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Marriott Vacations Worldwide

Manager Instructional Designer

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Orlando, FL

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Instructional Design

🗓️ February 9th, 2025

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Edtech.com's Summary

Marriott Vacations Worldwide is hiring a Manager Instructional Designer. The role involves designing, developing, and implementing various training materials like instructor-led training, web-based training, and eLearning deliverables. The candidate will work directly with subject matter experts to analyze business needs and transform them into comprehensive training solutions. 

Highlights 
  • Design and develop training materials for leadership, sales, and marketing topics.
  • Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite and tools like Acrobat, Dreamweaver, and HTML/DHTML.
  • Bachelor's degree in education-related fields; advanced degree and 4+ years of experience preferred.
  • Experience in storyboarding and authoring for Web-based training and eLearning.
  • Opportunities to mentor junior associates and lead project teams.
  • Stay updated with cutting-edge training technologies.
  • Willingness to travel up to 25% and work overtime if necessary.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required.
  • Knowledge of LMS/LCMS platforms like Cornerstone OnDemand is advantageous.

Manager Instructional Designer Full Description

Manager Instructional Designer
Orlando, FL
Full time

**Remote Work Location May Be Considered**

Job Summary
Design, develop, and implement training deliverables including instructor-led training materials (ILT), web-based training (WBT), eLearning deliverables, quick reference guides, job aids, and other performance support aids.  Work directly with customers/participants, senior subject matter experts, and detailed policies and methods & procedures documentation to analyze business needs and translate them into training deliverables and services focused on leadership, sales and marketing topics.

Responsibilities
  • Analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate training deliverables and services in accordance with project guidelines in a highly independent manner.
  • Resolve problems with training deliverables and services and make any necessary modifications.
  • Build relationships with senior subject matter experts and customers/participants to determine business requirements for training deliverables and services.
  • Design and develop deliverables in a manner that optimizes readiness for customization, translation and/or localization.
  • Contribute to, and at times lead, planning and developing project plans, and adhering to those guidelines.
  • Mentor more junior instructional design associates and lead project teams.
  • Facilitate instructor-led training, as necessary.
  • Coordinate training logistics, for example, facility setup.
  • Lead development of, maintain, and utilize strategies, methods, and procedures that optimize the ability to develop and deploy training deliverables via LMS and LCMS platforms.
  • Stay abreast of cutting edge technologies for producing and providing training deliverables and services, and mentor more junior associates.
  • Lead the development of standards and guidelines for style and content of training deliverables and adhere to those standards.
  • Demonstrate strong communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.

Specific Candidate Profile 
Education/Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Technical Communications, Education, Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, Educational Psychology, or related discipline. Advanced degree in Instructional Technology/Design highly desirable.
  • 4+ years’ experience in professional development training environment applying instructional design principles in a cross-functional, geographically distributed, team environment.
  • 4+ years instructional design, development, and implementation experience using tools such as Acrobat, Dreamweaver, HTML/DHTML, and/or Java Script. Advanced skills using basic tools such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Snagit.
  • 4+ years of experience storyboarding and authoring Web-based training lessons and/or eLearning deliverables.  Experience converting ILT to WBT, or creating blended learning, as part of this experience is highly desirable.
  • Experience facilitating instructor-led professional development training for senior customer/internal audiences highly desirable.
  • Timeshare experience desirable.
  • Video production experience highly desirable.
  • Project management experience desirable.
  • Team lead experience desirable.

Technical Skills
  • Graphics design and development skills desirable (Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand, etc.).
  • Must have Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, Acrobat, InDesign) and Adobe Captivate
  • Preferred Candidates will also have experience with Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Audition, Dreamweaver and Muse)
  • Highly skilled in analyzing and defining customer/participant requirements.
  • Highly skilled in analyzing, designing, developing, testing, implementing, and maintaining training deliverables and services.
  • Team player qualities with desire to meet user needs in a cross-functional and distributed development environment.
  • Ability to work with a diverse group of people, be open to the ideas of others, and change directions quickly if necessary for project success; highly conceptual, out-of-box thinking.
  • Knowledgeable of and experienced with utilizing Cornerstone OnDemand or other LMS or LCMS platforms. Strong appreciation for customers – how they think and like to work.
  • Excellent interpersonal and written communications skills.
  • Must represent MVCI in a professional manner.
  • Willingness and ability to travel domestically and/or internationally, when and if necessary, up to 25%.
  • Willingness and ability to work overtime hours to meet aggressive schedules.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.