Strategic Initiatives Manager | Growth & Impact through Collaborative Partnerships

I help people and organizations work together in ways that make a real difference. My creative and analytical background gives me a mix of practical and strategic skills that I use to solve problems and bring ideas to life

I’ve built partnerships with universities, industry, and government, and I’ve managed programs and projects from start to finish. I excel at connecting people, creating opportunities to work together, and making sure goals turn into results

I also focus on sharing knowledge and stories that others can learn from and carry forward. For me, the most important part of my work is building connections that last and lead to positive outcomes

Summer Applegate🍏

KSL Consulting Global

• Collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to conduct needs analysis, identify training gaps and set strategic goals with measurable learning outcomes.  
• Designs impactful, human-centered curriculum, programs and instructional materials that focus on skill development and behavior change to drive business growth. 
• Manages the project life cycle including scope, concept, build, execution, and user experience for the identified learning need.

Learning Experience Designer & Educational Consultant

Colibri Group

• Designed online courses and instructional materials for real-estate training programs by researching and reviewing source materials, identifying key concepts, scaffolding the information into a cohesive learning structure, and ensuring the accuracy and quality of the final product.
• Used instructional design principles to create lessons that meet the needs of multiple audiences at various stages in the learning cycle. Identified and evaluated appropriate learning modalities, wrote lesson storyboards, including learning objectives, text-based content, video scripts, activities, and assessments.
• Transformed complex legal and regulatory information for the real estate, appraisal, mortgage lending, insurance, and home inspection industries into technically sound, easy to understand and engaging content.

Instructional Designer | Technical Writer

The School of The New York Times

• Managed the curriculum development and implementation process for The School of the New York Times' flagship Pre-College Division program, Summer Academy.
• Maintained relationships with external partners and stakeholders; worked closely with distinguished faculty to ensure their coursework meets the needs of the program by evaluating and improving the curriculum to ensure academic rigor and adherence to current pedagogical frameworks.
• Coordinated end-to-end program logistics and operations, including the tracking and management of timelines, budgets, scheduling and communication.

Curriculum Project Manager

Quarius Learning

• Developed comprehensive instructor-led and virtual instructor-led workshop materials and activities aimed at training sales teams on Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
• Utilized Articulate Rise to design interactive and user-friendly courses, enhancing the learning experience and ensuring a thorough understanding of product knowledge.
• Collaborated with subject matter experts to gather information and insights, then translated complex technical concepts into easily understandable training materials

E-learning Developer

New Oriental Education & Technology Group

• Built compelling, targeted learning solutions by translating long-term goals of English fluency into daily objectives, enhancing assessment scores by nearly 30%.
• Delivered dynamic virtual instructor-led trainings to improve students' reading, writing, and conversation skills while analyzing their efficacy through data compilation. 
• Maintained proprietary Learning Management System and ensured course content and interactive features were up-to-date.

Learning Facilitator

Ministerio de Educación, España

• Created, revised and presented 30 hours of ESOL instructional material weekly to non-native  speakers  of  all  skill  levels. 
• Collaborated with English department heads to design and develop new curriculum and learning resources, increasing student performance by 15%.  
• Implemented project tracking templates and standardized workflow processes to improve team productivity.

Cultural Ambassador and Language Assistant

| OPEN TO REMOTE 1099 CONTRACT WORK |

🗺 Trilingual and with over 60 countries visited, I am passionate about cultivating global citizenship and fostering human connection through learning and development.

📚 As a Learning Experience Designer, eLearning Developer, and Educational Consultant, I am driven by an innate desire to deliver high-quality, engaging, and accessible learning experiences through collaboration, diverse design methods, and the science of learning. 

💻 My career has been filled with rich instructional experiences fuelled by my love for leveraging education and technology to create meaningful learning opportunities that produce business results, my passion to create, and my devotion to understanding how, why, and where people learn.

⚖️ Additionally, having had the incredible opportunity to bridge cultural divides on a global scale while working and living abroad in a multitude of countries, I am committed to contributing to diverse, equitable and inclusive spaces and making a real impact in the effort to dismantle systemic racism and create a more equitable and just future for all.

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