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I approach each project

with an adventurous spirit 

and the experience

of a well-traveled soul.

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Atlanta-based Instructional Designer with a bachelor's degree in studio art (photography and video production) from Florida State University and over twenty years of experience in instructional design and video production. My extensive background includes corporate and higher education,  studio/live-to-tape production; field producing; documentary story producing; film, commercial, and live entertainment coordinating; and marketing.

I have the research expertise, product development, and writing talent to create effective and engaging content; the organization and management skills to oversee projects from concept to completion; and the resourcefulness necessary to push projects to their highest production value within budget.  I am passionate about creating solutions for business challenges, meeting new people and forming quality relationships, thinking outside the box, and breaking new ground.

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Skills & Services

Instructional & Marketing Content
Script Writing (explainer, promo, live-action)

eLearning Storyboards and Instructional Design (Articulate Storyline)
Technical Writing (knowledge assessments, documentation, user-assistance copy)
Video & Audio Editing (Vyond, Camtasia, Biteable, Adobe Premiere)

Web Copy/Information Architecture/Content Mapping

Social Media Content/Canva Graphics

 

Production
Video Producing

Segment/Field/Doc Story

Production Coordinating / APOC

Story/Segment Research, Pre-Interviewing

Talent, Casting, & Locations Assistance
Client & Vendor Relations

 

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"I have been working with Patty for over 12 years.  She brings a high level of accountability and professionalism to every project.  She is a solid writer and producer who adds her creative spin wherever she can. She also has a keen sense for business and product development and has been instrumental in the growth of our company."

Karla Roberts

President, Motive Learning

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"I had the pleasure of hiring and working with Patty on several television projects.  She is a sharp, creative, dependable, and a very talented producer with an excellent work ethic and genuine personality."

Arnold Shapiro

Academy and Emmy Award-Winning Television Producer

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"I have hired Patty multiple times as a scriptwriter and we have always been pleased with her work.  She is timely, creative, easy to work with, and professional."

Missy Gibson

Chick-fil-A Training


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Professional History

My Experience

2000-Present

Independent Contractor

Freelance production services to include content research, script, and web content; eLearning instructional design; television, film, and video production.

2018-2021

Senior Instructional Designer
& Digital Content Writer

Motive Learning

 

Producer and writer of digital content for Motive Learning clients and Motive Learning to include eLearning, marketing, and special projects.

2002-2005

Writer/Producer
Project Manager
Emory University


Created video and interactive products for Rollins School of Public Health and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2000-2001

Content Programming Manager
ZapMedia, Inc.

Managed music and video entertainment programming for the cutting-edge Harmon Kardon e-commerce web portal and television set-top electronics device called ZapStation (pre-market, i.e. a PC version of Apple TV, years ahead of its time).  Assisted with marketing communications for trade shows and events.

1998-2000

Writer/Producer
Media Group Manager
Georgia Institute of Technology


Creatively developed, wrote, and produced a "talk show style" educational video series distributed throughout Georgia; and a live multi-state training broadcast for United Cerebral Palsy. Supervised production staff, art direction, set design, casting, graphics, vendors, studio and field production, post production, and managed production budget.

1993-1998

Doc Segment Producer/Talk Show Research & AP/Commercials, Film, Live-event POC 

Los Angeles & Orlando 

 

Produced documentary television segments and assisted with various entertainment and commercial productions for ABC            (Buena Vista Television), Disney Channel (Imaginary Entertainment), CBS Television (Arnold Shapiro Productions), Sandollar Productions, BRC Imagination Arts, John D. Patterson Studios.

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COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
I was Production Coordinator and managed Covid Compliance for this PSA/Recruitment Commercial for GA State Defense Force, Spring 2021

PROMOTIONAL & INSTRUCTIONAL

Through a partnership with Motive Learning, I scripted and edited this video to introduce our

for-purchase corporate wellness eLearning course which I also wrote and co-produced.

MARKETING & INSTRUCTIONAL
This video features some examples of my marketing and instructional video work.

DOCUMENTARY SEGMENTS

This video includes some personal profile stories broadcast on CBS primetime.

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VIDEO ARCHIVES

This video highlights some of the television, film, and video productions I had the pleasure of working on earlier in my career in Orlando, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. 

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SOCIAL MEDIA
Checkout this fun video story about my @swizzlespirit Instagram content featured on Cocktails with Kellie! 

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