Frame and Focus Your Message

Thomson Employment History

I enjoy crafting video programs that help organizations change peoples’ attitudes and their behavior, or help people learn something new. When multimedia and web design arrived on the scene, I jumped into that concentration—but preferring to keep video as part of every application.

Project Manager/Designer/Producer: Trudy Thomson & Associates, Chapel Hill, NC   (2008-present)

Instructional Technologist/eLearning: SAS® Institute, Inc., Cary, NC   (2003-2007)

Educational Multimedia Product Manager: SAS inSchool, SAS® Institute, Inc. Cary, NC   (1997-2001)

Multimedia Project Manager: SouthPeak Interactive/ SVP, SAS® Institute, Inc. Cary, NC (1994-1997)

Video Product Developer. Promoted to Senior and Principal positions: SAS Video Productions, SAS® Institute, Inc., Cary, NC (1984-1994)

Instructional Designer/Producer: NC Department of Human Services/ Telecommunication Project, Raleigh, NC (1983-1984)  

Media Manager: NC Personnel Development Center, Raleigh, NC (1975-1983)

Thomson Education

I’ve always been curious about what affects our perceptions and the way we think. As an undergraduate psychology was the choice for me. And I found a graduate program about designing for media to change how people feel and how they learn. A major emphasis was on visual design.

M. Ed. Educational Media: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1974)

B.A. Psychology/Education: Converse College, Spartanburg, S.C. (1968)