Mission Statement & Values:
The mission of Acelero Learning and Shine Early learning is to design and deliver inclusive, anti-bias, and rigorous approaches to eliminate the gaps between young children’s inherent potential and their achievement in school and life. With our partners, we accelerate child and family outcomes that honor the aspirations and cultures of the communities we serve. Our values: Data-Informed Learning; Transparent & Open Communication; Growth Mindset; Dismantling Inequities; Caring Teams & Communities.
Job Summary:
The Director, Instructional Design and Production is responsible for a combination of project management, establishing best practices, content consolidation, instructional and learning design, and training. The Director must have an eye for design and attention to detail, it is also important that the person know how to organize projects, check for consistency across multiple forms of content, identify ways to consolidate the content in a meaningful and easily accessible way, establish best practices for content production, and create content that is appropriate for the audience. They will collaborate with other members of the Professional Development team and subject-matter experts throughout our company to significantly expand the quantity and quality of training content for the Acelero Learning / Shine Early Learning network. We are looking for an experienced leader who will take the initiative to identify and build solutions throughout the network.
*Note: This is a temporary full-time position that goes through the end of March 2023, which could also lead to a permanent full-time position in the future.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Director, Instructional Design and Production 1
Job Requirements:
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and healthy workplace.
The mission of Acelero Learning and Shine Early learning is to design and deliver inclusive, anti-bias, and rigorous approaches to eliminate the gaps between young children’s inherent potential and their achievement in school and life. With our partners, we accelerate child and family outcomes that honor the aspirations and cultures of the communities we serve. Our values: Data-Informed Learning; Transparent & Open Communication; Growth Mindset; Dismantling Inequities; Caring Teams & Communities.
Job Summary:
The Director, Instructional Design and Production is responsible for a combination of project management, establishing best practices, content consolidation, instructional and learning design, and training. The Director must have an eye for design and attention to detail, it is also important that the person know how to organize projects, check for consistency across multiple forms of content, identify ways to consolidate the content in a meaningful and easily accessible way, establish best practices for content production, and create content that is appropriate for the audience. They will collaborate with other members of the Professional Development team and subject-matter experts throughout our company to significantly expand the quantity and quality of training content for the Acelero Learning / Shine Early Learning network. We are looking for an experienced leader who will take the initiative to identify and build solutions throughout the network.
*Note: This is a temporary full-time position that goes through the end of March 2023, which could also lead to a permanent full-time position in the future.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Creates a content development strategy and manage the day-to-day production requirements and overall production vision for programmatic content
- Collaborates to develop Acelero Learning’s content strategy; work with the various stakeholders across the organization (Professional Development, Human Resources, Education Team, Partners, etc) to identify the current structure of content
- Researches, ideates and creates proposals on ways to organize the content, best practices for content development and production, and content management systems
- Collaborates with subject matter experts to ensure that the curriculum resources and materials are written with digital content development principles in mind
- Develops frameworks to support with the identification and curation of existing high-quality Pre-K content
- Develops a digital asset management and distribution plan to oversee projects related to programmatic content design (professional development, curriculum, family engagement, etc.)
- Oversees content management hub
Director, Instructional Design and Production 1
- Creates programmatic content style guide font and writing styles, cultural references, etc.
- Creates rules for programmatic content nomenclature
- Creates rules for programmatic content storage and sharing rights, etc
- Develops programmatic content production
- Oversees translators for translating content in Spanish
- Creates rules for visual programmatic content
- Tracks progress of content development and ensure timelines are met
- Provides administrative and support (e.g., negotiate complex vendor contracts; manage a budget; collaborate with HR, legal, finance, etc. to build and maintain efficient administrative processes for the content design and production team
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Instructional Design, Learning or in a related area with a certification/coursework in Instructional Design required
- 7+ years of experience integrating educational research and learning science principles into the design of content and curriculum
- Experience identifying and implementing a cross-team content or learning management system
- Experience and knowledge of the early childhood landscape and systems
- Physical exam and background checks are required for this position
- Travel required locally or long-distance up to 10% of the time for work-related meetings and functions
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and healthy workplace.
