Laura Howells-Barby

Experience

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  Teach First

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2015

  Teach First Leadership Development Program

  -Completed the Teach First Leadership Development Program, placing top graduates in socially and economically disadvantaged area of the UK.- Completed 2 years of leadership training, focusing of curriculum development, education management, peer-coaching and online learning.

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  Various

  Sept 2013 - Aug 2016

  English Teacher (Secondary)

  - Teaching students from ages 11-19 English Language and Literature- Planning and implementing schemes of work for the department.- Developing the use of technology within the English department and creating digital learning resources.

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  Pescetarian Kitchen

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2019

  Founder/Editor

  - Development of content strategy.- Marketing and branding the blog, which receives over 50,000 monthly pageviews.- Paid advertising, including Facebook ads.- Creating recipes and bespoke photography.- content creation and image editing.- Combined social following of over 12,000 individuals

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  Shireland Collegiate Academy

  Sept 2014 - Aug 2015

  Governor

  - Setting the school's vision and aims.- Developing and approving the school's plans and policies.- Monitoring and evaluating the school's performance.

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Jan 2017 - Apr 2019

  Working primarily in MIT’s Open Learning Department, I led a number of product teams at MIT, including a Webby Award winning team focused on climate change education.- Hired and led a team of designers, developers, project managers and marketers in creating an MIT-backed community learning platform.- Built a range of digital learning experiences for the institute, working with academic, students and professionals from across a broad scope of MIT departments.- Owned the marketing strategy for one of MIT’s major podcasts, including building out an online community to support its promotion, resulting in the number 1 ranked podcast for the search term “climate change podcast” Show less

  • Product Owner

    Sept 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Product Manager

    Jan 2017 - Sept 2018
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  Freelance

  Feb 2019 - Jul 2020

  Product Consultant
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  Aula

  Apr 2019 - Mar 2021

  Product Manager

  First Product Manager at Aula, a B2B Ed-tech startup focused on providing a collaborative learning platform for university students and educators. My role included:- Guiding their product strategy and implementing product management best practices. - Creating a suite of assessment products for Aula, and presented these products, both internally and to external stakeholders and potential clients.- Leading a team of designers and engineers in creating intuitive, pedagogy-driven assessment tools, and working hand-in-hand with lead developers to create collaborative working practices- Leading the product investigation of the North American market, running user interviews and testing. Show less

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  Glean

  Jan 2025 - now

  Senior Product Manager