Empire Today, 2018 to 2019

Instructional Designer

Northlake, IL

• Work directly with executives to build buy-in, uncover needs, and maintain executive support for improvement initiatives. 
• Act as project manager for large scale, multifaceted organizational improvement initiatives for major business-to-business sales function. 
• Devise and implement performance interventions including job aids, job design, process mapping,competency modeling, and training. 
• Collaborate across multiple business functions to develop and support improvement initiatives. 
• Serve as subject matter expert for instructional design application in sales enablement.

• Create and edit eLearning material in Storyline 360, Audacity, Camtasia, and LMS tools while ensuring SCORM compliance.

• Develop video learning objects using video production, audio production, and editing tools and techniques.

​

Freelance Professional , 2016 to 2018
Instructional Designer

Oak Park, IL

​• Assess and identify current and future state for implementations involving cross-cultural communication concerns.
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts and executives for analysis and evaluation of programs varying across multiple disciplines from business communication to skilled labor training.
• Formulate E-Learning strategy for real estate investment startup using successive approximation concepts.
• Engineer and execute instruction for academic institutions, corporations, and executive individuals in communication and learning & development.

​

Harper College, 2017 to 2018
Adjunct Professor

Palatine, IL

​• Establish course design using ADDIE to create blended-learning in Public Speaking courses.
• Assimilate Learning Management System (LMS), audio and video into curriculum using the latest programs such as Blackboard and Camtasia.
• Chart course and program content, design compelling visuals, and optimize materials using Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

​

Sungkyunkwan University, 2010 to 2016
Instructional Designer

Seoul, South Korea 

​• Develop communication plans for courses taught in English to students who are non-native English Speakers.
• Instituted the standardization and best practices of curriculum and utilized technical writing skills to define new guidelines and implementation standards acting as Chair and SME for Public Speaking Curriculum Design Committee.
• Assessed and evaluated 20 department instructors’ performance by directing Front-End Analysis (FEA) interviews to identify significant drivers and construct effective solutions.
• Partnered with and taught Samsung executives, law professors, and undergraduate students in soft-skills subjects such as presentation, analysis, leadership, team-building, and communication.
• Exhibited technical writing mastery by outlining and editing workbooks, web-based prototypes, and instructor-student materials.
• Systemized student assessments, materials, and instructor course evaluations by performing Level 1 and 2 evaluations using a public Learning Content Manager (Ping & Edu2.0) and university’s collaborative learning platform, Kingo Portal.
• Facilitated Korean Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (KOTESOL) conference speech and department training covering learning management system integration with the classroom.

​

Gaewoong Middle School, Seoul, 2009 to 2010
English Curriculum Instructor

Seoul, South Korea

​• Cultivated English curriculum for low-income middle school students for Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education for one year to advance to university level-training design in South Korea.
• Piloted creation of curriculum for district-wide after school and summer programs covering 8,000+ students.