Experience

Sago Mini

• Canada
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• User Researcher

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  At Sago Mini, we want to serve kids by creating playful and playable experiences where they see themselves and their world--where they can have agency and fun! As a User Researcher, I work across teams (i.e., product managers, play designers, UX designers) to seek continual feedback on our products and obtain an understanding of how kids and parents engage with and benefit from them. My main responsibilities include: - Delivering timely and actionable feedback on the product experience to different teams - Coordinating research initiatives (e.g., recruitment, scheduling) - Facilitating playtest and research sessions with kids and parents - Developing research/question protocols and proposals - Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data - Organizing, managing, and proactively sharing data to communicate insights - Identifying new research questions and hypotheses - Building a Sago Mini community! Show less



OneFish TwoFish Consulting

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • May 2021 - Present

  We provide expertise across platforms in a number of different ways. Platforms we consult on include: television series and movies, digital products (e.g., apps, AR/VR, Roblox, etc.), educational games, YouTube content, video games, websites, branded experiences, and interactive projects.Our main services include: Media/Educational Consultation, Inclusion and Cultural Consultation, Focus Testing/Research, and Creative Consultation.Clients include: Sinking Ship Entertainment, Epic Story Media, Shaftesbury Kids, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, Fresh TV, Balloon House Productions, One Animation, Turtlebox Productions Show less

• • 2020 - Apr 2021

  A Children’s Media Consulting Collective: academic, industry, and cultural experience/team members to positively support children’s media content creators.We are passionate educational, media, and cultural consultants who utilize child development principles, current research in the field, educational objectives, and expertise in the industry to ensure that projects are developmentally, educationally, and culturally appropriate, engaging for the end user, and inclusive and authentic.



Children's Media Lab (Ryerson University)

• • May 2021 - Present

  - Led a project exploring diversity and representation in children’s television programs in Canada by creating a detailed codebook, managing and analyzing data and writing a final research report. - Wrote a book chapter on the history of children's television in Canada- Manage and mentor several research assistants to assist with coding of other ongoing research at projects. - Conduct relevant research and present research findings to industry leaders and professionals think tank events and on Clubhouse.- Lead 1-on-1 interviews with veteran children’s media executives gaining crucial insights about animation trends spanning 60+ years. Show less

• • 2018 - Apr 2021

  The Children’s Media Lab at Ryerson University aims to positively impact media content for children and youth through innovative research projects and hosting think tank nights that bring together industry and academia. Our mission is to bridge the gap between academic research and content creation.



OK Play

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Feb 2021 - Apr 2022

  In addition to the tasks completed as Research Coordinator & Researcher:- Oversee and supervise Trust & Safety moderation team (and create moderation guidelines)- Provide feedback on blogs that are released by the OK Play research team-Track line-item budgets and overall research budgets for a research team of 15+ individuals

• • May 2020 - Jan 2021

  - Find innovative ways to recruit both new users and existing users to participate in playtesting sessions (ages 3-12). - Coordinate, plan, and schedule playtesting sessions with kids and parents.- Lead playtesting sessions over Zoom to evaluate the user's experience with the OK Play app and brand. - Build rapport with kids and families to develop an OK Play community and keep them engaged and excited about OK Play. - Analyze qualitative and quantitative data from playtesting sessions.- Create multimedia summary presentations based on user research for the OK Play executive team that includes key actionable insights, suggestions, and recommendations translated into easily accessible and digestible information. - Manage 20+ employees on the research team, delegating and assigning tasks and expectations. Show less


Ryerson University
• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • 2016 - 2022


Balloon House Productions

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Educational Consultant (Space Dragon & Kim)

  • Feb 2021 - Mar 2021

  - Utilized knowledge in developmental psychology to comprehensively review scripts and provide constructive feedback to ensure content is accessible to 6-9-year-olds. - Utilized knowledge in developmental psychology to comprehensively review scripts and provide constructive feedback to ensure content is accessible to 6-9-year-olds.



Center for Scholars & Storytellers

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Fellow

  • 2019 - 2021

  The Center for Scholars & Storytellers is an organization based at UCLA dedicated to bridging the gap between scholars and storytellers to promote positive youth development. - Led a project exploring diversity and representation in children’s live theatre productions in the US by assisting with the creation of a codebook, analyzing data, and writing a final report. - Coordinated, managed and wrote blog posts for the CSS website by reaching out directly to leading scholars in the fields of Developmental and Media Psychology, collaborators of CSS, and working with them to translate their research into understandable blog posts containing actionable insights for children’s media content creators. Show less



Corus Entertainment

• Canada
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Educational Consultant (Miss Persona)

  • 2019 - 2021

  - Utilized knowledge in developmental psychology to assess and analyze scripts, ensuring content is accessible to preschoolers and create an educational curriculum for an entire season (e.g., create educational statement for each episode). - Provided constructive feedback in a timely manner to writers and producers by providing detailed notes with clear and effective suggestions. - Wrote the script for a special COVID-19 episode/PSA. - Wrote script for Miss Persona's COVID-19 PSA - Utilized knowledge in developmental psychology to assess and analyze scripts, ensuring content is accessible to preschoolers and create an educational curriculum for an entire season (e.g., create educational statement for each episode). - Provided constructive feedback in a timely manner to writers and producers by providing detailed notes with clear and effective suggestions. - Wrote the script for a special COVID-19 episode/PSA. - Wrote script for Miss Persona's COVID-19 PSA



Sinking Ship Entertainment

• Canada
• Entertainment Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Educational Consultant (Home4School)

  • Mar 2020 - May 2020

  This project was launched to create a new learning-at-home experience for kids during the unprecedented time of COVID-19. - Created curriculum-and-episode-based educational interactive games for three of Sinking Ship's shows on TVOkids, Dino Dana, Odd Squad and Annedroids. - Nominated by Kidscreen and the Canadian Screen Awards This project was launched to create a new learning-at-home experience for kids during the unprecedented time of COVID-19. - Created curriculum-and-episode-based educational interactive games for three of Sinking Ship's shows on TVOkids, Dino Dana, Odd Squad and Annedroids. - Nominated by Kidscreen and the Canadian Screen Awards


U SPORTS
• Sporting Goods Manufacturing
• Student Athlete

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2016