Liz Olson

Liz Olson has a diverse work experience spanning various organizations and roles. Starting in 2014, they worked as a Layout Designer and Copy Editor at WebTrax Studio, where they were responsible for creating layouts for eBooks and HTML emails. In this role, they also performed quality assurance checks on content before publication.

From 2014 to 2016, Liz worked as a Communications Coordinator at the Shangri-la Institute for Sustainable Communities, where they wrote grant applications, conducted translations, and designed communication materials.

In 2016, they joined the Global Justice Center as a Communications and Development Associate and later became the Communications Manager. In these roles, they developed annual communications strategies, wrote and published various materials, and managed the nonprofit's branding and multimedia production. Liz also set up and administered a Salesforce CRM database.

In 2020, Liz worked as a Crisis Risk/Early Warning Graduate Intern at UNDP, where they developed communications materials and conducted research on natural language processing and machine learning techniques.

From 2021 to 2022, Liz held multiple positions, including a Graduate Consultant role at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a Data Analytics Graduate Intern role at the United Nations Peacekeeping, and a Data Visualization Consultant role at UNICEF. In these roles, they led data analysis, managed data workflows, and created visualizations using various tools and programming languages.

In 2021, Liz also worked as a Regional Analysis and Reporting Officer (JPO) at IOM - UN Migration, where they focused on analysis and reporting tasks.

Currently, Liz holds the position of Technical Project Manager at Dataminr, starting in 2022.

Overall, Liz Olson's work experience demonstrates their expertise in project management, data analysis, communications, and visualization across various sectors and organizations.

Liz Olson's education history includes obtaining a Master of International Affairs degree with a focus on Humanitarian Policy, Technology, and Data Analysis from Columbia | SIPA between 2019 and 2021. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in History at Reed College from 2009 to 2013. In 2016 and 2017, Liz pursued coursework in Graphic and Digital Design at Parsons School of Design - The New School. Additionally, they studied Mandarin Chinese at Tsinghua University in 2014 and Capital Normal University in 2011 and 2012.

Liz has also obtained various certifications, including being a Data Science Fellow, with Honors from Data Science for All by Correlation One in August 2022. Other certifications include Analyzing Survey Data in R, Intermediate Python, Linear Algebra for Data Science in R, Building Web Applications with Shiny in R, PH526x: Using Python for Research from HarvardX, Creating Interactive Tableau Dashboards from Lynda.com, and HubSpot Email Marketing and Inbound Marketing certifications from HubSpot Academy. Liz also earned a certification in Designing Web Sites from Photoshop to Dreamweaver from lynda.com, although the specific date of completion is not provided.