Kristen Westphal
Learning Consultant: Continually rediscovering what is most needed
- Role
- Senior Instructional Designer at Grant Thornton (US)
- Location
- Kenosha, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kristen Westphal
Known for high quality work, curiosity, and bringing ideas and insights to discussions on learning.I\'m industry agnostic and able to advocate for learners across enterprises. I\'ve found success by integrating myself into a business through relationship building and championing both the organization and training strategy. I gather all the intel, plan for strong/effective evaluations, and then make learning digestible, memorable and fun.My background is in award-winning multimedia design and development, user experience (UI/UX), accessibility, learning science, project management, and marketing. It’s 2025 and I find joy in testing and sharingI am new use cases with artificial intelligence. I aim to make generative AI a value-add for my team.And on a less artificial level, I provide supportive, kind coaching and look to receive the support I need through positive mentorship. I\'m fortunate to be where I am, and I\'m ready to advance as a leader.
Experience
Senior Instructional Designer
Jul 2019 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Lead Artificial Intelligence (AI) task force as the earliest adopter, write exercises to practice AI prompting, plus connection to our IT talent + Coach new hires and produce process documentation, Storyline and webcast templates, plus a repertoire of learning activities; helping our teams improve the quality of deliverables+ Dedicated 2 years of ID consulting to the Audit practice, improving facilitator preparedness, increasing engagement, and modernizing learning technology with mobile courses+ Branched into Tax and Advisory (M&A and Government) service lines and quickly acclimated by connecting content and activities to broader firm goals and initiatives
Education
Pepperdine University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Education
UCI Extension
Project Management
Skills
- Training
- Articulate Storyline
- Lectora
- Project Management
- Flash
- Instructional Design
- Html
- E-Learning
- Web Development
- Photoshop
- Indesign
- Webex
- Snagit
- Customer Service
- System Administration
- Quality Assurance
- Powerpoint
- Drupal
- Moodle
- Wordpress
- Camtasia
- Screencasting
- Adobe Photoshop
- Crm
- Leadership
- Management
- Marketing
- SEO
- Social Media
- Social Media Marketing
- Strategy
- User Interface Design
- Web Design
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