Mackenzie Perkins
Portland,OR
Summary
Content and project manager versed in all aspects of project and personnel management. Results-oriented and high-energy professional dedicated to fostering strong effective team relationships.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Content Manager
Blueprint Prep
Remote, Oregon
01.2021 - Current
- Project manager and lead for the implementation of science e-learning modules, textbooks, full-lengths, and new courses within the online Blueprint Course
- Extensive experience in content development, project and personnel management, and editing for different audiences and purposes
- Worked closely with a project manager and the director of education to project plan and lead the content team in a scrum using Agile methodology
- Successfully drove to completion over 40 new e-learning video modules, 10 practice tests, and two new courses on the e-learning platform
- Managed a growing team of 18 science content developers, subject matter experts, and content editors
- Drafted reports summarizing progress made on projects, project plans, and timelines for review by the executive leadership team.
- Developed and maintained project plans, schedules, estimates, and resource assignments.
- Managed sprints and tracked progress against timelines for multiple projects simultaneously using Asana
- Facilitated UAT testing and QA for all new course material implemented
- Authored style, training, and QA guidelines for content developers and content editors
Content Developer/Lead Reviewer
Course Hero Inc.
Redwood City, CA
03.2019 - 10.2020
- The first content developer hired on a 300-person online education project and the only non-undergraduate professor hired within the biology project
- Authored and reviewed biological content aimed at undergraduate science
- Graded, edited, and reviewed work by other subject matter experts
- Worked with the product, project, engineering, and lead science managers to design pilot and current streamlined projects
- Provided feedback to project managers on project instructions, creation, and usability
- Used GitHub and HTML to create a textbook solution database
- Managed solution clean-up and coordinated review
- Conducted quality control studies of other reviewers/authors and competitors and piloted usability features
- Created graphics and managed art creation for biological content.
Laboratory Operator
Emerald Cloud Lab
South San Francisco, CA
06.2017 - 02.2018
- Executed experiments involving a wide range of techniques, emphasizing throughput and reproducibility
- Experience with mass spectrometry, robotic liquid handling, HPLC, solid-phase extraction, nucleic acid synthesis, other analytical chemistry research techniques, and Mathematica-based software
- Works closely with computer scientists and engineers to troubleshoot lab experiments and streamline lab flow.
Education
BS in Cell Biology -
University of California, Davis
MS in Medical Genetics and Genomics -
University of Glasgow
Skills
- UAT Testing
- Instructional Design
- Agile Scrum Methodology
- HTML
- Adobe Reader
- Asana
- Jira
- Copy-editing
- Genetics and Genomics SME
- Content Development
- Project Management
- Sprint Planning
- Scrum Processes
- Performance Monitoring
- Schedule Management
- Quality Assurance
- Task Delegation
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Content Manager
Blueprint Prep
01.2021 - Current
Content Developer/Lead Reviewer
Course Hero Inc.
03.2019 - 10.2020
Laboratory Operator
Emerald Cloud Lab
06.2017 - 02.2018
BS in Cell Biology -
University of California, Davis
MS in Medical Genetics and Genomics -
University of Glasgow