As a Senior Content Strategist, I was responsible for:
Reviewing, rating and curating digital content for kids
Refining editorial best practices and scalable rubrics related to high-quality, child-directed digital content
Overseeing and executing content strategy efforts for family-focused initiatives: Google Play’s Teacher Approved program and Kid’s Space
Google Teacher Approved Program
As a Senior Content Strategist, I was responsible for:
Reviewing, rating and curating digital content for kids
Refining editorial best practices and scalable rubrics related to high-quality, child-directed digital content
As a Senior User Researcher, I was responsible for:
Overseeing and facilitating user research with kids and adults 1:1 and in group settings
Analyzing, synthesizing and reporting research findings for the Cozmo team and wider company
Leading research for voice recognition, various major features and a complete UI redesign initiative
Leading research in partnership with the Scratch team out of the MIT Media lab to rollout a coding extension for Cozmo called CodeLab, which included a workbook accompaniment
As a User Researcher/Education Specialist, I was responsible for:
Selecting all the content for the service
Curation of all content
Tagging content for educational value
Overseeing kids user research during development
As a User Researcher, I was responsible for:
Overseeing and facilitating user research with kids 1:1 and in group settings
Analyzing, synthesizing and reporting research findings for the YouTube Kids team
Developing and overseeing the YouTube Kids Design Crew, which was a group of active users partaking in recurring monthly focus groups where they shared ideas, participated in co-design activities, and worked with various team members
Playaway Launchpad
As an Education Specialist, I was responsible for:
Selection of all educational apps
Curation of all app bundles by subject area, grade level, theme and age
Tagging all apps for educational value
Overseeing kids user research during development
Sylvan Play
As a User Researcher/Education Specialist, I was responsible for:
Reviewing and selecting apps for the service
Mapping content to Common Core State Standards
As a User Researcher, I was responsible for:
Overseeing and facilitating user research with kids 1:1 and in group settings
PBS Ready To Learn
As a Researcher, I was responsible for:
Running pre and post assessments with children in two head start preschool centers in Richmond, California
Participating in weekly parent workshops where the intervention groups were encouraged to discuss the activities they undertook with their children and any challenges they encountered
As an Education Specialist, I was responsible for:
Organizing and monitoring research in the school and home setting
Aiding in the development of the Early Childhood Curriculum
Helping run training workshops for mental health and educational professionals
Square Panda
As a Senior Researcher, I was responsible for:
Designing and implementing all research methodology
Recruitment if needed
Facilitating all children’s play testing
Analyzing, synthesizing and reporting research findings for various stakeholders
Leapfrog
As a Researcher, I was responsible for:
Recruiting, scheduling, and managing daily research lab testing
Working closely with the Leapster teams throughout different stages of product development
Original Programming
For various companies and creators, I facilitated focus groups for children’s original programming
As a Researcher, I was responsible for:
Designing and implementing all research methodology
Recruitment if needed
Facilitating all children’s focus groups and follow up interviews
Analyzing, synthesizing and reporting research findings for various stakeholders
Kahoot!'s Design For Inclusion Initiative in Partnership With the LEGO Foundation
As a Research Consultant, I was responsible for:
Designing, running, and reporting on co-design research session with middle school students
Playtest With Kids, Sesame Workshop Joan Ganz Cooney Center
As a Contributor, I provided:
Input and insight on kid testing methods and case studies