Instructional Designer

About the Company

It is a leading mid‐market investment bank with strong practices around M&A, PE, Capital Markets, Institutional Equities, Wealth Management, Insurance Broking, and Portfolio Management Services. We pride ourselves in being a trusted Investment bank servicing customers with the best results in advisory in their investments, the best corporates for their growth & capital need, and families in managing their wealth. Led by seasoned bankers, we work with the largest and the most reputed investors.

Location: Ahmedabad

Job Description

• Develop dynamic PowerPoint presentations in the given time frame in an accurate manner with quality. 

• Develop and improve external client templates, and infographic layouts in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. 

• Format designs and transform rough slides /hand-drawn sketches into visually appealing PowerPoint Presentations. 

• Formatting presentations and business-related documents as per the Equirus brand guidelines. 

• Follow creative direction and actively participate in any given deliverable

Requirements

• 1 - 3 years of related experience, Graduate / Postgraduate 

• Microsoft Office expert level - Word, PowerPoint, Excel 

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-based environment with minimal supervision

Job description

Content Developer 

- Develop content strategy aligned with short-term and long-term organizational goals

- Create, manage, and deliver engaging training across multiple mediums and multiple learning styles including: face to face, mobile, on-line, video and via other broad reach vehicles

- Create and ensure the content team uses standardized instructional design and style

- Stay up-to-date with technology and e-learning developments and generate new ideas to draw targeted customers attention

- Produce Courses on time and on budget and align those programs with an overall learning outcomes strategy

- Work with SMEs to Identify customer needs and pain points

- Offer training solutions by conducting needs assessment and design appropriate programs to train or retrain personnel

- Utilize authoring tools in E-Learning Technology to build E-Learning courses

 Software Knowledge:

Photoshop CC, Adobe Captivate 9, Adobe Audition, Articulate Storyline 360, Adobe Creative Cloud

• Exceptional writing and communication skills
• Proficient in G-suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides)
• Will be closely working with Engineering Manager.
• Organize, schedule, and prepare for meetings, including gathering documents and attending to the requirement of meetings.
• Ability to understand organizational workflows and processes.
• Transcribe source material, prepare documents, reports, tables, and charts; distribute as appropriate.
• Maintain confidential and sensitive information.
• Attend meetings and take notes of discussions; prepare the initial draft of minutes and summaries.
• Complete various special projects including creating PowerPoint presentations, financial spreadsheets, special reports, and agenda material.
• Other additional and/or alternative duties as assigned from time to time, including supporting other departments or Executives as needed.

Job Title – Marketing Manager

Location – Bangalore

Job Type – Permanent

Experience – 2-4 Years

Job Role

• Manage and monitor marketing performance on a daily basis, and maximizing business ROI and goals.
• Manage a portfolio of paid campaigns across different industries for different regions, globally
• Create ideas & deliverable presentations for better execution
• Conceptualize new marketing ideas and campaigns for in-house and clients
• Implement and configure the necessary tracking tools for campaign performance analysis.
• Research and implement marketing strategy to optimize campaigns to meet KPI's, based on market trends & data findings.
• Create Branding Ideas & Solutions based on client requirements
• Working closely with the other team members and departments to meet client goals.

• 2 to 4 years of hands-on experience in marketing
• Data Research & Analysis for new ideas
• Have handled marketing campaigns from scratch
• Strong creative and analytical skills
• Excellent organizational skills and multitasking abilities
• Ability to work independently and with a team to efficiently meet deadlines in a fast-paced working environment
• A keen eye for detail

Instructional Designer (Full time, Permanent WFH, Flexible Timing)

What you will do at Xclaymation:

• Should showcase core competencies in LMS, SCORM and other authoring tools and actively apply them on a day-to-day basis.
• Be on the lookout regularly on how to give the best makeovers to drab information that captivates people and holds them in place for a few seconds more.
• Develop e2e LMS modules from conceptualization to support.
• Attend regular meetings with our clients and understand their needs and specifications to better cater the modules to them.
• Be part of a team that doesn’t believe in managers and hierarchies, but in collaborative functioning and reap the benefits of flex hours.

Skills we are looking for -

• Content developer
• eLearning developer
• Training and development associate
• Articulate Storyline

Responsibilities:

• PowerPoint presentation editing/creation, extensive graphing and charting in Excel, and general desktop publishing duties.
• Help the business development team in preparing collaterals by editing business presentations to make them client ready.
• Follow design and brand standards.
• Improve and revise graphics file as necessary. Good design principles.
• Work with design team to edit educational material.
• Design and edit expert level PowerPoint presentations.
• Use deep knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel and Word.
• Apply creative layout solutions to presentation slides.
• Execute complex and ambiguous edits with minimal direction.
• Support all design decisions with creative, strategic and/or business reasoning.

Mandatory requirements:

• Excellent design skills, and experience with formatting business presentation and documentation
• Team player.
• Preferred experience in Animation, Infographics, and Slide Designing.
• Minimum 1 year of experience of PowerPoint Designing in eLearning content development of educational Industry.

• Well versed in MS Office tools (PowerPoint, Word, Excel & Visio) is of vital importance.
• Having a workable knowledge of Adobe tools is required to work with Photography, Illustrations, etc.
• Should know elements like color theory, typography and layout
• Knowledge of the design principles, document production and print / digital processes.
• Graphics Animations Skill is required

• Typing speed required min 30 WPM in Marathi and English Language.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Review training content and assessments. The review parameters include (but are not limited to) the following:

○ Rewrite the training content wherever necessary to simplify it or to make it more age

appropriate.

○ Create engaging learning activities and provide exercises and activities that enhance

the learning process.

○ Devise modes of assessment, such as tests or quizzes, to measure the effectiveness

of course.

○ Analyze and apply trends and best practices in learning technologies and instructional

design.

○ Suggest instructional enhancements to the content and assessments so the learning

experience is superior.

○ Check if all the training assets follow the instructional guidelines.

○ Work with subject matter experts to identify target audience’s training needs

○ Do a thorough language review.

○ Do a thorough formatting check and fixes.

• Brainstorm with the content developer to storyboard the concepts introduced in a lesson/chapter.
• Create guidelines and templates as and when needed.
• Conduct audits of the live classes to check how the content is getting translated into the actual class experience.
• Give inputs for process improvements.

Skill Set:

1. General:

• In-depth understanding of activity based teaching-learning methods with a strong knowledge of pedagogies to teach 21st Century Skills.
• At least 3-4 years of experience in instructional design and/or content writing.
• Experience in editing documents with an eye for details.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize simultaneous requests, and manage laterally and upwards.
• Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

○ Must demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the 

organization.

1. Technical:

• Understanding of Object-Oriented concepts.
• Basic understanding of core programming concepts with teaching skills will be an asset.
• Good exposure on-
  • Object-Oriented Programming language(s) (preferably JavaScript/Python)
  • Web Technology (HTML/CSS/JavaScript)- Front End Development
  • Block-Based Coding environment like Code.org or Scratch will be a plus
  • Knowledge of RDBMS (MySQL, Airtable, Firebase etc.) will be an added advantage

We are looking for a professional Instructional Designer to act as a bridge between the customer and the development team to translate information between them and drive intelligence into the content development process by taking a solutioning approach. The ID would not only be a part of the course design process but also be involved in storyboarding. The objective is to facilitate end learners in acquiring knowledge, skills and competencies in an effective and appealing manner.

• Content analysis and identify target audience’s training needs
• Work closely with SMEs/Customers to understand concepts
• Apply Instructional design theories, practice and methods
• Analyse and research strategies where necessary
• Develop creative scripts for videos and engaging storyboards for e-learning modules (Courses, Videos, Simulations, Gamified courses, Scenarios, etc), ILTs
• Design interactive learning objects, develop assessments and exercises
• Provide visual guidance and suitable references to developers where necessary
• Ensure that the outputs are developed in accordance with the Storyboards
• Project documentation and vendor coordination
• Brief travel to customer locations as necessary

• Proven working experience in instructional design and storyboarding
• Excellent knowledge of learning theories and instructional design models
• Lesson and curriculum planning skills
• Advanced User of Microsoft Office – Word, PowerPoint, Excel – for storyboarding
• Understanding on the working of HTML5, Articulate, Flash, Adobe Suite and any LMS
• Very good communication skills