Erin R. Stanley
About Erin R. Stanley
*Feel free to connect with me. I’m always interested in conversations and opportunities.* *KEY ACHIEVEMENTS* ~Accommodated significant workload increase: Accommodated a 242% quarterly workload increase without decreasing quality or significantly increasing staff or budget by restructuring roles and responsibilities, adding per-project vendors to efficiently staff up or down according to the needs of the client, and implementing a content standardization tool ~Averaged a low error rate: Averaged a <1% grammatical error rate for an annual average of 250 exam items (stem, options, rationales), 400 script pages, 800 slides, 200 flashcards, and 6 lab exercises ~Increased project quality and speed: Increased quality and publishing speed by 10% and decreased vendor costs by 20% after switching to a new vendor ~Exceeded client expectations: Provided a 17-day editing and publishing turnaround time for a 1000-page course when the client asked for a 20-day turnaround time ~Increased editing turnaround: Averaged 20% reduction in item editing turnaround time after tracking item editing times and standardizing item editing processes and guidelines *SELECT SKILLS * Editing, Writing, Publishing, Formatting: ~Business content: Executive-level presentations and communications, newsletters, and localized content ~Technical content: Product guides, user guides, applications, tools, user interfaces, whitepapers ~Learning content: E-learning, ILT, user guides, AoDs, VoDs, certifications, and exams ~Marketing content: Websites, social media, branding content ~Editorial content: Style, terminology, and procedural guides; job aids; best practices; and templates ~Literary content: National literary journal, nonfiction book, children’s book Program / Project / People Management: ~Planning and implementing strategies and projects (e.g., learning, localization, websites) across virtual, global, and matrixed organizations ~Building and managing stakeholder relationships and expectations ~Ensuring staff and workload flexibility by strategic staffing processes, pipelines, and continual improvement ~Communicating and documenting processes, statuses, expectations, best practices, etc. ~Managing with and without authority ~Creating, negotiating, and managing SOWs and SLAs ~Providing localization strategy, planning, and management Exams and Certifications: ~Project managing the development of MS IT, MBA, and technical certs ~Editing technical exams ~Project managing the development and editing of performance-based questions ~Creating, implementing, and managing an exam editing service