Instructional Designer

GM Financial Group - Fort Worth, TX

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - Fort Worth, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Instructional Designer at GM Financial is responsible for supporting the organization's learning needs by determining effective instructional strategies for training design, development, and delivery. This role involves creating and maintaining content for various learning projects, coordinating with internal departments to ensure consistency in training materials, and collaborating with subject matter experts to gather necessary information for training development.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain content for learning projects
• Design, develop, and deploy technology-based training that is delivered online, facilitator-led, or in a combination of both
• Attend project meetings and collaborate with subject matter experts to define the training approach
• Stay current on instructional design theory and strategies
• Utilize appropriate tools for developing technology-based training courseware
• Attend continuing education courses to remain updated on training technologies and methods
• Establish and meet time-bound deliverables
• Conduct periodic instructional design reviews of learning deliverables during development and after delivery
• Perform other duties as assigned, conforming to all company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of the financial industry and understanding of GM Financial's core business functions
• Proficiency in Instructional Design theories
• Experience with development methodologies like ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in developing technology-based training courseware
• Proficiency in learning development software, including Adobe Captivate
• Experience with on-demand, just-in-time delivery
• Ability to accommodate different learning styles and account for learner modality preferences in design
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, Macromedia Authorware, and Macromedia Dreamweaver is a plus
• 0-2 years prior experience in planning, managing, developing, and delivering documentation projects
• 2-3 years of experience developing online and paper-based training courseware and documentation preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Technical Communications, Journalism, English, or a related field or equivalent work experience preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in Flashform is a plus
• Experience with development methodologies like ADDIE is desirable.

Benefits

• 401K matching
• Bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid)
• Tuition assistance
• Training
• GM employee auto discount
• Community service pay
• Nine company holidays