Digital Learning Designer I

Digital Learning Designer I

Work Location:

Remote - USA

Schedule:

Full time

To advance the purpose of InterVarsity, this person designs digital learning courses for InterVarsity staff, volunteers, and other campus leaders. This includes content development, course and curriculum design, and audiovisual production with a rapid turnaround from prototype to final product. Digital Learning Designers write and produce content and collaborate in cross-functional teams to produce multimedia learning products that can be used on their own or embedded within larger course offerings.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Personal:             

• Maturing disciple of Jesus Christ: growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture, and God's purposes in the world
• Seek Him and follow Him in every area of life
• Grow in love for God through the classic disciplines of the Christian life
• Modeling wisdom and maturity in the balance of family, church, and ministry life
• Develop and deepen your understanding of what it means to be a Christian Artist

Instructional Design Methods & Activities

• Instructional Design: Design visually impactful and memorable digital learning experiences that engage the audience, increase retention, transfer skills/knowledge, and drive sustained behavior change.
• Course Development: Produce and deliver high-quality microlearning, online courses, and accompanying job aids and/or audiovisual learning products. Select the appropriate format for each learning project, including audio, webinars, video, quizzes, branching activities, gamification, etc, knowing the benefits and limitations of each. Reconceptualize in-person learning experience for online delivery as learning objects or experiences.
• Course Evaluation: Test modules and ensure agreement with stakeholders before rolling out digital content. Gather adequate assessment and feedback to determine and accomplish learning outcomes. Successful Digital Learning Designers can understand data, present data to stakeholders, handle data with sensitivity, and make decisions based on user-generated data and digital analytics.
• Needs Analysis: Conduct a thorough needs analysis of learning objectives, audience needs, knowledge gaps, and content needs with subject matter experts, utilizing stakeholder interviews, user research, and asset analysis.
• SME Collaboration: Consult and collaborate with teams and departments within InterVarsity, deciding the best tools, modes of delivery, and components based on the needs analysis. Actively engage with SMEs throughout the course development process to maximize learning outcomes. Regularly communicate status of projects.
• Project Management: Iterate toward a solution, creating objectives, outlines, storyboards, scripts, tutorials, prototypes, and other learning products to test digital learning courses with the audience, while staying within budget.
• Content and Visual Design: Collaborate with the Editorial, Design, Video, and UX teams as needed. Provide copy guidance, write copy, and have additional experience with either graphic design or audiovisual production. Develop graphic and audiovisual assets as needed in courses.
• Brand Alignment: Work within and contribute to InterVarsity’s Instructional Design System and our established brand.
• Client and Team Engagement: Work with others to find a way forward among organizational goals, stakeholder desires, user needs, and resourcing capabilities.
• Professional Development: Keep up with emerging technology and consider its use within ministry and stay up-to-date with resources and digital learning products that could be applicable within InterVarsity’s context.

Organizational Collaboration & Design Mindset

• Partner with and respond positively to the coaching of your supervisor and national leaders.
• Exercise creativity and self-motivation to contribute to a culture of professionalism and exceptional production.
• Adopt a user-focused mindset: working with a focus on the audience and openness to audience feedback.
• Adopt a designer’s mindset: becoming more humble, more adaptable, embracing productive conflict, and continuously learning.
• Share and resolve critique gracefully.
• Contribute to collaborative and productive team meetings and relationships.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to work with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and other instructional designers in the design process.
• Strong written and presentation skills for sharing thought processes and explaining decision points.
• Be proactive in bringing the right people into conversations.
• Be proactive in asking questions.
• Work effectively in a time-critical environment.
• Comply with all InterVarsity policies and procedures.

Contribute to the Team Effort

• Work to assure order and organization in systems, equipment and team work spaces
• Be responsible for good stewardship of time, equipment, and materials
• Work on special tasks related to the ministry of 2100 as assigned.
• Maintain  positive working relationships with 2100 team members.
• Stay informed of trends in the communication arts and keep up on contemporary media, images, and ideas.
• Stay current on computer systems and other media skills.
• Use project management software (Wrike).
• Meet deadlines for projects.
• Keep organized files
• Receive feedback and critique from colleagues and supervisor as a part of the instructional design process.

Participate in the ministries of InterVarsity:

• Provide technical support for IVCF conferences, camps, and other meetings as assigned
• Attend and/or staff camps, conferences, global projects, chapter meetings, etc. as agreed upon with supervisor

Maintain sound financial status:

• Keep expenditures within budget.
• Raise a portion of salary in an amount or percentage agreed upon with supervisor.
• Communicate regularly with current and potential donors, churches, prayer support team members, friends and family regarding ministry with InterVarsity.

QUALIFICATIONS (common to all levels of Instructional Designers)

• Annually affirm InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement (Doctrinal Basis and Purpose Statement). Abide by InterVarsity’s Code of Conduct. Believe and behave consonantly with InterVarsity’s Human Sexuality Theological Paper. Affirm and behave consonantly with InterVarsity’s “Women in Ministry Statement of Affirmation”
• Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Education, Graphic Design, Communication, Digital Media, or comparable degrees required.
• Familiarity with learning theory, universal design for learning, instructional design methods.
• Familiarity with at least 1 e-authoring tool: Articulate Storyline, Camtasia Studio, Adobe Captivate, etc.
• Familiarity with either graphic design or audiovisual production (video/podcast production).
• Experience with online learning platforms and management systems (e.g. Workday Learning) a plus.
• Experience in user experience/user interface design a plus.
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and/or Premiere a plus.
• Experience with web design or app development a plus.
• Experience with gamification a plus.

Applicant must include a portfolio of at least two recent instructional design projects that demonstrate their strengths, style, and overall ability, including demonstrated graphic design or audiovisual production skills.

Pay Range: $44,016.00 - $58,680.00 per year

Benefits:

We offer a competitive benefits package, including health care and retirement savings with a match. Eligibility is based on employee type and hours worked.  Benefits include the following:

• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

• 403(b) matching contributions

• Dental insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Employee discounts

• Flexible work schedule

• Flexible spending accounts

• Health insurance

• Health savings account

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Parental leave

• Professional development assistance

• Vision insurance