at National Restaurant Association in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
The National Restaurant Association and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation are proud to be part of a highly respected industry, providing hospitality, opportunity, and quality of life. Much like the industry we represent, we have a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive culture grounded in trust, hospitality, collaboration, and innovation. These core values inspire our work, and we are looking for in an experienced eLearning Developer to join our product development team in building high quality, effective, user-centered courses for our training & certification product lines.
We provide best-in-class food safety, restaurant, lodging, and leadership training to hoteliers, food service businesses, and academic institutions across the world. We equip our global audience with innovative, engaging training utilizing multiple platforms, from textbooks to online resources to mobile applications.
As an eLearning Developer, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of online training products, working within various authoring tools to implement course design, build course functionality, and publish online courses for the LMS.
Ideal candidates bring advanced understanding of e-learning course authoring tools, including Articulate Storyline and Rise and solid working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite products such as: Illustrator, After Effects, and Photoshop. Experience with Lectora authoring tool is a plus.
Position requires a minimum of three years of professional experience, and an ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously. You must have exceptional time management and organization skills. A positive attitude and ability to work in a highly collaborative environment are critical to success.
This role can operate fully remote in Chicago or Orlando.
The work you will do as part of our product development team, will positively impact our mission to develop and inspire industry professionals. We look forward to hearing from you!
We are proud to offer our team members comprehensive benefits, designed to support their financial, professional, and personal well-being. In addition to outstanding healthcare coverage (medical, dental and vision), competitive salaries, generous vacation and leave time, we offer a matching 401(k) plan, a unique collection of corporate discounts and memberships, as well as programs to support career and skills development, including coaching, learning and tuition assistance, and so much more.
Responsibilities:
- Work as part of the Business Services team to accomplish Association goals.
- Assist the Senior Manager, Product Development, to accomplish departmental goals.
- Use e-learning authoring tools to build interactive digital learning experiences.
- Using storyboards, templates, and design documents, build interactive e-learning modules, including activities, quizzes, graphics, animation, and gamified and other multimedia elements.
- Work collaboratively with instructional designers, graphic designers, media producers, QA, project managers, and leadership.
- Provide quality assurance on vendor/contractor-related projects; assist with troubleshooting as needed.
- Manage all development files and ensure they are kept up to date and organized.
- Stay up to date with the latest e-learning development trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to continuously improve processes and deliver innovative solutions.
- Work within cloud-based collaboration tools such as Adobe Cloud, Microsoft Teams, and others.
- Support all internal team members and departments following the Association mission and values while promoting Association culture.
- Perform related tasks as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, multimedia design, instructional design, or related field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience with developing e-learning courses.
- Expert knowledge of Articulate e-learning authoring tools, including Storyline and Rise.
- Understanding of SCORM and xAPI standards.
- Deep functional knowledge of accessibility standards and experience creating WCAG-compliant e-learning products.
- Experience creating e-learning products optimized for mobile learning.
- Expertise in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects.
- Experience using motion graphics & animation software desired, but not required.
- Strong level of comfort with servers, asset management, and file organization systems.
- Highly effective organizational, time-management, and priority-setting skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and fluid work environment.
- Excellent written, verbal, and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to be innovative and quickly grasp technical issues and problems.
- Proficiency across Microsoft Office products, including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, and comfortable learning new technology platforms as needed.
- Minimal travel may be required; less than 10%.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities and veterans to apply for our job openings. This commitment supports our policy of developing and capitalizing on the abilities of all our team members, as well as selecting, developing, and promoting those who are best qualified.
