Senior Instructional Design Technologist

When you join Verizon

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The Senior Instructional Design Technologist owns the solutioning, development and building of high-end and complex designs, using cutting edge innovation, for urgent, high impact end-to-end learning experience. This a Senior individual contributor role which operates in short project sprints and is expected to bring forward solution-oriented approaches to design challenges. This technical, highly specialized role works closely with the Super Team and/or the design architect, the learning technology team, Global Technology Services (GTS) and other technical support groups within Verizon.

Responsibilities:

Content Development & Instructional Design

• Design and create innovative training content for urgent, high impact, and/or complex projects using various modalities and advanced development tools.

• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies related to instructional design and learning technologies.

• Provide consultative support for other instructional designers to ensure appropriate and innovative use of learning technology as well as universal accessibility.

• Perform risk/reward analysis and appropriate testing for new and innovative digital learning solutions.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex publishing and reporting issues based on SCORM, xAPI, LMS and authoring tool compatibility.

• Enable learning solutions with custom HTML, Java and xAPI scripting to enhance learning interactions and reporting outputs.

• Cultivate a deep understanding of all digital learning tools and provide recommendations for enhancements and integrations that enhance learning experiences.

Stakeholder Management

• Present ongoing project(s) to key stakeholders, and incorporate revisions as they are received.

• Provide consultative guidance to clients design & development decisions.

• Stay up to date on instructional design best practices

Coaching

• Mentor and take initiative to share best practices with more junior developers regarding development tools, templates, and GL&D processes.

• Set the standard for junior developers in terms of output quality, providing guidance and feedback

You'll Need to Have…

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field of study

• Six or more years relevant experience.

• Four or more year of work experience in Javascript, HTML, CSS, and xAPI scripting

• Four or more years of work experience utilizing scripting languages and technologies to enhance SCORM based content (HTML, JAVA & xAPI scripting)

• Experience in Content Validation (course testing)

• Experience authoring content in Articulate Storyline 360 & Rise

• Knowledge on ,Adult Learning / Instructional Design principles such assuch as ADDIE or SAM.

• Experience working with Learning Management Systems

• Previous project management experience

• Experience troubleshooting problems in content development tools and Learning Management Systems.

• Willingness to work on nigh shift (US working hours) schedule.

Even Better if You Have

• Masters in Adult Learning or Instructional Design

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership

• Experience working in complex team environments

• Experience with managing stakeholder relationships

• A proven track record of achieving challenging team and individual sales goals.

• Experience balancing multiple, sometimes competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

• Experience setting goals, evaluating performance, and developing a high-performing team.

Where you will be working...

This position will be on Hybrid working level status, with expectation of 3 days in office and two days work from home that will be assigned by the Manager.

Where you'll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Diversity and Inclusion

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