Associate Director Instructional Design job at GroupM

GroupM University prepares diverse industry talent to contribute to the creative transformation of our industry. We seek to make GroupM—already the world’s largest media investment company—into the premiere destination for individuals looking to grow their careers and change the way we work together. We are seeking an experienced instructional designer to help us design and build new learning opportunities in fulfillment of this mission.

Your Impact:

• Lead needs assessment and learning strategy development for assigned curricular areas (e.g. business practice areas, leadership and management programming, early talent development).
• Build and socialize learning solution recommendations to achieve discipline-specific outcomes, identifying appropriate delivery methods and techniques to address learning and learner needs.
• Design and develop engaging learning content and activities, including e-learnings, instructor-led courses, reference guides, job aids, and performance support.
• Contribute to the development of strategies and structures to enable scalable delivery of our learning programs across our various agencies, office locations, and audiences
• Partner with subject-matter experts to translate written content and existing materials into visual descriptions (graphics, animations, interactive charts, and graphs, video-based scenarios) accurately.
• Create high quality supporting materials including participant guides, facilitator guides, story boards, scripts, tutorials, digital interactives, assessments, simulations, audio, and video that can be leveraged by subject-matter experts and Learning Team at scale.
• Apply instructional design theories, practice, and methods to enhance learning process and transfer of knowledge.
• Partner with our facilitation team on the pilot and assessment of new programs
• Create and manage project plan, using sound judgement to identify scope, RACI, and assign timeframes for tasks to be completed.
• Continuously analyze program performance, learning experience, and business needs for strategic improvements to ensure we are delivering best-in-class programs and achieving learning outcomes.
• Act as a leading voice and advocate for learning within the organization and beyond

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS:

• Six to eight years of prior relevant experience in learning and development.
• Significant knowledge of instructional design and experience developing and deploying on-demand eLearning, instructor-led, and blended solutions.
• Proficient in adult learning and instructional design methodology (ADDIE, etc).
• Skilled in e-learning authoring tools (i.e. Articulate 360).
• Experience as a strategic learning and development advisor to the business and conduct needs analyses.
• Exceptional presentation and facilitation skills, with an ability to engage a range of audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain professional relationships and excellence in customer service.
• Full cycle project management experience.
• Knowledge of media / advertising a plus

The base salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $75,000 to $180,000. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including business needs, experience, level of responsibility and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, please visit https://www.wpp.com/people/wellbeing/benefits-at-wpp-in-the-us for more details.