Instructional Designer, L&D

Requisition Number: 93397

BASIC FUNCTION OF JOB

A cutting-edge, Fortune 500 IT solutions provider is seeking an innovative thinking instructional designer who specializes in designing and developing engaging learning solutions that improve performance and drive sales enablement. This position reports to the L&D Instructional Design Manager and has responsibility for the design and development of systems, sales, product, and other business critical training deliverables. In-depth knowledge and experience with ISD models and course authoring tools is required. Experience working on multiple instructional design projects simultaneously in a fast-paced production environment preferred. This position performs a broad range of complex activities associated with instructional design and development, project management, and internal and external vendor and client communications. It requires proven ability to perform in a multi-site, global environment, including domestic and international travel, as required.

What You’ll Do For Insight

• Build job-contextual practice interactions such as role plays, scenarios or situational assessments, so your audiences have the opportunity to practice what they learn.
• Leverage your intimate knowledge of instructional design methodologies and adult learning theory to create engaging content for adult learners (ARCS, Robert Gagne, ADDIE and SAM models of ISD, Kirkpatrick 4 levels of Evaluation, etc.)
• Use today’s authoring tools like Articulate 360, Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, Vyond etc., to develop interactive videos, scenarios, learning games, quizzes, and systems simulations.
• Design for the modern learner by using content simplification and visual design techniques to ensure training content is consumable for working memory.
• Work collaboratively throughout the design and development process with Learning Specialists, key stakeholders, subject matter experts (SME), sales coaches, and members of the audience to design and develop learner-centric training solutions.
• Execute other assigned tasks or projects to successful completion in a timely manner.
• Incorporate mixed media, such as graphics, audio, video and animation into eLearning and instructor-led training solutions.
• Effectively integrate and drive company branding, values, frameworks, and solutions into learning content, messaging and layout design.
• Leverage current & emerging learning trends and best practices to design modern & engaging training solutions for a generation-diverse audience.
• Design modern and engaging instructor-led training experiences (usually for a sales audience) including presentations, handouts, facilitator guides, and train-the-trainers sessions with SMEs or sales coaches.
• Leverage script writing/editing, storytelling, and storyboarding/mock-up/prototyping skills to convert SME content into learner-consumable content.
• Create sales enablement content such as courses, assessments, job-aids, facilitator guides, workbooks, battlecards, and Intranet resource pages focused on Insight solutions, partner solutions, and systems training.

What you’ll need to be successful in this role:

This is a dynamic position requiring the successful candidate to utilize a broad range of process knowledge, operational knowledge and strong communication skills; combined with strong technical acumen.

• The successful candidate will have 2-5 years of experience and a Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s Degree along with a strong portfolio (or pertinent industry certifications) demonstrating knowledge of instructional design and adult learning theories, concepts, and methodologies.
• Must have the ability to effectively self-manage, prioritize and execute 4+ instructional design projects of varying scope, duration, and complexity simultaneously in a fast-paced production environment and meet time-sensitive project milestones, commitments, goals and metrics.
• Flexibility to work with remote teams in different US time zones.
• Additionally, the candidate will have experience designing and developing eLearning and virtual instructor-led training as well as performance support materials for sales, management, and/or technical, systems training.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Proficiency with editing images, video and audio with Adobe Creative Cloud, Camtasia, SnagIt, Power Point, or equivalent tools required.
• Skilled at applying adult learning theories and ISD models, methods and techniques to develop effective learning experiences that support the acquisition and transfer of knowledge and skills.
• Understanding of LMS functionality and specifications (e.g., SCORM) for publishing and assigning courses is required.
• Proven ability to create systems training, assessments and scenario-based training required. Ability to create learning games helpful, but not required.
• Proficiency with Articulate 360, Camtasia, Vyond, Microsoft Office Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Proficiency with Adobe Captivate and Canva is helpful but not required.
• Ability to leverage emerging tools such as Chat GPT and other AI tools to create outlines, scripts, images and concepts is helpful, but not required.
• Additional experience facilitating classroom training is helpful but not required.
• Strong creativity, attention to detail, resourcefulness and problem solving, adaptability, collaboration/communication, and production environment skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to uphold the stress of traveling on occasion.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard, reach, stoop and kneel.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus due to computer work.
• Light to moderate lifting is required.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to work in a confined area.
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.
• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).

Insight is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

Posting Notes: Remote || Arizona (US-AZ) || United States (US) || Sales/Business Development || None || Remote ||

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