Innovative candidate with proven track record of success in design industry and consistently delivers results. Knack for quickly understanding complex business problems to effectively design strategies to implement solutions efficiently. Highly collaborative leader and problem solver who strives to develop innovative solutions to design challenges. Solid understanding of design principles and great eye for detail. Design Manager skilled in building relationships and communicating complex concepts. Leads design team strategy to develop and accomplish team goals. Drives initiative and demonstrates excellent organization and communication in fast-paced dynamic environment and collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders for greatest potential impact.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Education Design Manager
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
01.2019 - Current
Lead and supervise a team of employees responsible for the design, development, and execution of education programs across the Allstate enterprise
Including onboarding curriculums for all Agency Owners, Agency staff, and Field Sales organization
Maintain and manage vendor relationships, contracts, and budgets
Developed operational strategies, including transitioning to a new learning management system, furthering the agency’s peer-to-peer content strategy, and centralizing countrywide content design and delivery
Successfully directed and implemented the launch of Allstate University online via the Schoox Learning Management System (LMS)
This platform provides onboarding and sustaining education for over 45,000 learners
This work included leading over 30 individuals, including Project Managers, Instructional Designers, Allstate Technology, Allstate Privacy and Security teams, Procurement, and the Vendor relationship
Lead cross-functional teams to map current and future state producer experiences, identify Producer journey pain points, perform root cause analysis, and identify innovative solutions to address pain points and achieve future state
Designed education Intake and governance process for educational support requests, establishing a standardized and integrated approach with Product and Go-to-market teams to ensure educational support is identified during the strategic planning phase
Designed and implemented the community of learning for Agency owners to foster peer-to-peer sharing and creates a surround sound for education initiatives
Manage and maintain the strategy for Allstate University that hosts on-demand and facilitator-led education for producers, including live event or webinar sessions, eLearning, simulation, video, and application elements
Design Architect for Allstate University online
Responsible for the infrastructure of the LMS and future enhancement strategies
Managed and implemented a redesign of the Allstate Exclusive Agent onboarding education
Consolidating and standardizing the education experience from 14 regions to one standardized and centralized delivery approach.
Lead Education Design Consultant
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Designed, directed, and implemented multiple education programs across Allstate Insurance company to support Agency owners and agency staff
Translated qualitative and quantitative data into meaningful ideas and approaches to influence initiatives
Led cross-functional teams across the enterprise on solution design while effectively reporting to senior leadership teams progress and measures of success with the use of data.
Marketing Manager –SPL Property and PFR Recruiting, Integrated Marketing Communications
Developed annual budget plans, approved vendor invoices, prepared monthly forecasts, and developed solutions to deliver innovative and measurable initiatives to optimize marketing spend and program ROI
Led the Specialty Property lines marketing team with strategy development execution of communications for several SPL insurance lines, including Allstate Renters Insurance, Allstate Landlords Insurance, Allstate Condo Insurance, and Allstate Personal Umbrella Insurance
Manage digital advertising, branding, website presence, social media, and marketing of insurance solutions
Led the Allstate Personal Financial Representative Recruitment marketing team
Managed relationships with Allstate key stakeholders/partners to ensure program goals were integrated company wide
Led creative development for Allstate Personal Umbrella marketing campaigns as an Account manager.
Marketing Manager – Life Insurance & Annuities, Integrated Marketing Communications
Led a cross-functional team to engage producers with a needs-based sales approach to term life insurance
Responsible for a marketing plan to bring a new term life insurance product into market targeting the young family market segment
Partnered with an external vendor to develop and launch campaigns designed to help drive awareness of life insurance
Led the social media cross-functional teams to develop and execute training webcasts across social media platforms
Partnering with the UX team and A.com web designers
Led a cross-functional team to implement process improvements focused on the issue of declining Universal life insurance and how this impacts Allstate customers
Developed marketing and implementation plans to support auunity product re-launches in 2013 with sales and products to develop producer and consumer materials that demystified the complexities of product features
The goal was to reach 40% of the 2013 sales plan by mid-year and we reached 46%.
Regional Sales Manager, Distribution Sales- Allstate Financial
Wholesaled fixed annuities and life products in AZ, CO, ID, MN, MT, NV, NM, ND, SD, UT, WI, MN
Developed relationships with Management and Financial Advisors in wirehouse firms and Banks
Led live group presentations for financial advisor groups
Represented Allstate during conferences and district sales meetings throughout the year
Responsible for product and sales training of bank staff and Wirehouse Financial Advisors through individual meetings and coaching conversations
Partnered with the Internal Sales team to drive sales growth across 12 states
Traveled bi-weekly across the United States, maintaining a strict travel budget
Averaging 20 in-person appointments.
Education
Degree in Business Administration and Equine Science -
Houghall College
01.1997
Skills
Certified in Scaled Agile
Advanced Microsoft Office skills
Mural
Luma Certified- Design thinking
Visual storyteller
Demonstrates clear, concise, and compelling presentation and written communication skills
Organizational and time management skills
Proactive self-starter and highly capable of independent work with limited leader direction and support
Ability to think strategically, conceptually, analytically, and creatively