Senior Instructional Designer

Bold thinking leads to transformative change. The world needs big ideas to solve our climate, affordability, and equity crises. That’s where you come in. Align your career with greater purpose at McKinstry.

As a national leader in designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining high-performing buildings, McKinstry provides a single point of accountability across the entire building lifecycle, from new construction and ongoing operations to adaptive reuse, energy retrofits, and advanced renewable energy systems. We get up every day to transform the built environment for the betterment of our clients and our communities.

Never satisfied, we are compelled by our values to eliminate barriers standing in the way of a better-built environment. We design, build, optimize and maintain high-performing facilities.

Here’s where you come in:

We are currently seeking a Senior Instructional Designer to join the team as a member of our Operational Excellence division in our Seattle, WA location. The purpose of this role is to provide training delivery, instructional design & development, and provide creative, high-caliber job-specific training for business operations and project delivery teams.

What you’re great at:

Instructional Design

• A creative and analytical problem solver with a passion for excellent customer service.
• Assess business learning needs and determine the most effective learning solutions
• Design clear and compelling training content to meet business needs
• Be hands-on; work directly with development teams and stakeholders to produce extraordinary training content and agile eLearning solutions.
• Understand unique job expectations and business process for strategic roles and communicate them effectively to desired audience
• Determine the proper blend of learning solution that reinforces hands-on application of the tools, enhances the learning transfer, and engages learners.
• Develop first-hand experience with the appropriate subject matter (systems or products).
• Design train-the-trainer experiences that prepare SMEs to deliver blended programs
• Conceptualize technical/functional content into something creative and effective.
• Conduct technical and editorial reviews of training content.
• Utilize project management skills to define and meet project milestones, communicate issues and risks in a timely manner, and manage customer expectations.

What we’d like to see in you:

• 3-5 years’ experience working in a relevant learning and development field such as instructional design, education, learning and development, training organizational development.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
• Highly self-motivated, self-directed, and attentive to detail required.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal communication abilities including skills in explaining technical topics to novices and collaborating with subject matter experts, stakeholders and managers.
• Ability to thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment, can roll up their sleeves, work hard, have fun, and get the job done.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining a professional demeanor required.
• Support the change management associated with new training programs

• Especially helpful if this individual has:
  • Working knowledge of Power BI
  • Experience developing courseware to current Industry and adult learning standards, performance support aids, online tutorials and/or other training materials, including gaming modules
  • Experience with eLearning tools such as Captivate, Articulate Studio/Storyline, Camtasia, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator, and Software technology like HTML, Javascript for learning portal design
  • Experience working with Learning Management Systems like Docebo, LITMOS(current standard)
  • Multi-media development skills in audio, video, and/or animation