Emily Hough
Project Management
Montpelier,United States
Summary
Resourceful Project Manager with 5+ years experience working in high growth startups and teams to build, execute and iterate on products, vision and strategy.
Apply a creative and analytical approach for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
2
2
Languages
Work History
Project Manager, PMO
Buildspace
San Francisco, CA
10.2020 - 04.2023
- Managed development of educational content in subject areas of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Crypto based tools (Funded by Y-Combinator (YC S20) + Andreessen Horowitz)
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
Director of Curriculum
ZipSchool
New York, NY
10.2020 - 08.2021
- Hired, trained, and managed a team of 20 curriculum writers & teachers in order to develop math and science content for video-based education platform.
- Prepared and administered budget of $100K for academic program with over 150K active users
Design & Technology Curriculum Coordinator
Imagine Montessori School
Valencia , Spain
08.2019 - 10.2020
- Developed & Designed year long Computing & Design Technology curriculum for Montessori School of 200 students.
- Effectively implemented best training practices and learning design principles in planning and creation of instructional materials.
Math Curriculum Coordinator
Pine Street School
New York , NY
08.2016 - 08.2018
- Targeted diverse learning modalities in development of new course content and training programs for 5 classrooms and 10 teachers.
- Created curricula, research topics and conceptualized course format, subject matter and presentation.
Education
Master of Education (M.Ed - Curriculum & Instruction
Teachers College, Columbia University
New York , NY 05.2014 - 05.2018
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Developmental Psychology And K-6 Education
Wheaton College
Norton 01.2007 - 05.2011
Skills
Project planning and development
Advanced problem solving
Strategic planning
Project Management
Budgeting
Curriculum design
Course material creation
Accomplishments
- Teaching Certification (K-6) - NH Department of Education
- Reducing the hiring expenses by 13% at Chadwick International School
- Reduced ZipSchool's spending by $4K monthly over 3 years by implementing an outsourced hiring program
- Reduced Production department operating costs by 50% in 6 months at ZipSchool.
- Designed and launched the buildspace mentor Project, resulting in a 150% increase in course creation productivity.
Certification
K-6 General Education
Timeline
Project Manager, PMO
Buildspace
10.2020 - 04.2023
Director of Curriculum
ZipSchool
10.2020 - 08.2021
Design & Technology Curriculum Coordinator
Imagine Montessori School
08.2019 - 10.2020
Math Curriculum Coordinator
Pine Street School
08.2016 - 08.2018
Master of Education (M.Ed - Curriculum & Instruction
Teachers College, Columbia University
05.2014 - 05.2018
K-6 General Education
06-2011
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Developmental Psychology And K-6 Education
Wheaton College
01.2007 - 05.2011