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Instructional Designer

About the company

At the intersection of technology, science, business, and sports, Strivr offers the leading VR-based immersive learning platform that is changing the way employees train, learn, and perform. With a mission to elevate performance through immersive experience, we are redefining an industry and shaping the future of workforce development.

Strivr was founded in 2015 out of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, using the football field as our proving ground. Since then, we have expanded from the athlete to the enterprise, partnering with leading Fortune 1000 companies including Bank of America, MGM Resorts, Sprouts, Verizon, and Walmart to innovate and elevate employee learning and development at scale.

More than just content inside a headset, Immersive Learning is a groundbreaking training methodology that combines the sense of presence in Virtual Reality with advanced learning theory, data science, and spatial design. It provides realistic, high-impact experiences driven by best practices across L&D, instructional design, immersive content development, data science, product design, and user experience. As the leading VR-based Immersive Learning solution for enterprises on the market today, Strivr’s platform enables the deployment of VR training at scale while serving as the bridge to the connected immersive worlds of tomorrow.

Recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies three years in a row, a ‘Major Player’ by IDC in Soft Skills VR Training, and awarded by leading L&D analyst firm Brandon Hall, we take pride in our passion for innovation and use that energy to fuel our work. Our culture thrives on dignity, inclusion, accountability, transparency, and teamwork. We celebrate every win and learn from every loss. With a customer-focused mindset, we embrace continuous evolution and look forward to growing our team as we lead the industry forward!

About the role

As an Instructional Designer at Strivr, you will be responsible for the ideation, design, and development of immersive curricula for our growing list of enterprise customers. Your tasks will include identifying knowledge and performance gaps, writing measurable learning objectives, designing evaluation strategies, creating outlines and scripts, and developing immersive experiences. You will collaborate cross-functionally with all the teams that fuel the success of the Strivr platform, including project management, product development, data science, customer success, and creative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Apply adult learning theory, the ADDIE model, backward design, and Immersive Learning principles to create all aspects of immersive training programs
• Analyze, design, and develop immersive training solutions for a spectrum of Strivr customers using proprietary authoring tools
• Partner with internal project team stakeholders to structure implementation and evaluation strategy for Strivr’s immersive curricula
• Work with customer subject matter experts to create engaging training experiences that prove ROI
• Provide instructional design feedback and feature improvements for Strivr's Immersive Learning platform and processes

Required Traits, Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in Instructional Design, Learning and Development and/or Training Development (within an e-learning / EdTech / comparable environment)
• Any post-graduate/undergraduate degree, preferably Bachelor’s and/or Master’s in Instructional Design, Organizational Development, Educational Technology, or similar
• Demonstrated expertise in the effective application of instructional design principles and methods (e.g., ADDIE, Bloom’s, Mayer’s, Kirkpatrick’s, etc.)
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to think critically, analyze data and information, and solve complex problems in creative ways
• Self-motivated, organized, and capable of managing multiple responsibilities and projects with a focus on results
• Willingness and ability to adapt to a continually evolving, fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders, SMEs, and creatives on all aspects of a training project
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to write effective instructional text and audio/video scripts

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with in-house authoring tools and submitting product improvements and feedback
• Experience working in highly collaborative teams to execute projects from kickoff through launch and beyond
• Experience designing evaluation strategies that capture accurate training data and yield compelling data stories
• Passionate about the freedom that new technology brings to communication and training
• Additional years of experience working in instructional design applying instructional design theory, learning theory principles, and applications of media to instructional scenarios
• Content creation experience in a virtual reality environment
• Portfolio of work and/or writing samples are encouraged

You may be asked to complete a brief case study showcasing your instructional design skills. In this event, all instructions, context, and materials needed to complete the assignment will be provided to you.