Ryan Effgen

Senior Instructional Designer at Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Department of State (Contractor) at Systems Plus, Inc.
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(386) 825-5501
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Arlington, Virginia, United States, US
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Credentials

  • UX Writing
    Uxcel
    Jul, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Color Psychology
    Uxcel
    Jun, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Design Terminology
    Uxcel
    Jun, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • Typography
    Uxcel
    Jun, 2023
    - Nov, 2024
  • UX Design Foundations
    Uxcel
    Jun, 2023
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Systems Plus, Inc.
    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Instructional Designer at Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Department of State (Contractor)
      • Aug 2006 - Present

      Write and edit content and develop graphics concepts for online courseware used to train ambassadors, diplomats, and foreign service officers. Regularly meet with clients and subject matter experts to transform their raw content into engaging courseware. Manage SharePoint site collection for the Instructional Support Division and oversaw transition from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, and then 2010 to SharePoint Online. Write and edit content and develop graphics concepts for online courseware used to train ambassadors, diplomats, and foreign service officers. Regularly meet with clients and subject matter experts to transform their raw content into engaging courseware. Manage SharePoint site collection for the Instructional Support Division and oversaw transition from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, and then 2010 to SharePoint Online.

  • Independent.
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area and Virginia
    • Literary contest judge
      • Jul 2007 - Oct 2013

      LITERARY CONTEST JUDGE: I have served as a judge for the following writing contests: 2012 & 2013 Scholastic Awards 2011 Virginia Commission for the Arts Fiction Fellowship 2011 The McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize Writers’ Center Contest 2008 George Mason University’s Shelley A. Marshall Fiction Award 2007 DC Letters About Literature LITERARY CONTEST JUDGE: I have served as a judge for the following writing contests: 2012 & 2013 Scholastic Awards 2011 Virginia Commission for the Arts Fiction Fellowship 2011 The McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize Writers’ Center Contest 2008 George Mason University’s Shelley A. Marshall Fiction Award 2007 DC Letters About Literature

  • WritopiaLab
    • Instructor
      • Sep 2010 - May 2012

      Led creative writing workshops for students aged 11-13. Developed plans for writing exercises and provide written and oral feedback. Led creative writing workshops for students aged 11-13. Developed plans for writing exercises and provide written and oral feedback.

  • PEN/Faulkner Foundation
    • Intern
      • 2004 - 2006

  • Parature
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Technical Writer
      • Jun 2004 - May 2005

      Wrote user guide for computer software program. Composed and copyedited press releases and other promotional material. Composed “Release Notes” documenting updates to the software program. Wrote user guide for computer software program. Composed and copyedited press releases and other promotional material. Composed “Release Notes” documenting updates to the software program.

  • Strategic Solutions
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Technical Consultant
      • 2002 - 2003

Education

  • George Mason University
    MFA, Creative Writing
    2003 - 2006
  • University of Iowa
    BA, English
    1993 - 1997

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