Senior Learning Designer
Job description
About Decoded
We are Decoded, the pioneers of transformative technology education. We democratise cutting edge skills. We help transform traditional businesses into tech companies. We give our learners the skills and confidence to embrace the future of work.
Our products and methodologies have been shaped through our collaboration with some of the largest and most technologically progressive organisations in the world. We use the intelligent, ethical and creative application of technology to lay the foundations for a more productive and promising world – one with unlimited possibilities.
Overview
As a Senior Learning Designer, you will play a crucial role in shaping and enhancing the learning experiences of our learning products. This role involves a combination of learning design expertise, a deep understanding of adult learning principles, along with experience and knowledge on how to apply these principles to blended learning content.
Accountabilities
As a Senior Learning Designer at Decoded, you are accountable for:
- Ownership of all LXD tasks and activities assigned as part of the project/programme deliverables
- Design and develop learning content and assets across all blended learning modalities
- Review, feedback and update products to ensure high-quality of learning experience
Specific Role & Responsibilities
Learning need analysis
- Create learner personas and empathy maps to identify learners and their learning needs.
- Create learning outcomes based on the learning needs. Translate these outcomes to training objectives.
Content structure & learning/instructional strategy for an end-to-end blended programme
- Collaborate with SME to design a comprehensive learning structure that aligns with the training objectives and learning needs.
- Design and content structure to include, selecting appropriate instructional and training methods, media, materials, technologies, and assessment strategies for delivering the desired and expected quality / experience for the learners.
Content writing and storyboarding for all modalities of a blended programme
- Write content and create storyboards based on the design specifications and source content provided by the SMEs.
- Storyboarding will be for e-Learning, multimedia elements, downloadable resources, workshops slides, etc. and will need to include the sequence of topics, content presentation, images/ animations/ videos/ podcast, on screen interactions, group and breakout activities for digital and live sessions.
- Maintain high standards of written English, visual aesthetics and end-to-end learner experience and coordinating with other learner-facing teams to ensure consistency at every touchpoint.
Assessment and assignments
- Collaborate with the SMEs to design scenario-led assessment questions to measure the achievement of learning objectives.
- Work with the SMEs to create realistic work based challenges and assignments that the learners can apply their learning to and test their own confidence/ knowledge/ skills levels, at the end of learning content and workshops
Review, give/receive feedback and update products
- Review and feel empowered to influence the quality of our products.
- Take responsibility for the success of a product area as measured through learner, client and internal stakeholder feedback.
- Update products based on feedback and give constructive feedback that are based on LXD principles and adult learning models.
- Set and manage expectations of internal and external stakeholders, through the project lifecycle.
Requirements
Skills & Behaviours
Your performance will be measured by and driven by a mindset built on:
- Striving for excellence in everything you do. You don’t accept mediocrity in yourself or the team around you.
- Building brilliant, collaborative and productive relationships with colleagues and partners alike.
- Solving problems elegantly and creatively: “find a way or make a way”.
- Taking accountability for your own success, and the success of others.
Who are you?
- A subject matter expert in Learning Experience Design and Andragogy
- A proven learning designer with expertise in designing effective blended learning content
- A team player with a track record of working with others
- Passionate about our mission to bring technology education to the wider world
Team & Reporting Structure
You will be part of the LXD team and directly report to the Learning Experience Director.
Day-To-Day
We are a global workforce currently working a blend of remote and office working. Remote and flexible working has always been part of our culture and will continue to be encouraged. Our working hours are typically from 9am-5pm Monday - Friday. You will be in control and responsible for your time. You will plan your working day around the best outcomes for success, identifying and prioritising projects against business needs.
Apart From The Above, Working At Decoded Means You’ll Get:
- 33 days* leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays) and extra tenured holiday enabling team members to gain an additional day for every year you are with us (after the first 2 years) up to a maximum of 8. We also close the office for 2 full weeks at Christmas at Decoded's discretion which does not come out of your holiday allowance.
- Flexible working, including work-from-home
- Modern, flexible and fully serviced offices at WeWork in Spitalfields, London
- Company pension/retirement contributions
- Health care including dental, medical, and vision* and to help you prioritise your wellbeing
- Travel insurance
- An array of social events and all company gatherings
- Continuous learning and development. You will be challenged with lots of responsibility and exciting projects in an environment that encourages learning
- A work environment that values creativity, personal growth and collaboration
- Free monthly lunches
- Laptop and virtual work equipment kit provided
Decoded is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.