Senior Instructional Designer

Siteimprove is seeking a Senior Instructional Designer to join our Talent Experience team. The ideal candidate will be an individual contributor primarily responsible for designing highly impactful learning solutions for our global organization. You will assess, design, develop and evaluate high visibility learning curricula, learning courses and performance support tools to support a global workforce at Siteimprove. You will also provide thought leadership on learning industry best practices, innovative design methodologies and tools to drive engaging learning experiences that enhance Siteimprove employee’s capabilities.

What you will be doing

• Design, build and deliver instructionally incredible curriculum, courses, programs and other educational resources (video; ILT, web course, virtual) that result in the development of skills and abilities.
• Develop course outlines, documentation, assessment strategies and maintain instructional design direction and development though all phases.
• Apply effective learning methodologies to analyze and evaluate the most effective instructional approach, materials and intended delivery methodology.
• Filter incoming training and learning requests, scope the project, create a delivery timeline and work collaboratively to determine the best method for delivering the training.
• Conduct learning assessments to determine scope, audience and the most effective, engaging learning activities and course design that aligns with Siteimprove goals and competencies.
• Provide direction and leadership in concept development; analyze needs, tasks, learning environment and develop learning objectives and requirements.
• Design curriculum for face-to-face and virtual learning sessions using creative, innovative, and evidence-based approaches; develop storyboards for e-learning and videos.
• Develop dynamic, experiential learning session designs, including macro designs based on content, and training scripts.
• Produce best-in-class blended learning materials, including print, web-based courseware, gamification, micro-learning, social, etc.
• Facilitate (ILT, webinars, VILT, etc.) learning solutions.
• Utilize virtual and web-based solutions (tools; resources) fostering the development of online based learning programs.
• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to bring expertise to design, develop and implement courses and other instructional resources.
• Evaluate and analyze participant feedback and key metrics within a specific program or content areas to measure the effectiveness of deliverables in meeting business goals; make recommendations for continuous improvement

What we require of you

• 5+ years of professional instructional design and learning strategy experience, e.g., proven track record in designing and building presentations, videos and curriculum development.
• Demonstrated capability with eLearning software tools and solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with presentation and graphics tools (PowerPoint, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• Demonstrated instructional design expertise for a broad range of delivery modalities focused on adult learners
• Demonstrated media (audio and video) skills with programs like Adobe Premiere, Audition and similar and some front-end Web development
• Strong organizational skills and presentation ability
• Skilled and adaptable to building relationship with team members and business partners & stakeholders across all levels of an organization
• Demonstrated ability to apply principles of adult learning and various instructional design approaches and processes to the learning content
• Access learner needs, analyze and logically organize complex information into instructional sound training materials that excite and engage the learner
• Run multiple, complex projects; strong project management; strong ability to multi-task and continually prioritize changing projects tasks/deliverables
• Excellent interpersonal skills, especially written and oral communication skills – possess excellent grammar and writing proficiency for global English
• Creative thinker and self-starter with a proactive approach to resolving problems and issues
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and complete work with a high level of quality and attention to detail

Preferred Experience

• Experience working in the tech industry or for a global organization in growth stage

Other Duties

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• This is a hybrid role depending on location with the opportunity to work from both the office and home.
• Travel may be required up to 0-10% of the time

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions