Status: FTE

Career Level: Experienced

Relevant Work Experience: 3-5 years’ experience

Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Travel Requirements: None

Industry: Telecommunications/Wireless

Location: Kirkland, WA

Bluetooth SIG is seeking a fulltime Instructional Designer with a particular emphasis on building elearning/virtual learning experiences. Use your instructional design skills and demonstrated best practices in adult learning to become an integral part of exciting training initiatives for a multi-national, multi-cultural audience.

Please provide a resume and link to a portfolio or samples of work when applying. A portfolio or samples of work containing proprietary information will not be considered.

Roles and Responsibilities

Instructional Design

Applies knowledge of instructional design theory and adult learning best practices to advocate for and design course content, working with subject matter experts as an eLearning specialist

In collaboration with the Director of Training and Development, develop quality instructional design standards to be applied to projects for a global audience. Applies these quality standards to every project.

Establish templates and style guides, driving the look and feel of Bluetooth SIG’s virtual learning experiences.

Develop storyboards, virtual learning experiences, job aids, scripts, videos, and other instructional materials that achieve business and performance goals

Training Department Support

Collaborates with Director of Training and Development on an overall program for asynchronous training within the Bluetooth SIG

Displays professionalism at all times when consulting and collaborating across the organization and with global membership

Provides timely feedback to internal customers on the performance of training courses, recommends changes and enhancements, develops plans to address performance gaps, and ensures transparency and communication to all the appropriate parties

Maintains and updates course, job aid or video content as per identified need.

Performs other related duties, tasks, and responsibilities as required, assigned, and directed

Project Management

Organizes projects appropriately to accomplish deliverables while adhering to scope and timeline

Acts with an owner mentality throughout the entire project cycle, including: facilitating needs intake sessions, making recommendations based on adult learning and effectiveness best practices, developing prototypes, storyboards, scripts, job aids, Knowledge Base articles, eLearning module and video creation, facilitating timely and managing effective SME and user feedback cycles within the agreed-upon timelines.

Modifies existing training curriculum, content, materials, job aids, etc. to meet learning needs by reviewing program evaluations, test results, and participant and manager feedback on training effectiveness

Designs, implements, and reports back on evaluation strategies and tools to determine whether desired learning and performance outcomes are achieved.

Skills and Requirements

Experience working with complex content and designing eLearning or asynchronous learning experiences for a global audience

Demonstrates ability to use judgement in advocating for and selecting learning solutions to address behavior change.

Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to give and receive constructive feedback; experience with making judicious decisions regarding SME and user feedback.

Demonstrates strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Knowledge of instructional technologies and is demonstrably proficient in the use of eLearning tools such as video editing software, Captivate, Storyline and Camtasia

Demonstrated proficiency of instructional systems design and adult learning principals

Experience with implementation and testing of adult learning principals

Demonstrates proficiency in implementing best practices in adult learning into design

Self-motivated, organized and meticulous attention to detail; has an owner mentality of the work

Accountable team player

Familiar with agile development methodology

Preferred Skills and Requirements

Experience developing training in the technology industry or persons with a technical background

Experience working with complex content and designing training for multiple delivery modalities (traditional classroom, online classroom, and self-paced eLearning modules) for a global audience

Instructional designers with experience publishing to a HTML5 output, using JavaScript in design and/or xAPI in tracking

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