Escocés Cortéz

Instructional product development

Learning experiences designed with purpose.

A sample portfolio for exploring how thoughtful design, clear communication, and useful technology can help people learn.

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About Escocés Cortéz

Manufacturing · Business · Education

A design-minded approach

Building better systems and better learning.

My professional experience spans manufacturing and business, supported by an MBA and a continuing commitment to foreign-language expertise. Across each setting, I look for the connection between people, process, and purposeful improvement.

My approach is rooted in the Toyota Production System: respect for people, continuous improvement, visual clarity, and the discipline to understand a process before trying to change it. I bring those principles to the way I design learning experiences—making the next step visible, useful, and possible to improve.

Grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a love of education, I value opportunities to help people learn, grow, and contribute. I am especially interested in work that develops capability, strengthens communities, and turns curiosity into confident action.

  • Manufacturing and business experience
  • MBA-informed problem solving and strategy
  • Foreign-language learning and cross-cultural communication

Selected work

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Microlearning

Safety in Small Steps

A short learning sequence that helps new employees recognize and respond to common workplace risks.

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Course redesign

Better First Weeks

A blended onboarding experience organized around the decisions new team members make most often.

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Video learning

Make It Understandable

A visual explainer that turns a process-heavy topic into a clear, memorable walkthrough.

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Principles in motion

Roll through a few sample frames. Each frame can eventually become a Toyota Production System or Lean principle.

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Respect for people

Start with the people doing the work.

Good systems begin by making space for the knowledge, needs, and ideas already present in the process.

What can we learn by listening?

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