Junior Learning Designer

Who are we? 

RaceRocks is a woman-led, Indigenous-owned training partner based in Victoria, B.C., operating fully remotely with team members across Canada. We build end-to-end training systems for defence, aerospace, and marine. From building new training programs to modernizing existing ones, we design curriculum, create digital courseware, and deliver training systems that scale across teams and organizations. We’re building a workplace that’s supportive, welcoming, and inclusive, and where creativity, honesty, learning, and collaboration guide how we work. If you value learning, honest collaboration, and meaningful problem-solving, RaceRocks gives you the environment to put those strengths to work.

Who are you?

You are an emerging Learning Designer with experience in supporting Design Teams to create  engaging learning activities and compelling course content through the process of working with SMEs and other project team members. You enjoy applying tested instructional design theories, practice and methods and are able to articulate instructional end goals and work with experts to create content that engages learners to successfully achieve learning objectives. 

What's the Job?

As a Junior Learning Designer, you will contribute to the design and development of impactful, results-driven training systems. In our flexible, remote workplace, you will report to the Director of Delivery and create with guidance from the Director of Design and other Learning Designers. You will collaborate with a team that may include Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Learning Designers, Project Managers, and Artists.

As a developing Learning Designer, you will assist in the production of instructional materials under partial supervision. You will also collaborate with more senior Learning Designers to evaluate and define the characteristics of a learner and learning strategies. Additionally, you will be expected to collaborate to clarify learner objectives and training activities. With supervision, you should be able to produce lessons, educational materials and guides in accordance with the development guidelines set by our clients.

What will you do?

• Support the Learning Design Team to meet our client’s training needs
• Collaborate with other Learning Designers, Art team and SMEs to: 
  • Design appropriate lessons
  • Get to know learners and their characteristics, the tasks of a position, and what successful performance of these tasks looks like
  • Work with the client and SMEs to identify resources for developing learning materials
  • Support clients in understanding the best media and technologies to meet training needs
• Break down complex information into an engaging and easy to understand format:
  • Create storyboards for eLearning courses, according to instructional design principles
  • Examine, and review for clear and consistent delivery
• Produce and publish media-rich, responsive content:
  • Create interactions and assemble course content using eLearning software
  • Support testing of Distributed Learning packages in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and assess effectiveness, including SCORM/xAPI reporting

• Work with other Learning Designers to grow and enhance your discipline expertise and best practices

Qualifications / Skills:

• Minimum 1 year experience working in the area of educational technology and adult learning
• Some demonstrable practical experience designing effective online, blended and/or distance learning experiences
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to communicate with colleagues and clients with confidence, clarity, transparency and passion
• Ability to work independently with supervision on longer term projects as well as in small cross-functional, task-oriented teams on short term goals
• An inclusive and collaborative approach to work in a diverse, multi-disciplinary team
• Familiarity with instructional design principles and eLearning technologies
• Proficiency in content authoring tools 
• Some experience with multimedia and graphics software

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma (education, adult learning, distance learning or related an asset)
  

Perks:

• Extended health benefits including dental, life insurance, vision care and mental wellness program
• Flexible work hours outside of core working hours
• 3 weeks vacation to start
• 13 paid statutory holidays 
• Employee Stock Options Program 
• Work from home equipment 

Please note:

• All candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada
• All candidates must be willing to undergo security assessments as required by Public Services and Procurement Canada
  

RaceRocks is a remote-first company with team members across Canada, with an office for optional use in Victoria, BC. Team members are required to be available for team building and collaboration during core operating hours of 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Pacific Time. Outside of core working hours, we offer flexibility to support work-life balance. Although our HQ is in Victoria, BC we are open to hiring candidates from nearly anywhere in Canada. At this time, we do not have the infrastructure to support hiring candidates from Quebec or to hire/support working internationally. 

We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, Black peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, any qualified person of legal working age, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.

Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, please contact us at [email protected]

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.