Lauren Milstid, M.S.

Instructional Designer

Qualification Summary

  • Master of Science in Instructional Technology
  • Bachelor of Arts in Communication
  • Lead Course Developer
  • Solid communication and public relations background
  • Varied experience: higher education, local government, non-profit, computer software/healthcare industry

Skills Summary

  • Curriculum development
  • Quality assurance
  • LMS administration
  • SME management
  • Adult learning theory
  • Script writing
  • Test writing
  • Objective development
  • Voice over narration
  • Screencast
  • Sound and video editing
  • Graphics production
  • Interaction design and development
  • Articulate Studio 9
  • Articulate Storyline
  • Camtasia Studio 7
  • Sony Sound Forge 9
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
  • Adobe Creative Suite

Experience

Netsmart University

Course Developer II | Course Developer I

4/2009 - 5/2012

  • Managed quality assurance of all Course Developer content; proofed, edited, monitored, critiqued
  • Uploaded all completed courses to LMS
  • Researched and tested mobile learning strategies
  • Supported company e-Learning training initiatives via web-based online training modules
  • Initiated new e-Learning material and/or modified existing materials to develop curriculum
  • Generated and manipulated graphic images, animations, sound, text and video
  • Monitored and responded to learner and SME questions and comments
  • Stayed abreast of and shared new training methods
  • Developed comprehensive course design documents that provided specific design considerations, guidelines, templates, learning objectives, audience analysis, course structure, and learning strategies

Consulting

Curriculum Developer

2011

  • Designed curriculum for online college-level courses
  • Administered content using Moodle LMS

Chestnut Hill College

Graduate Assistant

1/2008 - 5/2009

  • Project Manager for Instructional Technology mini site
  • Researched Serious Games and their place in corporate e-Learning
  • Researched educational presence in Second Life
  • Updated Instructional Technology Blackboard site and Adobe Connect groups and users

City of Clearwater, FL

Public Information Specialist

3/2006 - 8/2007

  • Program host for city’s T.V. station
  • Strategic planning and management of Internet/Intranet-based Public Information Management System: helped create, test, and implement citywide system
  • Planned, developed and implemented public relations and marketing programs/projects
  • Coordinated and attended meetings with officials, boards, and the public; wrote press releases and news articles; media relations contact; marketing plan for library system: strategic planning with senior management, re-branding, managed advertising budget

Florida Holocaust Museum

Marketing, Public Relations & Communication Coordinator

5/2005 - 3/2006

  • Designer, writer, and editor for marketing collateral, exhibitions, and fundraising events
  • Media buyer
  • Event coordinator
  • Media relations contact
  • Senior photographer
  • Archived photos and tracked demographics

City of Clearwater, FL

Public Communications and Graphics Intern

10/2004 - 5/2005

  • Assisted Graphic Communications, Public Relations/Marketing, and Television Departments

Education

Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA, May 2009

M.S.: Instructional Technology (focus in E-Learning)

  • Graduate Assistantships
  • Epsilon Pi Tau (International Honor Society for Professions in Technology)

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, December 2003

B.A.: Communication (focus in Public and Cultural Communication)

  • Minor in Sociology
  • 3.5 GPA with Honors, Lambda Pi Eta (National Honor Society for Communication)
    National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Florida Merit Scholarship
  • Study abroad - Communication in Ireland and the Press, Florida State University

Lauren Milstid — email — (813) - 843-0694