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Who I Am

Hello and welcome to my new re-designed website and portfolio. My name is Alexandra Priebe, but I go by Alex. I am a library information professional, former teacher, dog mom and wife.

I have a strong passion for traveling (aka. exploring the world), reading, cleaning (crazy, I know), crafting...and if I am totally honest...I enjoy down time watching TV and movies.

Despite having held jobs at world class institutions, a loving, supportive family, over the past few years, I felt like something was missing, and that something was a creative outlet.

When I was in college studying abroad I had a 'travel' blog but ever since graduating and moving into the workforce, the regular writing and updating fell by the wayside. So today, I am taking the jump and going live with my newly updated website.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2023 - Present

KNOWLEDGE ANALYST, JACOB

Working on the Knowledge Management & SharePoint Team to manage the KM Site, Sub Sites, and content. Maintenance and creation of knowledge article and video content for end-users. Collaboration with Service Desk and Problem Management to develop a new Self-Service Portal within the KM Site architecture. Creation and implementation of site wide taxonomies and navigation to enable effective searching and browsing. Creation of bi-monthly KM newsletter. Coordination and moderation of training calendar for weekly SME generated content/training.

September 2021 - June 2023

PIM/DAM MANAGER, PET SUPPLIES PLUS

Working on the Merchandising Team, working cross functionally with IT and E-Commerce to build out Sitecore Content Hub that would streamline and compile product information and digital assets into a single platform. Coordinated with Sitecore and external IT partners to develop integrations between systems, including a feed from Content Hub to the E-Commerce website.

Managed a team of Merchandising Assistance and established a Merchandising Assistant Playbook that included process maps and career pathways.

June 2021 - July 2021

MANAGER OF DIGITAL ASSETS, STRIDE, INC.

Working on the Platform's Team to build the taxonomy and governance plan for implementation of DAM system. This included project planning which included the creation of an Agile Trello board, setting goals and milestones, and meeting with stakeholders.

March 2020 - June 2021

INFORMATION RESOURCE SPECIALIST, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

Working in the acquisitions department to order, receive and process scholarly law material for the collection. This includes communicating with external vendors, internal financial services team, the collection development team, and library leadership.

September 2017 - March 2020

TECHNICAL SERVICES SPECIALIST, THE HENRY FORD

Managed and collected scholarly, research library materials. Worked side by side with our and Archives Research Specialists and Curators who are subject matter experts in their fields of study. Overhauled the Technical Service department policies and procedures, updated software use documentation, and lead volunteer and intern projects.

June 2017 - August 2017

DIGITAL ASSETS MANAGEMENT INTERN, QUICKEN LOAN

Spent my summer exploring downtown Detroit, updating and managing digital asset permissions, privacy, and metadata management. Created workflow documentation for internal partner. Curated Event Asset collections in a Sharepoint site beta environment for internal client.

January 2015 - June 2017

SECOND GRADE TEACHER, GREAT HEARTS MONTE VISTA

The last time I felt truly creative and felt my mind fully flourishing was teaching second grade at a Classical Liberal Arts Charter School in San Antonio. Teaching and writing lesson plans for Singapore Math, Spalding, History and Science evolved me from my conventional approaches to out of the box exploratory thinking. Mentoring teaching assistants, after school tutoring, founder of Passport Club (extra-curricular).

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

January 2016 - May 2018

MASTERS OF LIBRARY INFORMATION SCIENCE, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

I concentrated my studies in Digital Content Management. Coursework included: Metadata Theory and Practice, Database Concepts, Project Management, Digital Libraries, Software Productivity Tools, Intro to IT, Research Methods, Access to Information, Organization of Knowledge, Management and Leadership, Digital Curation and Preservation.

September 2010 - May 2013

BACHELOR OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

My major was history which I completed 2 concentration sequences, one in American Military & the Middle East and the second in American History. I minored in Germanic Languages, which included a summer abroad in Dresden, Germany at the Goethe Institute.