Job Overview:
Our client is looking for a contract Instructional Designer to join the Global Supply Chain team to help design and build the next generation of innovative supply chain trainings. The Instructional Designer role supports the content design and technology deployment of employee SAP and iValua development training for internal employees and external supplier groups.
Requirement/Must Have:
- Bachelor’s Degree plus 5-10 years of related experience in instructional design, curriculum development, visual communication, graphic design, learning & development, software training development, organizational development, human-centered design, or education-focused roles.
- Master’s Degree in instructional design / curriculum development preferred.
- Proven competency in visual / training design (Portfolio requested).
- Ability to self-manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver high quality results with a focus on detailed execution.
- Ability to work both as part of a team focused on common goals, as well as self-directed to complete individual deliverables by project deadlines.
- Interest in and ability to interact with a globally distributed, multi-cultural, and multi-generational team.
- Experience consulting and partnering with SMEs to gather training requirements and drive learning design through an automated intake system.
- Exhibits excellent problem solving and analytical skills with an eye for human-centered design and process improvement.
- Demonstrated follow-through of assignments to completion with a bias towards operationalizing concepts for global scalability, rapid implementation, and measurement.
Responsibilities:
- Familiar with end-to-end curriculum and learning program design and development.
- Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to identify learning objectives and the target audience’s training needs.
- Apply end-user design methodology to ensure participants are at the center of all program and tool design.
- Develop quick reference guides, interactive PDF documents, and other training documentation.
- Use of eLearning authoring tools to develop learning.
- Produce facilitator guides and scripts for instructor-led and virtual classroom trainings.
- Edit presentation slide decks from facilitators & SMEs to streamline design for workshop series sessions.
- Design online intranet websites using basic HTML and GUI interfaces.
- Deliver final-print and/or video projects (ex: .doc, .pdf, .mp4, .wmv).
- Design within current company style guide and standards.
Nice to Have:
- Experience in conducting needs analysis to distill and articulate skill needs that could be solved through SAP, iValua training development.
- Basic HTML, GUI interface, and website editing skills.
- Experience working in cloud content management service.
- Administrative experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS).
- Production experience with virtual classroom delivery systems.
- Experience with software/application implementations.
- Comfort in public-speaking to small- and medium-sized groups.
Skills:
- Design software: Adobe Creative Cloud suite, including InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
- eLearning software: Articulate Storyline 360, Articulate Rise, Camtasia.
- Virtual Classroom platforms.
- Technical savvy with content development tools: MS Office, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, Planner, Power BI, Power Automate, Qualtrics.
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