Jennifer Hurd

Science Content Editor at Great Minds
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States, US

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Credentials

  • Product Management: Building a Product Strategy
    LinkedIn
    Oct, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Practical HTML for No-Coders
    LinkedIn
    Jul, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Transitioning to Product Management
    LinkedIn
    Jul, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Foundations of Accessible Elearning
    LinkedIn
    May, 2023
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Great Minds
    • United States
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Science Content Editor
      • May 2022 - Present

      As a member of the science editorial team, I collaborate with multiple functional groups to produce print and digital science curriculum components including core instruction, assessment, and implementation and professional development resources. • Edit instructional resources for coherence, accuracy, language, style, voice, and alignment to learning objectives. • Specify and develop accessible media assets, including videos, illustrations, graphs, maps, and data tables. • Facilitate collaboration and problem solving among curriculum development partners, including curriculum and assessment specialists, asset managers, and technology and engineering teams. • Ensure print and digital resources are accessible and meet usability requirements, including writing and editing alt text, closed captions, and audio descriptions. • Engage in regular professional development and learning science research. Show less

  • Twig Education (now Imagine Learning Studios UK)
    • United Kingdom
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Learning Designer, Science
      • Aug 2021 - Apr 2022

      As a member of a small but mighty start-up scrum team, I produced business cases for K–12 science curriculum development. • Conducted research, including interviews, surveys, and standards analysis to identify user needs and market potential. • Built consensus with US-based and international stakeholders in marketing, sales, and platform to define critical product criteria. • Analyzed product across the organization to leverage existing resources and enterprise capabilities. • Designed instructional units to meet the Next Generation Science Standards, Universal Design for Learning checkpoints, and DEI considerations and requirements. • Fostered a highly collaborative, supportive, and self-managing scrum team environment, including regular investment in researching learning science best practices and professional development. Show less

  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
    • United States
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Managing Editor
      • Aug 2014 - Jul 2021

      As a member of the science learning architecture team, I managed the development of K–12 science curriculum resources. • Conceptualized print and digital science learning solutions per UX design best practices including UX research, journey mapping, rapid prototyping, and iterative improvement.• Developed guidelines, templates, and training materials, and managed team members to meet milestone dates and stay within budget and business constraints.• Edited and revised print and digital components developed by internal staff, external vendors, and authors to ensure accuracy, coherence, and alignment to learning objectives.• Collaborated with authors, academic reviewers, teachers, designers, art buyers, photo researchers, marketing, sales, project managers, engineers, and compositors.• Transitioned from traditional publishing processes to iterative product development and prioritization of usability, efficacy, and responsiveness to customer needs. Show less

    • Customization Specialist
      • Aug 2005 - Jul 2014

      As a SME on a cross-functional internal start-up team, I developed a content delivery system to enable flexible, on-demand K-12 science curricula customized per market requirements.• Developed custom curricula based on scope and sequence and state standards requirements. • Documented print and digital content development processes, multiple platform content delivery considerations, and integration of technical and editorial requirements.• Edited and revised teacher and student instructional components.• Met project milestones by adeptly navigating the ambiguity and pivoting of priorities associated with innovative product development. Show less

  • Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute
    • Evanston, IL
    • Research Manager
      • Aug 2004 - Jul 2005

      Facilities manager for a breast cancer research group composed of four primary investigators and forty post-doctoral research scientists. • Supported all laboratory research needs, including equipment, tissue culture and microscopy environments, inventory, and safety compliance. • Wrote and edited protocols, abstracts, and documentation related to Institutional Review Board project applications. Facilities manager for a breast cancer research group composed of four primary investigators and forty post-doctoral research scientists. • Supported all laboratory research needs, including equipment, tissue culture and microscopy environments, inventory, and safety compliance. • Wrote and edited protocols, abstracts, and documentation related to Institutional Review Board project applications.

  • Northwestern University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Technician
      • 2000 - 2004

      Coordinated donation and processing of human brain tissue including blood, DNA, and cerebrospinal fluid for a brain bank supporting thirty-seven research projects and collaborations. • Performed routing histology for diagnosis, as well as specialized stains and immunocytochemistry specific for Alzheimer’s disease. • General lab management duties, including inventory, safety compliance, and training. Research technician for laboratory preeminent in the characterization of molecular chaperones and their role in disease processes. • Applied structural and functional approaches to study protein-protein interactions relevant to breast cancer and neurological diseases in a highly independent research environment. • Constructed gene deletion/tagged fission yeast strains to study the role of conserved genes in the stress response. • Lab management, including maintenance of lab protocols and best practices, safety compliance, and managing undergraduate student projects. Show less

Education

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, General

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