James Prescott
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Philip Durrett
James is a very gifted instructional designer, manager and team player. He has a practical and practiced knowledge of how adults learn and he knows how to meet the training needs of whatever area of business he's working with. James (we called him JP) managed me for over a year and helped me grow my design skills, my organizational skills and helped me be a more thoughtful, well-rounded ID. It's also worth mentioning JP "speaks" LMS and he has a deep knowledge of Cornerstone OnDemand. Reporting to and working with James was a great experience, and I would gladly work with him again!
Pauly Barnes
It's been a pleasure working with JP at Fossil Group. Not only was he creative in how he approached the mysteries of Wholesale, but he really made an impact on how we managed that portion of the business in regards to training - and let me tell you, that is not an easy feat! If you need someone to pave the way for your training team and push employee's to the best of their abilities, i
Philip Durrett
James is a very gifted instructional designer, manager and team player. He has a practical and practiced knowledge of how adults learn and he knows how to meet the training needs of whatever area of business he's working with. James (we called him JP) managed me for over a year and helped me grow my design skills, my organizational skills and helped me be a more thoughtful, well-rounded ID. It's also worth mentioning JP "speaks" LMS and he has a deep knowledge of Cornerstone OnDemand. Reporting to and working with James was a great experience, and I would gladly work with him again!
Pauly Barnes
It's been a pleasure working with JP at Fossil Group. Not only was he creative in how he approached the mysteries of Wholesale, but he really made an impact on how we managed that portion of the business in regards to training - and let me tell you, that is not an easy feat! If you need someone to pave the way for your training team and push employee's to the best of their abilities, i
Philip Durrett
James is a very gifted instructional designer, manager and team player. He has a practical and practiced knowledge of how adults learn and he knows how to meet the training needs of whatever area of business he's working with. James (we called him JP) managed me for over a year and helped me grow my design skills, my organizational skills and helped me be a more thoughtful, well-rounded ID. It's also worth mentioning JP "speaks" LMS and he has a deep knowledge of Cornerstone OnDemand. Reporting to and working with James was a great experience, and I would gladly work with him again!
Pauly Barnes
It's been a pleasure working with JP at Fossil Group. Not only was he creative in how he approached the mysteries of Wholesale, but he really made an impact on how we managed that portion of the business in regards to training - and let me tell you, that is not an easy feat! If you need someone to pave the way for your training team and push employee's to the best of their abilities, i
Philip Durrett
James is a very gifted instructional designer, manager and team player. He has a practical and practiced knowledge of how adults learn and he knows how to meet the training needs of whatever area of business he's working with. James (we called him JP) managed me for over a year and helped me grow my design skills, my organizational skills and helped me be a more thoughtful, well-rounded ID. It's also worth mentioning JP "speaks" LMS and he has a deep knowledge of Cornerstone OnDemand. Reporting to and working with James was a great experience, and I would gladly work with him again!
Pauly Barnes
It's been a pleasure working with JP at Fossil Group. Not only was he creative in how he approached the mysteries of Wholesale, but he really made an impact on how we managed that portion of the business in regards to training - and let me tell you, that is not an easy feat! If you need someone to pave the way for your training team and push employee's to the best of their abilities, i
Experience
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WebCE
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Production
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Aug 2018 - Present
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Learning & Development Consultant
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Jan 2017 - Present
Partnered with At Home, LLC to develop online and print materials for Team Members in the Field and at the Home Office. Developed a new blended Onboarding program from conception to pilot in less than six months. Developed print materials and online modules for topics including Benefits, Code of Conduct, Restricted Stock Units, and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT). Responsible for analysis, design, development, and project management of all projects. Partnered with At Home, LLC to develop online and print materials for Team Members in the Field and at the Home Office. Developed a new blended Onboarding program from conception to pilot in less than six months. Developed print materials and online modules for topics including Benefits, Code of Conduct, Restricted Stock Units, and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT). Responsible for analysis, design, development, and project management of all projects.
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Fossil Group, Inc.
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager, Learning & Development
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Nov 2015 - Jan 2017
Responsibilities included managing the development and delivery of product knowledge training materials for the wholesale business and overseeing the global Learning Management System (LMS).Delivered wholesale training content globally to partners in the Americas, EMEA and APAC. This content was translated into as many as 10 languages. Partnered with each of the 14 brand teams to ensure all brand training needs were met.Developed seasonal product knowledge training to help drive the wholesale business and improve content retention for internal and external audiences. This content was delivered four times per year and encompassed over a dozen elearning modules and nearly 100 pages of paper content each season.Responsible for management of Fossil’s implementation of Cornerstone’s LMS. This included content loading, maintenance, reporting, and system upgrades.Key Accomplishments Supported the large-scale launch of Fossil Group’s wearables line in 2016. Project consisted of nearly 10 brands launching with multiple products over the fall. Deliverables included elearning modules and paper materials. Overall, the project required 30 different deliverables across elearning and paper.Developed processes and tools to organize the training efforts related to the global wholesale businessImplemented real-time reporting in the LMS for Fossil Retail and Wholesale partnersImplemented LMS access for multiple external partners as well as franchise partners
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Rent-A-Center
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Director, Training & Development
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Aug 2007 - Nov 2015
Responsibilities include leading design and development teams, overseeing the enterprise-wide Learning Management System (LMS) for 20,000+ users in three countries, and developing a professional development program for corporate coworkers.Partner with the Operations function to ensure learning needs are identified, met, monitored and evaluated for learning effectiveness.Ensure learning management system is operational and capable of meeting the challenging and ever-changing needs of the business including content delivery, tracking, and reporting.Lead design and development teams and provide expertise required to deliver blended training programs using Rent-A-Center’s IT infrastructure.Provide an environment for team members where individuals could grow professionally, where feedback is regularly provided and where performance is recognized, rewarded and/or improved in a timely, thoughtful and impactful manner.Key accomplishments:Led a project to rebuild Rent-A-Center's field new hire training program. This program has been praised by Rent-A-Center coworkers and has led to reduced turnover among new hires.Led the implementation team responsible for migrating from a self-hosted instance of Plateau 5.8 to SumTotal's SaaS learning management system as part of their integrated talent management suite.
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Instructional Designer
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Mar 2000 - Aug 2007
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Director of Internet Development
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May 1997 - Jan 2000
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Education
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1993 - 1997
Texas Tech University
BA, Psychology
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