Emily Oursler
Braselton
Summary
Adaptable and tenacious professional experienced in marketing and L & D for in the wholesale distribution space. Effective developmental resource and can be counted on to seamlessly integrate with a team to collaborate on strategies that impact results while maintaining focus on the goal of keeping stakeholders satisfied while ensuring project deliverables are kept in-check.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager, Professional Development
Confidential
11.2021 - Current
- Creates and manages core professional development offerings for members across multi-day conferences, ½-day lunch & learn-style events, and webinar sessions
- Identifies current and upcoming trends, best practices and topics of interest to address required professional core-competencies
- Leads professional development committee and guidance through coordination of a volunteer member advisory group
- Creates annual package of programming addressing the 11 identified core topic areas, ensuring that each topic area is presented across multiple channels.
Training Manager
PDI
06.2021 - 06.2023
- Performed needs analysis, corresponding implementation strategy, delivery, and post-training evaluation for learner population
- Researched relevant trends in L & D, developed eLearning content and curated learning journeys for diverse population spanning warehouse workers to emerging leaders
- Designed training programs and corresponding communication plans to effectively market the training function and drive learner engagement
- Managed trainee cohorts in 12-month rotational development programs
- Subject matter expert in selection and implementation of a new LMS platform that reduced company cost by 25K annually
- Developed standardized process for training department intake, employee training maintenance
- Contributed to growth of organizational culture through a focus on DEI.
Senior Training Specialist
PDI
04.2020 - 06.2021
- Facilitated soft-skills, sales, and disciplinary protocol training for first-level managers to address workplace harassment
- Lead trainee cohorts through 12-month rotational training program
- Created new processes for existing LMS to address inefficiency and while driving learner engagement along with course completion
- Partnered with key vendor partners to organize, plan, and facilitate virtual learning
- Established a set of standards for vendor partners for delivery of virtual training events.
Associate Product Manager
Metabo-HPT
04.2019 - 04.2020
- Introduced the adoption of a webinar platform as an educational tool for the product and sales team
- Drove departmental process improvements for communication and marketing strategies for assigned category
- Managed new product development and marketing for assigned tool category across multiple business channels.
Volunteer Recruitment
Great Life Mentoring
05.2018 - 09.2018
- Developed the program's first marketing plan and created a digital communications calendar to establish consistency across outreach channels
- Performed a root-cause analysis and created an online advertisement testing schedule to report new findings for recruitment metrics
- Contributed blog posts to focus on SEO, assisted with digital content creation, and developed ideas for a website re-design.
Account Representative
Brown-Forman Distillery
08.2016 - 08.2017
- Developed premium spirits educational programs with accounts and provided both staff training and product marketing support
- Facilitated educational tours at the distillery, designed content and led consumer-facing educational events
- Previously dormant accounts began leveraging me as a resource for training and marketing support, resulting in new points of distribution and a net sales increase.
Training Specialist
Johnstone Supply
04.2012 - 08.2016
- In collaboration with top-tier suppliers, I designed and sold custom training packages for an online University
- Regularly interfaced with vendors, subject matter experts, and project team to develop and deliver virtual and in-person training
- Spearheaded process improvements to manage communication strategies for every phase of nationwide training; tradeshows, workshop planning, post-event recaps, and budget analysis
- Developed marketing communication plans to engage with users regarding available eLearning content and live workshops
- Facilitated online webinars for learners in the skill areas of sales, customer interaction, and product training
- Created gamification platform to engage internal and external learner population.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Marketing
University of Louisville
Louisville, KYSkills
- Program Management
- Facilitation
- LMS
- eLearning
- Instructional Design
- Project Management
- Workshops/Training
- Training Program Design
- Communication
- Strategic Planning
- Collaboration
- Emotional Intelligence
- Rise 360
- Articulate
- Canva
Recommendations
- Emily possesses an in-depth understanding of training methodologies, adult learning principles, and instructional design. Her creative approach to designing training materials has led to more engaging and effective learning experiences for our employees. Anita Sweetnam, Vice President Human Resources
- Expertise in Training and Development:Emily is a very competent and gracious person with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. . .. she has done a superb job of both organizing and executing, which has led to dramatically increased growth in our business partnership. She is a pleasure to work with. Andrew Nowak, Regional Sales
- Emily is bright, articulate and very detail-oriented. Not only is she an excellent technical resource, she also understands the softer skills of supplier and people management. Bill Gantt, Dir. of Data and Strategic Business
Certification
- Instructional Design Certification, ATD
- Managing Learning Programs Certification, ATD
- The Effective Facilitator, Leadership Strategies
- Digital Marketing Circuit, General Assembly
Timeline
Manager, Professional Development
Confidential
11.2021 - Current
Training Manager
PDI
06.2021 - 06.2023
Senior Training Specialist
PDI
04.2020 - 06.2021
Associate Product Manager
Metabo-HPT
04.2019 - 04.2020
Volunteer Recruitment
Great Life Mentoring
05.2018 - 09.2018
Account Representative
Brown-Forman Distillery
08.2016 - 08.2017
Training Specialist
Johnstone Supply
04.2012 - 08.2016
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Marketing
University of Louisville
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