Jessica Wiechec
Lockport,NY
Summary
Resourceful and innovative Instructional Designer with over 5 years of experience in e-learning and curriculum development for wide variety of cultural and professional backgrounds. Offering insightful analysis of content and design to create value-added learning programs that achieve desired business outcomes. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders and assess learning needs.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Instructional Designer @ Google
Synergis
01.2023 - 08.2023
- Led a team of three technical content writers
- Target diverse learning modalities in the development of new course content and training programs.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to employees.
- Create curricula, research topics, and conceptualized course format, subject matter, and presentation.
Senior Learning Experience Designer
Kaplan
02.2021 - 01.2023
- Collaborated with subject matter experts to determine course objectives.
- Created curricula, instructions, documents, and written tests for various types of training courses.
- Effectively implemented best training practices and adult learning principles in planning and creation of instructional materials.
- Provided needs and gap analysis in line with instructional design principles for successful mentoring.
Learning Designer
University At Buffalo
08.2018 - 10.2020
- Delivered private instruction to faculty in variety of fields on course development, student engagement, scaling learning, and meta-cognition.
- Collaborated with faculty and community stakeholders for program improvement.
- Developed undergraduate courses for department offerings serving major, minor and general students.
- Migrated over 4,000 courses to online format due to movement to online teaching.
Instructional Design Coordinator
The Center For Industrial Effectiveness
05.2018 - 08.2018
- Teamed with subject matter experts in evaluation and revision of training tools in order to continually improve learning platforms.
- Analyzed, revised, and piloted content for online and MOOC development for multiple platforms.
- Assisted in development and support of IITG-funded Blockchain pilot badging-to-credit initiative.
- Assisted Lead Project Manager and Lead Instructional Designer with design of Coursera Computer Vision and Robot Safety Course.
Education
MBA -
Boston University
Boston, MA09.2025
Ed.M. - Higher Education Administration
University At Buffalo
Buffalo, NY05.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University At Buffalo
Buffalo, NY05.2003
Skills
- Instructional Design
- Curriculum Development
- Project Management
- Consulting
- Client Needs Assessment
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Employee Training
Timeline
Instructional Designer @ Google
Synergis
01.2023 - 08.2023
Senior Learning Experience Designer
Kaplan
02.2021 - 01.2023
Learning Designer
University At Buffalo
08.2018 - 10.2020
Instructional Design Coordinator
The Center For Industrial Effectiveness
05.2018 - 08.2018
MBA -
Boston University
Ed.M. - Higher Education Administration
University At Buffalo
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University At Buffalo
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