Mark Swetz

Background

About Mark Swetz

My career has been dedicated to developing curriculum and instructional design, and leading programs in international corporate Learning and Development, higher education, and the creative and media arts. I keep a focus on UX, DEI (despite the times), universal design, storytelling, and the ideal that everyone should have access to the same opportunities and resources. I co-founded and co-led an international creative production house for ten years (including strategy, budgets, and personnel management/development). This work was focused on bringing audiences and professional content creators with and without disabilities together to explore new forms of media and performance. I have years of experience focusing on audiences and crafting narrative, visual, and multi-modal shared experiences (UX). All of this complex and creative work serves me well in my corporate roles. As one example, this creative work has given me years of extensive experience coaching, leading, and managing people, multiple stakeholders, and cross-functional project/program teams with tight resources and deadlines. Most of my corporate work has been in Learning and Development, which builds on my experience as a creative content producer, storyteller, program/project developer, and educator. In addition to my work leading instructional & curriculum design, classroom and VILT facilitation, and developing asynchronous content, I have recently started exploring AI, VR, and AR applications in L&D, with specialized considerations of disability, neurodiversity, and accessibility. My work has a particular focus on human-centered and universal design principles. I have lived and worked around the world. I have a keen interest in making sure any project, team, or content I work with best serves global audiences and needs. I have EU and US citizenship and work in both English and Spanish. I consider the cultural and company specifics of each audience and situation when developing customized strategies, scalable solutions, and practical paths forward through creative collaboration. General keywords for my professional experience and skills include curriculum development and management, andragogy, training and professional development, strategy, program development, project management, UX and UI R&D, DFP applications (human-centered design), creative producing, collaborative creation, needs analysis, research, interviewing, leadership, leadership culture, organizational development, facilitation and presentation, coaching, DEI, accessibility, disability and integration, and herding cats.