Instructional Designer - Chennai - ElementK

Company Profile: Element K is a leading provider of courseware and e-learning solutions for technology and business skills serving Fortune 1000 companies, schools and universities, government organizations and individuals.

With headquarters in Rochester, New York, Element K employs approximately 1000 people, and provides online and offline corporate training solutions to more than 8,000 clients in 144 countries.

With a 21-year history in computer training, the company is a pioneer in courseware development and e-learning. Today, Element K offers more than 2300 courses in information technology and business skills all based in superior and consistent instructional design. The company's proven training methodologies and wide spectrum of content are delivered through a variety of formats, including self-paced web-based instruction, vLab, remote labs, traditional instructor-led classrooms, anuals, comprehensive reference libraries, professional certifications, technical journals and books, and mentor facilitated and collaborative online learning.

Element K India Pvt. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Element K. Element K India has been created for the purpose of augmenting the multimedia development capacity of the parent company. The offshore development unit in Chennai provides the skills, capabilities and production capacity to allow Element K to respond to growing customer demands for its web-delivered IT training.

Current Opening Details:

Designation: Instructional Designer
Experience: 1 year - 5 years
Industry Type: Software Services
Functional Area: Content / Journalism
Education: UG -
Remuneration: Best in the Industry
Location: Tamil Nadu. - Chennai

Position Purpose:

• Responsible for repurposing existing content for classroombased (Instructorled) and/or eLearning deliveries that adhere to product specific quality (instructional, visual, and style) specifications, timelines, and customers business requirements; participating in analysis and development events, providing support to development team members (GD, CM, MP, MD) as needed throughout each project lifecycle, and evaluating end outputs of product.
• Repurpose existing content for online and classroom delivery.
• Modifying licensed (preexisting) content that may include presentation components, activities, or labs.
• If appropriate, establish software, hardware, and class setup requirements for content.
• Producing screen images as well as providing the graphic designer with draft graphic concepts for illustration development.
• Ensuring content meets project business requirements for both print and online.
• Verify, modify or creation of Data files and examples
• Perform administrative tasks to prepare content for online delivery and downstream tasks
• Consult with BME SME and other team members
• Create Content such as Assessment, Metadata, Introduction and Summaries.
• Actively participate in internal projectrelated events and meetings
• Perform miscellaneous projects as assigned

Key Challenges:

• Aggressive timelines
• Rapid and constant change.
• Working with highly technical content
• Working with limited hardware and software resources
• Collaboration in a team environment
• Receive regular constructive feedback
• Applying Element K's instructional design principles, within the time frames given, and balancing the customers business requirements.
   

Knowledge and Skill:

• Experience in one of the following areas: technical writing, instructional design, curriculum development, teaching, training, information technology, and web development.
• Strong communications skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work with a wide variety of people/positions ranging from client project sponsors/management to development and operational staff.
• Must be a team player
   

Education and Experience:

• Any Graduate
• Minimum 1 year experience in Instructional Design, technical writing, curriculum development, teaching, training.

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