Specialist Learning Designer

Job Responsibility:

Requisition ID: 187708 Career Group: Corporate Office Careers Job Category: HR Learning and Development Travel Requirements: 0 - 10% Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA) Province: Ontario; Québec City: Mississauga, Montréal-Nord Location: Tahoe Office, Bureau de Montréal-Nord

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada's Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families. A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys Inc. is full of exciting opportunities, and we are looking for the best talent to join our team! We have a full-time position for a bilingual Learning Specialist Designer, reporting to the Manager of Learning & Skills Development Experience. The incumbent will be responsible for working with the business function leads for intake and needs assessment, the design and development of a variety of micro-learning; asynchronous and synchronous training; ILT/VILT; visual design of creative digital training assets; video based learning etc.

Here's where you'll be focusing:

• Liaise and partner with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), business leads and project teams across the business function areas to analyze, identify learning needs and ensure learning assets meet business requirements
• Communicate training solution recommendations and technicalities to teammates, leaders, and projects teams by providing learning briefs, visual design concepts boards, prototypes, and blueprints
• Leverage a data drive approach to propose the appropriate training solution that enhances the learner user experience (UX), allows learners to learn in the flow of work and complies with learning and design standards
• Create high-level training design and development plans outlining work effort, training modalities and strategic approaches to solving training needs for stakeholders
• Create compelling course content, storyboards and scripts that enhances and builds skill development and knowledge retention for teammates across different business function areas
• Design and develop engaging learning activities and consumer grade quality learning assets utilizing a variety of authoring tools and software
• Develop rapid development prototypes that brings a mobile responsive approach to design
• Create video content using common video authoring tools like Adobe Premiere, After Effects or other similar tools. Knowledge and experience with pre/post video production and editing is an asset
• Develop post training assets to drive behavioral change, improved performance, and business outcomes and manage training sustainment activities when required
• Supports the team with resources and contributes valuable insight to meetings through shared experiences that build skills and capabilities
• Evaluate and monitor the effectiveness, learning experience and business impact of assigned initiatives
• Stay current with learning-oriented technology trends and innovations to create high quality learning assets that enhance the learning experience for diverse groups of learners

What you have to offer:

• Fluent in both English and French languages (spoken and written) The candidate will be expected to work with peers in other provinces in the development and implementation of tools and processes across Canada, as well as provide support to Sobeys employees across Canada
• 3-5+ years of work experience in a relevant field, such as instructional design, graphic and multimedia design, content creation, video editing and/or art direction
• Demonstrated experience as an Instructional Designer or multimedia developer for education and learning solutions
• Certified Training & Development Professional (CTDP) or equivalent accreditation in instructional design, educational technology (preferred but not mandatory)
• Familiarity with and knowledge of learning and development (L&D) principles and methodologies
• Proven track-record of creating compelling multimedia content and collateral that grabs attention and connects, motivates, and inspires learners
• Proven video pre- and post-production and editing skills
• Exceptional and strong content writing and editing skills
• Creative and visual design experience a plus
• Effective communication and collaboration skills is necessary
• Proven experience in managing multiple training projects and work priorities simultaneously
• Utilize basic project management skills to deliver consumer grade quality outputs
• Intermediate level experience with Microsoft Office Applications including Teams, and SharePoint
• Intermediate level and proficiency in producing learning assets with digital media and audio
• Knowledge and experience in the following authoring tools: Articulate Storyline, Rise, Camtasia, Vyond, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Adobe After Affects, Adobe Premiere and other photo/video management systems

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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.

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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.