Instructional Designer
| Company | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chicago, IL, USA, Omaha, NE, USA |
| Salary | $86000 – $140000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in customer learning, training, education, adult learning, teaching, or technical writing.
- 3+ years of experience working with rapid eLearning development tools (Articulate 360, Camtasia etc.), and web-based meeting tools (e.g., Zoom) to create instructionally sound content.
- Experience with multimedia design skills, including basic video editing, motion graphics, layout design, and asset creation using tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects), or equivalent tools.
- Experience in Project management including execution, establishing priorities, and meeting deadlines in a rapidly changing environment.
Responsibilities
- Partner and build meaningful relationships with key stakeholders and subject matter experts within LinkedIn’s Sales Solutions business to uncover business and learning needs.
- Update existing Sales Solutions coursework or build new learning materials to support strategic business and learning goals.
- Identify learning objectives tied to desired customer behavior outcomes.
- Recommend the learning modality solving for a simple and delightful learner experience, customer behavior outcome goals, and product go-to-market goals.
- Design learning assets balancing the need to deliver within given timelines while accounting for maintenance sustainability and localization.
- Script, record, and edit engaging training videos to support product adoption and customer enablement.
- Script, design, and create visually effective training PDFs, one-pagers, and user guides aligned with instructional design principles.
- Provide graphic design support for assets and experiences published in the virtual learning center.
- Continuously incorporate peer review feedback.
- Manage deliverable deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on a global or multi-cultural team.
- Experience working in B2B SaaS, sales enablement, or customer education.
- Experience structuring lessons or courses to produce a behavioral outcome.
- Experience with multimedia, graphic design, or video production.
- Extended enterprise experience (customer-facing not internal L&D).
- Demonstration of a growth mindset with a passion for learning, feedback, and innovation.
- Proven critical thinker.
- Experience with visual design principles and how multimedia and design can support training design, development and delivery.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- BA or equivalent work experience (Degree with emphasis on Instructional Design is a plus).
- Experience creating storyboards, scripts, and video/audio-based learning assets.
- Experience with data-driven decision making and prioritization.
- Contributor to and owner of team strategy and processes.
- Can independently own driving projects to successful completion.
- Ability to develop trusted advisor relationships with key stakeholders.