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Home Depot is hiring an Instructional Designer. The role involves using instructional design and adult learning principles to develop and evaluate learning materials for Home Depot associates. The Instructional Designer works collaboratively with peers and business partners to ensure learning deliverables align with the company's business goals and quality standards.

Highlights

Create learning objectives, design documents, and other deliverables for learning solutions.
Use eLearning development tools such as Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate.
Compensation ranges from $60,000 to $90,000 annually.
Requires a high school diploma or GED with a preference for a Bachelor's or Master's degree in related fields.
Minimum of 3 years of work experience in education, learning or a related field.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools.
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
Position reports to the Manager of Learning with no direct reports.
Remote/virtual role with minimal travel required.

Instructional Designer Full Description

Location – Atlanta, GA

Job ID – Req133970

Category – Human Resources

Company Overview

What’s the best place we’ve ever built? The place where we work. At Home Depot, our goal is to provide the highest level of service, the broadest selection of products, and the most competitive prices. As the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, we operate more than 2,200 retail stores across North America. And each of our associates are focused one thing — helping our customers build and improve their homes, businesses, and ultimately their lives.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is between $60,000.00 – $90,000.00.

Starting wage may vary based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the position being offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. The Home Depot offers additional competitive and non-financial benefits, which may include a performance-based bonus program or a profit sharing program depending on position.

Position Purpose:

The Instructional Designer (ID) applies instructional design and adult learning principles and strategies to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional courses, assessments, job aids, and other learning deliverables for associates in all areas of The Home Depot's operations. The ID creates deliverables for all phases of the course creation lifecycle including analysis documents, design documents, storyboards, and final learning deliverables that align to the overall business goals. The ID also collaborates effectively with peers, leaders, and business partners to translate business requirements into learning requirements and project scope, build learning solutions that align to desired outcomes, and ensure learning deliverables meet and exceed The Home Depot's quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

60% Create learning objectives, design documents, storyboards, and other learning design deliverables. Develop learning solutions using project-based templates. Test and debug deliverables for quality assurance. Ensure leaning solutions align with desired outcomes.
10% Partner with Learning Strategy Senior Managers on confirming needs analysis and instructional strategy
10% Know standard eLearning development tools and software (Articulate Storyline and Presenter, Adobe Captivate).
10% Proactively communicate task and project status to client group and management
10% Assist in the interviewing, selection, and onboarding of contractors and associates

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

This position reports to Manager of Learning.
This position has 0 direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's or Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, HR Development, Organizational Development, I/O Psychology or related field preferred (or equivalent Home Depot experience)
Experience in education or learning field, or similar work experience
Experience creating training deliverables for retail organizations
Experience creating microlearnings

Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

Competencies:

Proficient knowledge of instructional design and adult learning theories
Proficiency with software including Microsoft Office and standard eLearning development tools
Basic knowledge of project management principles and MS Project
Excellent written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Work Location

Remote/virtual – An associate in a remote/virtual role typically is not required to work from a designated Home Depot location to complete their job duties. Limited or infrequent in-office presence may be required. We also refer to this as location – independent.

Learn more about our 4 different work locations. Additional information will be provided during the application process.

Original Job Description

Location – Atlanta, GA

Job ID – Req133970

Category – Human Resources

Company Overview

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is between $60,000.00 – $90,000.00.

Position Purpose:

Key Responsibilities:

60% Create learning objectives, design documents, storyboards, and other learning design deliverables. Develop learning solutions using project-based templates. Test and debug deliverables for quality assurance. Ensure leaning solutions align with desired outcomes.
10% Partner with Learning Strategy Senior Managers on confirming needs analysis and instructional strategy
10% Know standard eLearning development tools and software (Articulate Storyline and Presenter, Adobe Captivate).
10% Proactively communicate task and project status to client group and management
10% Assist in the interviewing, selection, and onboarding of contractors and associates

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

This position reports to Manager of Learning.
This position has 0 direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's or Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, HR Development, Organizational Development, I/O Psychology or related field preferred (or equivalent Home Depot experience)
Experience in education or learning field, or similar work experience
Experience creating training deliverables for retail organizations
Experience creating microlearnings

Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

Competencies:

Proficient knowledge of instructional design and adult learning theories
Proficiency with software including Microsoft Office and standard eLearning development tools
Basic knowledge of project management principles and MS Project
Excellent written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Work Location

Learn more about our 4 different work locations. Additional information will be provided during the application process.

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