Jess is the Academic Project Manager at Knewton where she manages the Video Team, teaching, editing, and overseeing the videos that appear on the website, blog, and in Knewton' products. She has a degree from Columbia University in Environmental Biology, and has taught everything from swing dance lessons to SAT and GMAT prep to classes about animals at the Bronx Zoo.
This post was co-written by Kristen Tracey. Scalability vs. Perfection: that’s really the issue at hand any time you need to make a large number of videos. Of course, we want every educational video we make to be perfect — clear, engaging, and without any stumbles. However, the reality of… READ MORE
Moving day! We recently packed up and shipped out, moving the entire Knewton office one block away, to much bigger and nicer digs over on 5th Avenue. It was a bit of a crazy transition, but we couldn’t be happier with the results — more space, awesome furniture, plenty of… READ MORE
Several months ago, I upgraded to an iPhone 4s. I could go on and on about various apps and games, but one functionality I hadn’t explored until fairly recently was my phone’s ability to create a video. Well, I’m part of the Video Team here at Knewton – we’re responsible… READ MORE
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to check out Internet Week New York (IWNY) Headquarters down in SoHo for the afternoon. Internet Week is an annual festival of events, panels, and demos all about the thriving technology culture here in New York and what’s new in the world of the Internet…. READ MORE
On Monday a May Day rally took place in Union Square. Things were tame at first, but the park got pretty full (and loud!) as the day went on. Take a look at how the crowd grew over the course of the morning with this series of photos, taken from Knewton’s… READ MORE
It’s Day 1 here in Vegas at the annual NAB Show (National Association of Broadcasters), and Ian Parker and I are ready to hit the ground running. As Knewton’s Team Video Team, we’re here to check out what’s new and exciting in the world of video, online and off —… READ MORE
Here at Knewton, we’re growing fast. It sometimes seems as though new teams form and change almost every day. Everyone here has awesome, intelligent, useful ideas, and when we start a new project we want to get everyone’s input — without taking too much time out of the day. It’s a… READ MORE
I get a warm, cozy feeling from Starbucks. It’s very much like the warm, cozy feeling when I think about the fact that we’re on the same Fast Company list with them (they’re #24). Everyone knows that Starbucks is a giant in the corporate world. But not as many people… READ MORE
In the spirit of the holidays, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at one of our favorite presents from last year: a Lego Death Star. Jose, our founder and CEO, bought the enormous Lego kit as a gift to the office last holiday season. Naturally,… READ MORE
Here at Knewton we have developers and designers, product managers and marketers, content developers and customer service specialists. We also have data scientists. Ever wonder what, exactly, data scientists do — or what their work has to do with sandcastles and Star Trek? Check out this video featuring Knewton’s own… READ MORE
