Content Producer
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Website creator, writer, photographer and Founding Director of MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue at www.RescueReport.org
- Past
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- Producer at LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
- Training Manager at JVS
- Sr. Program Director at Women in Community Service (LifeSkills)
- Regional Director at Women in Community Service (Job Corps Enrollment & Retention)
- Education
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- UC Berkeley
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Elizabeth Young’s Summary
Innovative, versatile content developer with 20 years of project design and management experience, lots of creative energy and organizational ability.
Elizabeth Young’s Experience
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Website creator, writer, photographer and Founding Director of MickaCoo Pigeon & Dove Rescue
www.RescueReport.org
(Online Media industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Taking advantage of the door downsizing opened, I've spent the past year as a full-time blogger and volunteer team leader (doing everything from fund-raising, resource coordination, coaching, outreach and PR, data-entry, transport, hand-feeding, etc.) for Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue's new division, MickaCoo.
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Producer
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; LF; E-Learning industry)
October 2002 — April 2008 (5 years 7 months)
Designed and managed 16 titles on 9 platforms (including books, toys and electronics).
Lead/co-lead inventor on 7 educational technology patent applications.
Led cross functional teams of up to 20 people from project kickoff through release.
Developed and maintained 4-12 month project schedules, budgets up to 500K, status reports, functional specs, bug bases, scripts, user testing, etc.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Visio, TestTrackPro, Paint Shop Pro 9 and am learning HTML. -
Training Manager
JVS
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2001 — October 2002 (1 year 5 months)
Managed existing and developed new training programs in response to industry and community needs. Developed and implemented programs, budgets and accountability measures. Led expert customer service to all stakeholders.
Supervised program coordinators, instructional staff and retention specialists; conducted recruitment, training & performance evaluations. -
Sr. Program Director
Women in Community Service (LifeSkills)
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)
May 1998 — April 2001 (3 years )
Growth: Analyzed markets; won, negotiated and started up contracts; designed programs and curricula; cultivated funders, wrote grants and led public relations campaigns.
Managment: Continuously initiated and deepened dynamic partnerships with corporations, employers, community organizations, educators, civic organizations and the media. Successfully recruited, selected, mentored and developmentally evaluated staff, volunteers, partners and clients.
Achieved: exceptional success empowering low-income, high-risk families’ progression to self-sufficiency. -
Regional Director
Women in Community Service (Job Corps Enrollment & Retention)
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)
July 1994 — June 1998 (4 years )
Procured and administered contracts; designed programs and implemented $3,000,000 budgets annually. Led organizational development and regional program expansion strategies; created and managed change through times of abundance and crisis.
Led 50 paid and 200 volunteer team members in delivering excellent service and exceptional outcomes throughout four Western states. Developed and fostered a learning culture and systems adopted throughout the organization.
Supervised the design and execution of advertising, outreach and public relations strategies that generated over 45,000 client inquiries for job training and placement every year (a 214% performance increase).
Elizabeth Young’s Education
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UC Berkeley
1980 — 1984
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