2327 Email: mcgillkayla95@gmail.com LinkedIn URL Kayla N. McGill Digital Portfolio Cincinnati, Ohio USA Summary Experienced and accomplished professional with several years of experience in Graphic Design, Instructional Design, and Instructional Technology. Passionate in designing education for optimized learning in addition to identifying and integrating innovative technologies to create effective solutions in universal instruction.
Technical Skills & Expertise
UI Mobile App Design Apple Products Curriculum Development UX Mobile App Design Kaltura Software Canva Design Platform Wix Website Design Canvas LMS Adobe Creative Suite WordPress Website Design Microsoft Office Suite Hosted/Facilitated Trainings & Workshops Articulate Storyline 360 Autodesk Maya Google Suite* Learning Analytics InVision Studio Technology Integration
Professional Experience Instructional Design Consultant, The KhafreWard Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 2020 – Present Responsibilities: ❖ Collaborate with several subject matter experts in diversity and inclusion to develop training content, materials, and activities for online training sessions for Fortune 500 clients. ❖ Design and develop several diversity and inclusion training presentations using Articulate Storyline 360 and Microsoft PowerPoint. ❖ Instructional design content increased the impact for KhafreWard facilitators to deliver high performance virtual professional development sessions for senior executives and their reporting management staff.
Instructional Designer, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2020 – August 2020 Responsibilities: ❖ Collaborated with several K-12 English, Science and Social Studies educators in shifting traditional learning delivery to distance-learning models. Using the virtual learning platform, Schoology, projects involved redesigning content, materials, and activities for a remote learning environment. K-12 instructors were upskilled to learn effective and innovative ways to deliver student instruction. Instructional Design Student Worker, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, Cincinnati, Ohio September 2019 – May 2020 Responsibilities: ❖ Collaborated with subject matter experts in nursing to develop over 20 online, module – structured courses within the Canvas Learning Management System for the College of Nursing. ❖ Performed quality assurance evaluations for over 20 courses in Canvas: eliminated errors in content delivery, content accuracy, and course accessibility. ❖ Facilitated workshops to faculty, staff, and students on emerging technologies that enable them to perform better in the classroom. ❖ Introduced creative and innovative techniques to The College of Nursing that evolved their ability to provide effective solutions for instruction and college administration.
Education & Certifications
Master’s in Education – Instructional Design and Technology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 2019 – August 2020 GPA: 3.9 Certification - Google Level 1 Educator, June 2020 Bachelor of the Arts – Media Informatics, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, August 2013 – May 2018
