Instructional Designer

**The Role**

We are looking for a highly motivated instructional design professional, who will be responsible for the design, development, curation, production and delivery of a wide range of digital learning solutions as part of our apprenticeship, adult education and commercial training courses.

Here at Apprentify, we are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all our Apprentices, so that they can learn in a relaxed and secure atmosphere. We believe every Apprentice should be able to participate in all learning and social activities in an enjoyable and safe environment and be protected from harm. We put the well-being of our Apprentices at the heart of what we do, and we are always here to listen. The postholder will be required to undergo Safer Recruitment check prior to starting work, including an enhanced DBS check and reference check.

**The Organisation**

Apprentify Group Limited is an education and development business with several subsidiaries including Apprentify Limited and Netcom Training Limited.

Apprentify Limited is an OFSTED Outstanding apprenticeship provider, offering courses in digital marketing, sales and tech. Working with high-profile clients including JD Sport, Jet2, RedBull, BT and B&Q to name a few, Apprentify is an agile and quality-focussed that’s not afraid to challenge the status quo.

Netcom Training Limited works with Combined Authorities and National Government to upskill people in tech fields such as cyber security and network engineering, for free. We also support our learners to kick-start their careers in these areas, by offering job-hunting advice and connecting them with exciting opportunities in the sector.

**The Opportunity**

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-growth, forward-looking business with ambitious plans for the future. Working across the Group, the post-holder will be based in Wilmslow. _**The post-holder will need to work from the office at least three days per week. **_

**The Package**

The role comes with a salary of £35,000, plus the following benefits:

- Annual leave starting at 25 days and increasing to 30 days based on length of service, plus bank holidays
- Option to buy additional holiday
- Private medical insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Company pension
- Birthday off
- Paid charity day each year
- Access to our benefits platform, offering discounts and cashback on over 750 retailers including major supermarkets, travel, insurance, restaurants and more.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Working with key stakeholders and SMEs to design and produce exceptional digital learning solutions
- Working on the end-to-end process of digital learning design and production, including: scoping/gathering of requirements (including outcomes and objectives), user research, ideation, storyboarding, mapping learner pathways, digital content creation, quality control, and testing.
- Creating and disseminating a broad range of digital learning and multimedia assets including: eLearning, PDFs, presentations, infographics, learner notes, videos, animations, instructor-led (virtual) classrooms, digital assessments, interactive activities (incl. simulations/scenarios), etc.
- Working closely with key stakeholders (incl. SMEs, Product and Quality Assurance teams) to ensure learning materials are being reviewed, maintained, and improved on an ongoing basis.

Job Requirements
- Demonstrable experience in developing creative, technically-sound learning experiences
- Strong and varied digital authoring skills, to include software such as: Articulate Rise, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Demonstrable experience in learner journey creation, content management, and assessment development within a VLE/LMS/LXP (ideally Canvas).
- Fantastic attention to detail and commitment to testing, trialling, observing, and continuously improving our approaches to ensure a great end user experience.
- Able to drive forward multiple projects simultaneously and at pace, planning workload, time and commitments effectively.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, able to work as part of a team and develop effective working relationships both internally and externally.

This advert outlines the key aspects of the job. However, it is impossible to list every element of any job and things change over time. Therefore, the postholder is required to carry out any other reasonable instruction from their line manager.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person