Experience

goodbuy

• Germany
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Impact Strategist & Community Engagement Lead

  • Oct 2021 - May 2023

  Boise, Idaho, United States



Oliver Russell

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Impact Strategist

  • Sep 2020 - Oct 2021

  Boise, Idaho, United States



The College of Idaho

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Professor of Social Entrepreneurship

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Caldwell, Idaho, United States Invited to instruct on short-notice, this role required the design + creation of a 15-week course (in just 2 weeks time) to virtually introduce 20+ undergraduate students to the fundamentals and concepts of social entrepreneurship, systems thinking, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, human-centered design, and more. Student Reviews: "Thanks for being so great. I really enjoyed the course and will all due respect to other professors, I don't think they've… Show more Invited to instruct on short-notice, this role required the design + creation of a 15-week course (in just 2 weeks time) to virtually introduce 20+ undergraduate students to the fundamentals and concepts of social entrepreneurship, systems thinking, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, human-centered design, and more. Student Reviews: "Thanks for being so great. I really enjoyed the course and will all due respect to other professors, I don't think they've would've done it the same justice. I enjoyed your perspective, realism, and honesty with the challenges our world faces." "Thank you for making me like one class in my 4 years of college." "Best syllabus I've ever had for a class." Show less



Boise State Venture College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professor of Social Entrepreneurship

  • Dec 2020 - Apr 2021

  Boise, Idaho, United States



USD Changemaker HUB

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Assistant

  • Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

  San Diego, California, United States The Changemaker Hub Graduate Assistant couples learning with action to work collaboratively with staff, students, faculty and administrators to create, support and maintain changemaker projects across-campus and in the community. The Graduate Assistant supports the Associate Director of the Hub in managing logistics and details of Changemaker Hub events, including workshops and seminars. Specifically, the Graduate Assistant works closely with undergraduate Student Fellows to plan and… Show more The Changemaker Hub Graduate Assistant couples learning with action to work collaboratively with staff, students, faculty and administrators to create, support and maintain changemaker projects across-campus and in the community. The Graduate Assistant supports the Associate Director of the Hub in managing logistics and details of Changemaker Hub events, including workshops and seminars. Specifically, the Graduate Assistant works closely with undergraduate Student Fellows to plan and implement education programming and lead design-thinking workshops across campus for students, faculty and staff. In addition, the Graduate Assistant is responsible for helping to coordinate and implement the annual Changemaker Challenge which invites students, faculty and staff to employ imagination, grit and passion to generate ideas to address a current social challenge proposed by leaders from the San Diego/Tijuana region. The Graduate Assistant is expected to have: experience with design thinking methods, mindsets and approaches; experience locating and applying human-centered design (HCD) methods across a variety of contexts; a working knowledge of social innovation as a field; experience engaging with local community partners and organizations; public speaking and facilitation expertise, and feel comfortable navigating ambiguity, collaborating across diverse groups, demonstrating an optimistic and open learning engagement style, and exhibiting a deep care for making the world a better place. Show less



Boise State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student-Centered Design Coordinator

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

  Boise, Idaho, United States The Student-Centered Design Coordinator (SCDC) is responsible for supporting the research, communication and marketing efforts of the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, The Student Success and Retention Committee, and the Student-Centered Design Team. The SCDC collaborates, problem-solves, consults and innovates cross-divisionally to train staff and faculty in student-centered mindsets, methods and practices to improve the success, retention and belonging of Boise… Show more The Student-Centered Design Coordinator (SCDC) is responsible for supporting the research, communication and marketing efforts of the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, The Student Success and Retention Committee, and the Student-Centered Design Team. The SCDC collaborates, problem-solves, consults and innovates cross-divisionally to train staff and faculty in student-centered mindsets, methods and practices to improve the success, retention and belonging of Boise State students (especially those in their first-year, and more specifically, first-year commuter students as a segment of the total student population). In addition, the SCDC employs user experience (UX) and human-centered design (HCD) principles to innovate new institutional solutions and to create new ways of embedding student-centered design into University culture. To do so, the SCDC is responsible for synthesizing and translating qualitative data into meaningful narratives for distribution and support in building the infrastructure to sustain, iterate and create new ways of designing with the Higher Education context, including the implementation of a team of campus experience (CX) designers. The SCDC is expected to have: strong written and presentation skills for high-visibility storytelling, both internally and externally; experience with design-thinking and UX principles; the ability to design complex content for proposals, presentations, external communications, and internal and external reports; possess the capacity to design processes and systems with an eye for future replication, iteration and sustainability; experience collaborating and facilitating across a wide-variety of sectors and internal campus partners; and an appreciation for the value of rigorous research to drive impact and inform new innovation.

• Project Design Lead- Beyond the Major Catalysts

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

  Boise, Idaho, United States Beyond the Major believes in offering students organized experiences, skills and insights that are transferable to a world beyond the classroom. The program aspires to help students: (1) identify their purpose, (2) understand and connect the threads between present collegiate experiences and contributions, and (3) translate this understanding into a relevant and compelling narrative for their future beyond a degree. The Beyond the Major Catalysts is a team of four, undergraduate… Show more Beyond the Major believes in offering students organized experiences, skills and insights that are transferable to a world beyond the classroom. The program aspires to help students: (1) identify their purpose, (2) understand and connect the threads between present collegiate experiences and contributions, and (3) translate this understanding into a relevant and compelling narrative for their future beyond a degree. The Beyond the Major Catalysts is a team of four, undergraduate interdisciplinary students tasked with helping their peers to achieve the outcomes of the Beyond the Major program. They do this through adopting the mindset of reflection as a self-catalyzing practice. In their inaugural year together, the Catalysts established a mission statement ("to inspire lifelong curiosity and catalyze student agency through reflection), and identified agency, self-advocacy, and curiosity as three guiding values of their team. Using these values, the Beyond the Major Catalysts spent their time empathizing with campus stakeholders (including students, faculty and staff) in order to identify the needs most prevalent to a student's ability to make sense of the experiences they have beyond their disciplinary major at Boise State. As a result of their work, the Catalysts discovered that if students are going to be asked to identify their purpose, seize unscripted opportunities for engagement and involvement, and tell a compelling narrative about their Boise State experience, then all students will need to make reflection a consistent, evolving practice both in-and-beyond their classroom experience. Consequently, in the second semester of their work together, the Catalysts dedicated their time to the creation of personalized reflective practices [and guide] that can be adopted and adapted by students to reflect upon their experience(s) in hopes of inspiring them to make meaningful contributions to the communities to which they belong.

• Student Body President

  • Mar 2017 - May 2018

  Boise, Idaho, United States The Associated Student Body President is elected to represent the student body of Boise State University. Specifically, the President is responsible for facilitating educational, intellectual, social and cultural engagement at Boise State, advocate for the interests of Boise State students, and engage student-centric approaches to engage, enhance and empower the whole-student. During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Associated Student Executive Team led, contributed and completed: (1)… Show more The Associated Student Body President is elected to represent the student body of Boise State University. Specifically, the President is responsible for facilitating educational, intellectual, social and cultural engagement at Boise State, advocate for the interests of Boise State students, and engage student-centric approaches to engage, enhance and empower the whole-student. During the 2017-2018 academic year, the Associated Student Executive Team led, contributed and completed: (1) the radical collaboration, legislation construction, reallocation of funds and campaign to merge The Inclusive Excellence Student Council with the Associated Students to create an inaugural branch of student government to advocate for the needs of marginalized students on-campus; (2) the creation and implementation of the inaugural "Full Broncos" food pantry and food cupboard network on-campus in partnership with The Dean of Students Office and via crowd-funding to raise more than $25,000 in a single month and establish ongoing partnerships with campus dietitian and the Albertson's Company; and (3) the creation of the first advisory board of Student Body Presidents to the State Board of Education. As President during this time, I also served on the Presidential search and hiring committee for the new Boise State University President.

• Orientation Leader

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

  Boise, Idaho, United States Boise State orientation leaders are responsible for serving as a friendly, empathetic and informed first-point-of-contact for students and their families attending summer orientation programs at Boise State. Orientation leaders are granted the opportunity to develop their personal leadership style, build professional confidence, develop communication skills, and work with a diverse team of peers toward a common goal—helping incoming students and their families have a smooth transition… Show more Boise State orientation leaders are responsible for serving as a friendly, empathetic and informed first-point-of-contact for students and their families attending summer orientation programs at Boise State. Orientation leaders are granted the opportunity to develop their personal leadership style, build professional confidence, develop communication skills, and work with a diverse team of peers toward a common goal—helping incoming students and their families have a smooth transition to the Bronco family. In this role, student orientation leaders are responsible for leading groups of 25+ students through two-day programming, in addition to identifying, recommending, assisting, testing and implementing processes/opportunities for future orientation programming improvements. Extensive training in diversity and inclusion, FERPA, and leadership are required of every orientation leader.

• Creative Marketing Specialist- College of Innovation and Design

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2017

  Boise, Idaho, United States The College of Innovation and Design (CI+D) is Boise State's primary hub for launching innovative ideas and programs that offer value and competitive advantage to students and support the campus and community. CI+D's programs focus on increasing access, affordability, employability, and interdisciplinary research. As the inaugural Creative Marketing Specialist to CI+D, I was responsible for: (1) designing and copy-editing the inaugural 2015-2016 Year in Review report for CI+D; (2)… Show more The College of Innovation and Design (CI+D) is Boise State's primary hub for launching innovative ideas and programs that offer value and competitive advantage to students and support the campus and community. CI+D's programs focus on increasing access, affordability, employability, and interdisciplinary research. As the inaugural Creative Marketing Specialist to CI+D, I was responsible for: (1) designing and copy-editing the inaugural 2015-2016 Year in Review report for CI+D; (2) generating and designing marketing materials, language and social media calendar for student-focused marketing campaigns, and (3) coordinating event planning, promotion and implementation of the inaugural, annual Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge (IEC).