Instructional Designer

Posted 20 Days Ago
Remote
1-3 Years Experience
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
The Instructional Designer is responsible for analyzing training content, developing web-based modules, creating interactive learning platforms, and ensuring alignment with learning objectives. Collaborates with teams, develops assets, and participates in problem-solving meetings. Requires knowledge of adult learning principles, instructional design approaches, and agile methodologies.
Summary Generated by Built In

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

The Instructional Designer role is accountable for the analysis of training content provided by business partners and will also identify outstanding questions /clarification as it relates back to the learning objectives outlined in the training proposal. The curriculum designer is also accountable for building out web-based modules and designs for all instructor led curriculums to be veted and signed off by the business before curriculum development begins. The authoring tools used for curriculum development require the designer to have a good understanding to be able to determine the best medium for delivery based on the content and audience.

Responsibilities

  • Collaboration/Team Work/Continuous Improvement
  • Developing a collection of assets and templates
  • Ensuring project work such as code and graphics are checked in on a daily basis
  • Participate frequently in brainstorming sessions with team and working groups
  • Support and foster skill development within the team
  • Ability to work as a team towards a common goal/objective
  • Takes accountability for work
  • Identifying areas for improvement within the Design Structure
  • Actively taking part in problem solving meetings and consulting sessions on training
  • requirements.
  • Design/Development
  • Ability to quickly familiarize themselves with new project content
  • Ability to formulate key questions regarding content/design and work with SME’s to resolve
  • Develop highly detailed WBT storyboards and ILT design layouts
  • Creating Videos
  • Use knowledge and skills of Adult learning principles to create interactive and effective learning platforms based on complexity of project content
  • Ensure that all components of design align and support the programs learning objectives and program strategy
  • Develop effective knowledge testing throughout programs using platforms such as quizzes,
  • learning activities, decision based scenarios and case studies
  • Develops curriculum on time, on budget and inclusive of all content.
  • Strong knowledge and skills in design development using third party authoring tools
  • Solid understanding of which authoring tools support specific delivery methods
  • Applying the most appropriate instructional design approaches to produce highly relevant,
  • engaging and interactive content for each course/program in a ILT or WBT
  • Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and determine solutions
  • Publishing content using a number of different file types
  • Strong knowledge on publishing content and courses on the Breeze server and LMS
  • Testing published links to ensure functionality and reporting
  • Agile way of working
  • Understand the agile methodology and have experience in creating learning content using agile approaches such as rapid learning content, agile learning design and successive approximation model.

Qualifications

Secondary Education:

  • College Diploma / University Degree with 2+ years of design experience
  • Adult learning diploma or equivalent

Work Experience 4-6 years specifically in:

  • Facilitation
  • Curriculum/Instructional design
  • Writing & Storyboarding experience
  • Coding & Publishing on LMS
  • Learning technologies

Preferred skills

  • Articulate Story line & Articulate Rise - Mandatory
  • Adobe Suite - Mandatory
  • Snag-it
  • Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel) – Mandatory
  • Camtasia - Mandatory
  • Photoshop or Illustrator - Mandatory
  • Premier Pro
  • iClone
  • Zoom meetings
  • SimWriter
  • VideoScribe/Powtoon or other quick-hit video technologies
  • Various LMS Systems
  • Natural Reader or MURF (Or any AI reader tool)
  • Must also be knowledgeable with different principles like:
  • Adult learning principles
  • ADDIE/4MAT
  • Accelerated Learning
  • Project life cycles

Job Category:

Training & Development

Posting End Date:

30/10/2024

The Company
Toronto, Ontario
499 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

A UK company, Sun Life Financial of Canada is focused on building excellent customer service by offering the highest levels of customer care. We have been serving customers in the UK for over 100 years

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