and public relations communications, while reducing annual collateral spending by an average of 205%.
- Developed new trade media database and planned new PR campaign, fostering ongoing relationships with 163 industry
publications.
- Composed and distributed editorial submissions and monthly press releases, generating full reprints and industry-wide exposure with no associated cost.
- Devised and promoted new scholarship initiative, resulting in the continuously top-ranked AGA web page.
- Designed and implemented new monthly HTML email communications campaign.
- Generated all marketing collateral via copy writing, desktop publishing, and web content development???coordinating with service bureaus.
- Organized and managed six out-of-state conferences (150-200+ attendees each).
- Trained and supervised marketing assistants and interns.
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Education

Spanish: Level 1

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How would you describe your time at Cemanhuac Educational Commu...?

- Three-week Spanish immersion program
- 3 Spanish 1001 credit hours
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities August 2004 to May 2007
M.Ed. Curriculum & Instruction - Learning Technologies

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How would you describe your time at University of Minnesota - T...?

4.00 Cumulative GPA
metropolitan state college of denver August 1998 to May 2002
Technical Communications

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How would you describe your time at metropolitan state college ...?

* Emphasis: Corporate Communications * Minor: Writing
* 3.56 Cumulative GPA

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