Senior Designer Instructional

Overview

Research, design and produce instructional content for instructor-led and eLearning materials supporting leadership, job-specific, onboarding, and other people and technical skillsets.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with subject matter experts and internal customers to gather relevant content and develop blended learning solutions, including instructor-led sessions, virtual classroom experiences, and self-paced e-learning and materials.
• Use adult learning theory and knowledge of current learners to create learning solutions that encourage an interactive, engaging, thought-provoking experience.
• Evaluate outcomes and continuously improve course material to maximize return on investment.
• Consider performance analysis impacts to sort training and non-training issues.
• Apply principles of current cognition and adult learning theories, Instructional Systems Design (ISD) methodologies, and new media technologies.
• Develop assessment strategies.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with subject matter experts, clients, and development team.
• Research learning and development best practices and proactively identify new technologies and content that improve organizational performance.
• Adapt to new practices and processes as the way we work is enhanced.
• Author content directly into eLearning development tools such as Adobe InDesign, Articulate Rise/Storyline, and Camtasia.
• Utilize generative AI tools, including ChatGPT, in various stages of the development process.
• Learn and adapt to emerging tools and methodologies.
• Ensure consistency of instructional design standards and processes.
• Evaluate learning design to ensure effectiveness.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, Instructional Design or related field, or commensurate business experience.
• Minimum 7 years' experience in Instructional Design in both Instructor-led and eLearning formats, or related commensurate business experience.
• Experience building effective leadership development programs.
• Experience developing large training programs from beginning to end.
• Firm understanding of instructional design/technique.
• Firm understanding of project management and ability to work to deadlines.
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong computer and technical writing skills.
• Strong technical aptitude.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a collaborative team environment and independently, and to build relationships with SMEs and stakeholders.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly.
• Commitment to understanding and utilizing new technology.
• Intermediate experience in eLearning development tools, especially Articulate.
• Experience utilizing ChatGPT or other generative AI tools to enhance and expedite development processes.

Nice to have

• Certification in ISD or Performance Improvement.
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (especially Adobe InDesign).
• Financial Services background.