Squad Lead & Learning Designer at Rumie
During my volunteer tenure at Rumie, a non-profit dedicated to creating accessible micro-learning content, I led a squad of passionate content creators and served as a Learning Designer. This experience honed my leadership, editorial, and project management skills while reinforcing my core instructional design principles.
I contributed 10 diverse Bytes covering topics like workplace productivity, user experience design, and conflict resolution. One of these, “7 Steps to Overcome Analysis Paralysis,” earned the Impact Award for its potential to help learners make confident, informed choices.
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Want to boost workplace productivity?
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Apply these practical business solutions!
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Should I study user experience (UX) design?
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Build an engaging online community in 5 steps
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Develop healthy relationship dynamics with your partner in 5 steps
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5 facilitation principles to resolve conflicts at work • (and more)...
Byte Creations & Achievements
Each Byte is designed to be concise, interactive, and directly applicable to real-world scenarios, reflecting my commitment to creating engaging and impactful learning experiences.
Editorial Oversight:
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Coordinated and reviewed micro-learning content to maintain coherence and meet instructional goals.
Project Management:
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Organized sprints, tracked progress, and ensured timely deliverables using agile tools like ClickUp.
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Monitored when Learning Designers finished their Bytes, assigning each a peer reviewer and a Byte to review for timely, reciprocal feedback.
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Leveraged the Squad Dashboard to monitor Bytes in 'Peer Review,' 'In Progress,' and 'Completed' status, refreshing regularly for updates.
Collaboration & Coaching:
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Supported teammates through #squad-chat, shared best practices, and stepped in to resolve bottlenecks.
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Assigned peer reviewers each sprint, tagged teammates with @mentions in ClickUp, and reminded them to switch to 'Revision in Progress' post-review.
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Answered common questions about sprint timelines, peer review processes, and status changes, directing team members to resources for independent problem solving.
Data-Driven Adjustments
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Analyzed engagement metrics such as the 428 Byte Learners reached to refine content and improve user experience.
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Implemented iterative improvements based on learner feedback and analytics, ensuring each subsequent Byte became more effective.
How This Experience Strengthened My Instructional Design Skills
Continuous Oversight
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Managing each Byte from inception to publication sharpened my attention to detail and sense of instructional cohesion.
Peer Review Coordination
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Balancing schedules, assigning reviewers, and monitoring feedback cycles refined my organizational skills and cultivated a collaborative feedback culture.
Data-Driven Refinement
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Tracking metrics on 326 Byte Learners underscored the importance of learner feedback and iterative improvements—key practices in effective instructional design.
Editorial & Quality Assurance
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Offering targeted edits and suggestions strengthened my ability to transform complex concepts into accessible, action-oriented lessons.
Team Coaching & Collaboration
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Guiding new Learning Designers, fielding their questions, and aligning them with Rumie’s mission developed my leadership capabilities and solidified my practice of learner-focused design.
Through my responsibilities, project oversight, peer review coordination, data-driven refinement, and collaborative leadership; I consistently applied the principles of instructional design to create meaningful, impactful learning experiences.
My time at Rumie demonstrated not only my capacity to design engaging, award-winning content but also my ability to lead teams and continuously refine educational resources for maximum learner benefit.
Conclusion
Key Responsibilities
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