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The RealReal

Learning Design Specialist

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New York, NY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $60K - $80K

💻 Instructional Design

🗓️ February 18th, 2025

Canva LMS

Edtech.com's Summary

The RealReal is hiring a Learning Design Specialist. This role involves supporting the Head of Experience and Education by creating, managing, and delivering diverse learning programs within the company's LMS, impacting business KPIs and client experiences. The specialist collaborates cross-functionally to design engaging course content and training materials for various learning modalities. 

Highlights 
  • Design high-quality, engaging courses for LMS.
  • Work with subject matter experts to identify learning needs.
  • Utilize digital learning tools and design software like Articulate, Canva, and Adobe suite.
  • Requires a bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years of experience in instructional design.
  • Salary range: $60,000.00-$80,000.00.
  • Includes Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K, Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
  • Unlimited Discretionary Time Off and 10 Paid Company Holidays.
  • Experience analyzing and developing training content essential.
  • Skills in simplifying complex content and time management imperative.

Learning Design Specialist Full Description

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About The Role

The RealReal is seeking a Learning Design Specialist to support the Head of Experience and Education in infusing a culture of learning and transforming the employee experience within Sales, Retail, and Operations. The creative, yet organized and disciplined, individual will support the team in creating self-paced, instructor-led, digital and micro learnings within TRR’s LMS.

This role is highly cross-functional, working closely with various business functions, levels, and priorities to deliver training content that directly impacts business KPIs and client experience. If you enjoy creating, designing, and managing projects in a while moving fast and collaborating without ego, please keep reading.

What You Get To Do Everyday

  • Partner with cross-functional trainers to understand business needs and projects in need of training
  • Work with subject matter experts to identify specific learning needs of teams
  • Work with Education x Experience team leaders to develop learning programs and create content most applicable to the program execution (ie digital, facilitator-led, self-paced, etc)
  • Act as lead designer to build high-quality, engaging courses within LMS for various learning modalities
  • Work to project plans, including timelines for discovery, design, and execution
  • Develop train-the-trainer materials to prepare facilitators and coaches to lead effective trainings
  • Create simple, easy-to-use, and relevant trainings while thinking holistically about the client and learner experience
  • Utilize variety of digital learning tools, design programs, and evaluation methods to apply in LMS.

What You Bring To The Role

  • Requires a bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years of instructional systems design experience on projects involving adult learning audiences 
  • Experience analyzing, building and assessing asynchronous and synchronous virtual, facilitated and self-paced training
  • Experience as a solo or lead content developer or instructional designer 
  • Experience working with course authoring tools (Articulate suite, Canva, Adobe suite, etc)
  • Proven ability to write effective copy, instructional text, storyboards, and audio/video scripts
  • Ability to create simple, branded visual assets using graphic and video design tools
  • Must have strong time management skills with ability to work independently, prioritizing daily tasks and deadlines
  • Strong attention to detail with ability to simplify complex content required
  • Experience in Excel, Sheets to review and analyze training results & data
  • Virtual or in-person facilitation skills a plus
  • Applicants will be asked to provide a portfolio of previous Learning Design work

Compensation, Benefits, + Perks

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • 401K with Company Match
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Unlimited Discretionary Time Off (DTO)* and 10 Paid Company Holidays
  • * Unlimited DTO with Manager approval

The expected salary range for this role is $60,000.00-$80,000.00. To determine starting pay we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal parity. Additionally, salary is just one component of TRR’s total rewards package. Depending on role, employees may also be eligible for a bonus program, incentive pay and benefits.

The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with 37 million members. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. We have hundreds of in-house gemologists, horologists, and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art, and home—in support of the circular economy. We make selling effortless with free virtual appointments, in-home pickup, drop-off, and direct shipping. We handle all of the work for consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing their items, as well as shipping and customer service.
 
The RealReal is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or Veteran status. We will consider qualified applicants for a position regardless of arrest or conviction records. At TRR, People Come First. That’s why diversity and inclusion are vital to our priorities as an equal opportunity employer. You can read about our Diversity Equity and Inclusion program here.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.