Sr eLearning Designer

The Sr E-Learning Instructional Designer utilizes current learning principles/concepts, instructional design theory and learning techniques to design, produce and facilitate custom learning and development e-learning materials to meet customers’ needs. This role acts as a learning consultant to understand the business' needs around learning and help connect learning strategies. Works closely with business owners and subject matter experts in the development process to ensure that the business needs and learning outcomes are met and achieve stated business success indicators. They develop learning and delivery strategies including e-learning modules, videos, learning activities, reference guides or job-aids as well as provide advice and consultation to other members of the design team and mentors other e- learning design team members as needed.

What We Do:

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department.

Who We Are:

Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others.

Why You Should Join Us:

You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family. Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive. We value the importance of our employees’ emotional well-being. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days.

• Acts as a learning consultant to understand the business' needs around learning and to help connect learning strategies.
  
  
  
  
  • Designs and develops multimedia and eLearning training modules.
  • Conducts needs assessments with business owners to ensure all learning and development materials are focused on addressing the customer’s needs and closing business performance gaps.
  • Creates storyboards and graphic representation of e-learning content.
  • Creates project plans and outlines to ensure deliverables are met.
  • Creates assessment tools to measure results against training objectives, summarizes evaluations and makes program recommendations as needed.
  
  
  
  
• Maintains program quality and updates modules/training materials as needed to ensure that all materials are current and up to date and all trainers are informed and kept up to speed on changes.
• Stays up to date on industry trends in the area of e-learning/multimedia design and supporting technologies and recommends training methods and approaches.
• Mentors E-learning Design Specialist as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong working knowledge of multiple e-learning design tools including Adobe Creative Suite, Articulate, Captivate, HTML as well as rapid e-learning development tools with the ability to create online learning content from concept to finished product utilizing creative, interactive methodologies and learning approaches that are SCORM compliant.
• Ability to develop SCORM compliant online learning content.
• Ability to develop storyboards and graphic representation of e-learning content.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint with the ability to input data and/or create simple tracking spreadsheets in Excel, compose scripts that are professionally created in Word and create presentations in PowerPoint utilizing animations, graphics, video content etc. as needed.
• Proven ability to design and deliver effective learning programs and assess their impact on employee performance with the ability to design post evaluations.
• Experience creating learning and development content focused on the use of internal systems/procedures.
• Strong proficiency in adult learning and instructional design concepts with a focus on virtual/e-learning design and training methodologies.
• Experience working in a technical sales environment.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills to effectively work with other team members and trainees.
• Project Management skills with the ability to identify and map out project completion timelines and associated deliverables.
• Adaptable with ability to handle multiple tasks and shift between competing tasks to meet deadlines; willingness to change or adapt to change. Ability to work under pressure and in an environment of changing organizational needs.
• Flexible with ability to perform in ambiguous situations.
• Articulate with ability to express oneself clearly and professionally in written and oral communication with a wide range of people including executives.
• Strong oral and written communication skills to include an ability to create effective learning and strategies.
• Creative with ability to be inventive with learning and development designs.
• Self-directed and proactive with the ability to work independently, drive for results while managing multiple projects, and assess priorities with minimal direction.
• Good interpersonal skills with ability to work collaboratively with team members.
• Good listening skills with ability to receive information completely and understand what is being said.
• Inquisitive information seeker with ability to ask probing questions to uncover root causes of problems.
• Solve a wide range of complex, multi-disciplinary problems which must consider short and intermediate term company-wide planning (i.e. design complex operating systems, human resources or financial strategies).

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