The Grandview GroupAssociate Project Manager (Med/Ed/Pharma/Nursing)
Jun. 2012 - Aug. 2013Fort Collins, COI consult with higher education publishers to communicate and train students and educators in primarily med/ed, pharmacy and nursing fields. Balancing 8-12 publishing and training events and contracts at a time, it is my responsibility to track progress and changes as well as schedule and manage logistics for both students, professors and publishers alike. It is the goal of my team to ensure that the publisher's educational goals are met through trainings, written manuals, webinars and virtual focus groups via constant communication through the onboarding process. The Grandview Group specializes in consumer research, product acceptance testing, and market seeding for companies and organizations doing business in Higher Education. In 2012 we conducted over 250 focus groups (live and virtual) with educators, institutions, and students. Additionally, we managed product development activities, acceptance and efficacy testing, market seeding actions, and product message testing that reached in excess of 100,000 educators, 20,000 students, and 1,500 college and university administrators. Clients include Pearson, McGraw-Hill, Wiley, CourseSmart, LWW, Oxford University Press, WH Freeman, National Geographic, Microsoft, Oracle, and several public and proprietary educational institutions.