Month: February 2013

E-Learning Development Manager

at Ralph Lauren – Lyndhurst, NJ, USA

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) is a leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in four categories: apparel, home, accessories and fragrances. For more than 44 years, Ralph Lauren’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets.

Overview: The E-Learning Development Manager is part of the Global Talent Management team and is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining sophisticated e-Learning solutions to support Ralph Lauren’s global business in a wide spectrum of collateral for technical and systems, professional development, product, brand and functional content training.

Responsibilities

• Leverage instructional design and multi-media skills to conceptualize, design, develop and deliver training modules and courses
• Apply adult learning theory to the creation of e-Learning and blended learning solutions
• Develop online courses using educational technologies and leading development tools
• Work with L&D, Business partners and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure quality and accuracy of designs and content
• Leverage Learning Management System and learning technology infrastructure to deliver e-Learning to employees
• Serve as a member of the Learning and Development team to review program evaluations, test results, and participant and manager feedback on training effectiveness to make recommendations for program improvement

Education: Bachelor’s degree in learning/education or equivalent instructional technology certificate

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of experience building and implementing e-Learning programs and curriculum
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with standard e-Learning development tools: Articulate, Captivate, Dreamweaver, FLASH; Photoshop, some knowledge of HTML and JavaScript
• Experience with Plateau/Success Factors or similar Learning Management System
• Experience with mobile application development a plus
• Proven ability to manage and execute to a developed training plan
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage multiple projects of varying sizes and degrees of complexity simultaneously
• Strong attention to detail
• Comfort in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment
• Autonomous contributor who is both a self-starter and can work independently with minimal supervision

http://www.applyhr.com/27965815

Training Consultant (eLearning/Lectora and Articulate and Captivate)

at Pharmaceutical, Bridgewater NJ or NYC, USA

Position: Training Consultant II eLearning Location Candidate can be located in either Bridgewater NJ or NYC ¨

Duration: 8 to 12+ Months

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop high quality educational programs with demonstrated effectiveness and customer satisfaction metrics
• Maintain ongoing communication with customers to proactively identify training issues that the training development group can address through targeted educational programs
• Provide technical and administrative oversight and be accountable for meeting project commitments in a timely fashion
• Communicate and ensure a global understanding of training mission strategy and goals Ensure that they are aligned with the business needs and priorities of the Pharmaceutical

Technical Skill Requirements

• Knowledge of organizational development and principles, adult learning concepts and associated implementation required
• Experience with e-learning technology for training development including Lectora, Articulate and Captivate
• Experience with pharmacolovigilance principles and processes
• Significant knowledge of training development and various media available for instructor led training

http://www.dice.com/job/result/nwagesys/JTpfi458?c=1&src=21

Business Development Manager – Elearning

at SoftNet Search Partners (San Francisco, CA), USA

Job Description

This is an exceptional opportunity to play a key role on a dynamic business development team for a rapidly growing provider of leadership development experiences, seeks a Business Development Manager to work with Fortune 500 clients in a broad geographical area of the United States. Candidate should have familiarity with the leadership development space and a passion for selling innovative learning solutions. Company is a leading provider of effective leadership development programs. Our programs let rising talent of all levels experience what management feels like and practice key skills and behaviors in a safe environment. Company has helped build leadership talent at Fortune 500 clients from around the world, including General Electric, Southwest Airlines, Microsoft, ConAgra, Liberty Mutual, Qualcomm, MIT, and many more.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated background creating new opportunities in a learning environment
• Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; excellent communication (both verbal and written), consulting, presentation, and customer service skills
• Ability to learn about, understand, and explain leadership programs and simulations to senior-level managers and learning leaders
• Experience with CRM tools, MS Office, and Google Apps/Drive
• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 years of relevant experience selling or promoting learning services preferred

https://www.theladders.com/job/jobboard?cr=5183691&pl=sz-101

Senior E-Learning Instructional Designer

Ruckus Wireless – Sunnyvale, CA (San Francisco Bay Area), USA

Job Description

Ruckus seeks a proactive Senior Learning professional with extensive experience creating value-driven learning products, services, and systems. Expert in rapid e-Learning and ILT design, development, management, delivery, and support. Must also be highly skilled in competency analysis, gathering and analyzing business/functional requirements, facilitating cross-functional teams, and managing multiple projects and plans. Strong understanding of adult learning theory, needs analysis, learning effectiveness, instructional design methodologies, and group facilitation. A professional services leader with strong business, operations, performance, and productivity focus. A systems thinker able to communicate with both technical and business audiences. This role will function as Curriculum Lead with responsibilities for, with Director of Training, overseeing Vision and rapid design, development, and delivery of curricula delivered to Ruckus Wireless and its partner ecosystem. Will be comprised of Technical, Sales, and Other courses, delivered in Online, ILT, and Blended modalities. Will be the senior E-Learning/ILT architect and designer for the Ruckus Education team with responsibility for leading other instructional designers as to design processes from ideation, subject matter expert engagement, design, development, delivery and continuous improvement of learning opportunities. Ability to create original artwork, architecture, designs, animations, navigation schemes, controls, and programming for self-study e-Learning products required. Experienced in Managing and developing web sites, intranet database applications, content migrations, and third party integration projects required. Able to function as an internal consultant to Director of Training, others.

Desired Skills & Experience

Required technical skills include some combination of the below:

• E-Learning: Flex / AS3, Captivate, Articulate Suite, WebEx, Premiere, others,
• LMS / LCMS: CertPoint LMS, SharePoint. CertPoint experience helpful. Must be able to configure, maintain, and support global corporate Learning Management System,
• Web: PHP, Zend, MySQL, JavaScript / AJAX, XML, UNIX, Python, Perl, others.

Must be passionate, driven, responsible, flexible, and able. Must have the ability to travel internationally as much as 25% of the time.

http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=4895408&srchIndex=65&trk=from_simplyhired&goback=.fjs_*1_*1_*1_I_us_*1_10_3_R_true_*1_*2_*2_*2_us%3A84_*2_eng_*2_4&trk=from_simplyhired

eLearning Developer/Camtasia

White Plains, NY, USA – Short Term ( 8 Weeks)

Job Description

The incumbent will create training videos using Camtasia Studio8, develop video scripts, user guides, and other training materials for the roll out of a web-based application. This position requires excellent writing skills, and a high level of expertise in video and sound editing using Camtasia and other software systems. The incumbent will:

• Be trained in the new web application, and then
• Plan and write a series of instructional videos in the use of that application, to be reviewed by subject matter experts
• Record the instructional videos using Camtasia
• Add Camtasia effects and callouts
• Add knowledge evaluation test questions to be provided (at the end of each module using the Quiz function of Camtasia
• Update/ customize generic user guides and training presentations to more accurately reflect NYPA’s implementation of the application.

Requirements

The right candidate will have a technical background, with experience in learning and development. He/she will be expected to demonstrate the following:

• Ability to quickly learn and work with technical subject matter to design and develop product training materials
• 3-5 years of demonstrated experience in e-Learning, custom content development, training material development, and corporate teaching/delivery
• Expertise working with Camtasia
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent oral presentation skills and a clear, understandable voice
• Strong judgment and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced team environment
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent combination of education and/or work experience

In particular, demonstrated experience with the following is required:

• Curriculum design and development of training materials
• Video script writing
• Camtasia
• Graphic Design (experience in, concepts)
• Voice over & sound editing
• Video narration
• Video production

http://jobs.compnova.com/candidates/myjobs/openjob_outside.jsp?a=scjdnwpw24mwxspniqj7ea1iaqu7zd015bhd9blou6nriz9r6tp5a12cyg3arwac&SearchString=&StatesString=&source=simplyhired.com&id=899941

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