Freelance LXD - ILT / vILT

Location: Remote (US time zones)

SweetRush has an exciting opportunity for a talented professional to join our Custom Learning team! 

Who We Are

SweetRush is a consulting, design, and staffing firm specializing in HR-related services that help foster life-centered businesses and organizations. Our work includes designing unique learning experiences using agency-level graphics and leading-edge technology; creating high-performing cultures, leaders, and teams; and helping our clients grow their learning teams with qualified professionals.

Many of our clients are household names with large international operations, while others are small nonprofits whose work we value as essential to the world. We try to balance the work we do for profit with the work we do to spread good things in the world.

SweetRush is a leader in learning and development, making use of emerging technologies AI, VR, and AR), games, storytelling, chatbots, interactive virtual and in-person experiences, and so on, all while grounding our work in vibrant and impactful human-centered design. The many awards we win annually reflect the care we put into our craft and our collaborations with clients. We’ve been grateful to have won awards with Hilton, Google, Bridgestone, Adidas, SHRM, and numerous others.

We are a completely virtual, tight-knit, talented community that spans the globe, a culture-forward team that values diversity, respect, and caring. Our folks tend to stick around, as do our clients. 

We like to think we stand apart from competitors for the uniqueness and innovation of everything we create—and for who we are. And we’re committed to hiring talent that’s as creative, innovative, and caring as everyone on our team. This is where you come in…

About the Role

Learners are the heart of our work at SweetRush, and the Learning Experience Designer is the person who makes that magic happen. The LEARNING EXPERIENCE DESIGNER (LXD) listens deeply to the voice of the learner, applies learning design theory, and works as part of a cross-functional, highly creative team to create effective and engaging instructional treatments for clients.

We are hiring two freelance LXDs who can create 21st-century learning experiences for in-person and virtual classrooms (ILT/vILT) that aren't just PPTs and speaker notes. If creating great experiences for in-person and virtual learning events excites you, then please read on.

Responsibilities 

• Interprets audience insights documents and personas descriptions, learning objectives, content analysis documents, business needs and constraints, mental model shifts, and high-level outlines to create effective and engaging learner experiences in a variety of modalities, such as eLearning, vILT, ILT, games, videos, performance support materials, and others.
• Creates content for learning experiences.
  • Conducts content analysis on client content.
  • Outlines performance and knowledge objectives for the learning experience.
  • Identifies content gaps.
  • Interviews subject matter experts (SMEs) to fill in content gaps.  
  • If necessary, perform research to develop original content to fill in content gaps.
• Creates documents (flow charts, content maps, design documents, and storyboards) to communicate the content and design of the learning experience with the SweetRush production teams and presents and explains authored project documents to clients to prepare them for their reviews.
• Collaborates with cross-functional project team leads, such as the Lead Learning Experience Designer, Creative Director, Art Director, and Technical Lead, during all phases of the project to design engaging and effective learning experiences in all learning modalities within project scope constraints.
• Receives and incorporates feedback from the Lead Learning Experience Designer, other project team leads, and the client.
• Consults with the client on feedback that creates a less effective or engaging experience for the learners.
• Participates on the Learning Experience Design team and individual project teams as an empathetic, consultative, positive, and flexible team member. 

Skills

• Can implement instructional design theory 
• Strong client interaction skills
• Outstanding writing skills, with the ability to write for a variety of audiences with ease
• Strong written and in-person and remote verbal communication skills
• Self-organizing, and prioritizing with excellent time management skills
• Problem solver who can handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
• Ability to monitor and manage assigned project tasks and timeline
• Good at receiving constructive feedback
• Collaborative and comfortable working with cross-functional teams 
• Flexible, creative, and passionate about learning experience design

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or equivalent
• Suggested minimum of five years of experience in an educational, corporate training, consultation, or professional services environment, with an emphasis on creating engaging ILT, vILT, eLearning, and multimedia technologies

SweetRush is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. SweetRush will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. We encourage applicants of all ages.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Call-To-Action: Submit Your Resume!

Team chemistry is everything to us, so our ultimate goal is to find the right fit. If the above describes your interests and experience, and you believe this will be a dream job, please submit your resume, we are excited to hear from you!

Please note: We're all about remote work and have collaborators based all around the world; however, SweetRush is a US-based company, and English is our primary language. If you'd like to be considered for this opportunity, please submit your resume in English.