Resume

Profile:
Highly accomplished professional interested to leveraging extensive experience in graphic and media design, and teaching expertise into a new role. Broad-based background that encompasses working collaboratively with multiple constituent groups. Exemplify in-depth commitment to finding new ways to establish connections between facts and fostering new understanding for employees and adult students.
Competitive Advantage:
• 6+ years experience:instructor: classroom instructor, online facilitator and employee trainer
• 20+ Graphic and Media Design
• Proficiency to advance using Adobe Captivate, Dreamweaver, Flash,
Framemaker and Photoshop
• Working use of statistical methods and analysis as needed
• Academic training in graphic design, graphic art techniques, fine art
techniques and multimedia design
• Possess well-honed oral and written communication skills
complemented with the aptitude to facilitate and deliver performance
support programs efficiently.
• Adept at organizing large amounts of information quickly and
transforming such information into professional, learner-centered
instruction.
• Comfortable at performing in a deadline-oriented work environment
and in executing multiple complex tasks simultaneously.
• Entirely proficient in instructional methods and training techniques, including curriculum design principles, and blended learning strategies.

Key Expertise
• Educational Media Design Technology
• Adult Learning Theory
• Distance Learning
• Education Design and Evaluation
• Educational Film Making
• Learning Management Systems (SCORM Compliant)
• Multiple Learning Theories
• Online Course Development
• APA Writing and Research
• Web-Based Collaborative Culture and Informational Mapping
• Audio Capture and Editing
• Video Production and Post-Production
• Internet-based Research
• Social Networking Media
• Strong Technical and Business Writing Skills

Professional Experience
MSCreates, Irving, TX
Portfolio: http://www.maryseither.biz/MSCreates/
Owner Aug. 2008 – Present
• Manage a creative company that offer services, such as graphic
design, multimedia presentations, web design, video post-production.
• Provide consultation services and establish strategic partnership with other creative firms to formulate low cost e-learning modules and gaming simulations to boost the effectiveness of employee training
and education.
• Identify freelance niche to provide high quality and cost-efficient
communication support to corporate departments, healthcare, small
business and non-profit organizations.

Alta College, Inc., Denver, CO
Online Tutor and Course Facilitator Jan 2007 – Dec 2008
• Conducted web-based tutorial as well as rendered proactive support
during LMS course discussion board and Breeze Live sessions
through the use of instant messaging and electronic communication.
• Requested to conduct tutorials on video post-production software;
designated by the tutoring department manager to oversee new
student orientation sessions.

Richland College, Dallas, TX
Adjunct Instructor-Digital Video Jan 2002 – Dec 2006
• Referred by the Program Director to co-teach unique curriculum
program designed by industry professionals for career-driven
learning.
• Received numerous recognitions for significantly contributing to increasing student motivation and participation through visual media and collaboration.
• Handled extra-curricular laboratory tutoring classes to maximize students’ understanding on the course materials.
• Instrumental for the successful instruction and development of course materials that led to additional study courses relating to design of class website and instructional media clips during the next semester

Earlier Career
Adjunct Instructor-Design / 2D-3D Animation Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
Senior Computer Artist / Supervisor Computer Slides and Filmstrips, Dallas, TX
Designer, Illustrator, Computer Artist Otis Engineering Corp. (Halliburton, Inc.), Carrollton, TX
Typesetter, Silk Screen Print Designer,  Graphic Masters, Inc, Irving, Texas
Typesetter, Offset Print Production Artist, Designer Michigan Printing Company, Bad Axe, MI

Education
Master of Science in Education Media Design Technology (Online) • Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL
Bachelor of Science in Visual Communications (Online) • Westwood College, Denver CO
Associate of Science in Mid-Management • Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
Associate of Science in Commercial Art • Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI

Awards and Honors
Customer Service Excellence Award (Baylor University Medical Center)

Course Director’s Awards in three courses: Corporate Training and Motivational Development; Digital Media and Education Applications; Media Asset Creation (Full Sail University)

Affiliations
eLearning Guild • AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology)

Technical Expertise
• Platform: Windows XP/7 PC and OS10 Macintosh
• Programming Language: HTML/CSS
• Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Adobe: Photoshop, Framemaker, Dreamweaver, Flash, Captivate, Camptasia<br>Premiere Pro, After Effects
• Podcast Creation and Deployment