Instructional Design & Content Creator
The Larko Group, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
The Instructional Design/Content Creator brings learning to life by designing and delivering dynamic digital training experiences through the company’s Learning Management System (LMS). This role turns complex ideas into engaging, easy-to-digest content by collaborating closely with subject-matter experts and key stakeholders. With a sharp eye for design, storytelling, and learner engagement, the Instructional Content Creator ensures every training asset is on-brand, instructionally sound, and aligned with the company’s strategic goals, making learning impactful, accessible, and memorable.
Responsibilities
Design, produce, and maintain high-quality multimedia learning assets, including video, audio, interactive presentations, and job aids for exempt and salaried employees, ensuring consistent alignment with approved company branding. Own the end-to-end production workflow, partnering with subject-matter experts to gather raw content, storyboard concepts, edit using tools such as Clipchamp, VideoBolt, and Canva, publish to the LMS, and regularly update courses to keep content relevant. Build and manage a centralized digital asset library (logos, intro stingers, folder icons, branded templates, and “LMS Champion” swag) to enable company-wide content creators to stay on-brand and work efficiently. Collaborate cross-functionally with HR and SMEs to prioritize learning requests and ensure accurate representation of company-specific systems and platforms, including Oracle, Intelex, and ADP. Advise on content optimization, offering recommendations to SMEs and final approvers to enhance clarity, engagement, and learner experience. Support a hybrid work schedule, balancing on-site collaboration with remote productivity. Ideal Experience
Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, communications, digital media, or equivalent hands-on experience, curriculum development, or parallel field of study. Experience designing or producing training material, with a portfolio or demo reel of video/interactive work. Proven proficiency with Clipchamp, VideoBolt, Canva, and Microsoft 365 or other editing software is required. Demonstrated ability to translate SME input into engaging, brand-aligned training without creating technical content from scratch. Strong communication and organizational skills; comfortable operating as the sole instructional designer. Experience with Microsoft products. Familiarity with mining, manufacturing, construction, or other parallel industries.
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Design, produce, and maintain high-quality multimedia learning assets, including video, audio, interactive presentations, and job aids for exempt and salaried employees, ensuring consistent alignment with approved company branding. Own the end-to-end production workflow, partnering with subject-matter experts to gather raw content, storyboard concepts, edit using tools such as Clipchamp, VideoBolt, and Canva, publish to the LMS, and regularly update courses to keep content relevant. Build and manage a centralized digital asset library (logos, intro stingers, folder icons, branded templates, and “LMS Champion” swag) to enable company-wide content creators to stay on-brand and work efficiently. Collaborate cross-functionally with HR and SMEs to prioritize learning requests and ensure accurate representation of company-specific systems and platforms, including Oracle, Intelex, and ADP. Advise on content optimization, offering recommendations to SMEs and final approvers to enhance clarity, engagement, and learner experience. Support a hybrid work schedule, balancing on-site collaboration with remote productivity. Ideal Experience
Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, communications, digital media, or equivalent hands-on experience, curriculum development, or parallel field of study. Experience designing or producing training material, with a portfolio or demo reel of video/interactive work. Proven proficiency with Clipchamp, VideoBolt, Canva, and Microsoft 365 or other editing software is required. Demonstrated ability to translate SME input into engaging, brand-aligned training without creating technical content from scratch. Strong communication and organizational skills; comfortable operating as the sole instructional designer. Experience with Microsoft products. Familiarity with mining, manufacturing, construction, or other parallel industries.
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