Learning Designer
Cengage Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Ohio • United States
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Salary
💰 $58,300 - $75,750 per year
About the role
- Serve as the learning design specialist, collaborating with the Manager, Academic Design to identify and detail content requirements
- Collaborate with Portfolio Managers to review analytics on previous product editions to understand user behavior and make recommendations
- Cultivate innovation and quality, looking for opportunities to improve the lives of our learners through quality learning design
- Use shared templates and processes to take the product from hypothesis to implementation, including evaluating content for pedagogical appropriateness
- Develop and maintain cross-project documents, such as Course Objective Hierarchy
- Collaborate with peers, using interpersonal savvy in problem-solving, making trade-offs, and building rapport
- Communicate optimally, through strong verbal and written skills, including audience-centric analysis, persuasion, influence, and documentation
- Stay updated with the latest pedagogical research and high-stakes test demands to inform product design and train teams
- Successfully balance multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic, international, remote-work environment
- Apply Cengage’s quality learning standards to products, solutions, and daily work, adopting opportunities for continuous improvement
Requirements
- Educational degree or professional certification in instructional design or learning design
- Minimum 5 years of experience in crafting ELL or ESL (English as a Second Language) educational products as an editor
- Proven dedication to continuous professional improvement and learning
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Word, Excel, and file-sharing tools
- Preferred Master’s degree in education or linguistics
- Teaching experience in ELL or ESL
- Familiarity with international region-specific curriculum approaches and education initiatives (e.g., Saudi Vision 2030)
Benefits
- Participation in the company’s discretionary incentive bonus program
- Comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
instructional designlearning designcontent evaluationpedagogical researchcourse objective hierarchyELL educational productsESL educational productscontinuous improvementproject management
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillsproblem-solvingcommunication skillspersuasioninfluencerapport buildingtime managementadaptability
Certifications
professional certification in instructional designMaster’s degree in educationMaster’s degree in linguistics