What are the responsibilities and job description for the Learning Designer (Remote/ Part Time) position at Cengage Group?
We believe in the power and joy of learning
At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Cengage Work helps learners gain the skills they need to succeed in today’s job market. Through flexible, affordable online courses and career-focused training programs, Cengage Work supports individuals, institutions and employers in preparing for high-demand fields like allied health, cybersecurity, manufacturing, skilled trades and beauty education.
With partnerships across thousands of institutions and a leading position in career and technical education, the business expands access to non-degree credentials and delivers practical, job-ready outcomes for learners at every stage of their career journey. To date, Cengage Work has helped millions of learners gain employable skills, complete required trainings and pursue new career paths.
Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery
Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/
What You'll Do Here
We are looking for a highly motivated and meticulous Learning Designer to join our fast-paced Catalog Quality team. This role is outstanding in its opportunity to influence the future of digital learning by closely aligning content strategy with product strategy to keep courses updated for both current and future learners. You will create and effectively implement innovative enhancements and repairs to ensure our catalog is filled with premier educational products that meet the highest standards.
Key Responsibilities
Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com.
About Cengage Group
Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Compensation
At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.
The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.
$3,000.00 - $4,775.00 USD
At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Cengage Work helps learners gain the skills they need to succeed in today’s job market. Through flexible, affordable online courses and career-focused training programs, Cengage Work supports individuals, institutions and employers in preparing for high-demand fields like allied health, cybersecurity, manufacturing, skilled trades and beauty education.
With partnerships across thousands of institutions and a leading position in career and technical education, the business expands access to non-degree credentials and delivers practical, job-ready outcomes for learners at every stage of their career journey. To date, Cengage Work has helped millions of learners gain employable skills, complete required trainings and pursue new career paths.
Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery
Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/
What You'll Do Here
We are looking for a highly motivated and meticulous Learning Designer to join our fast-paced Catalog Quality team. This role is outstanding in its opportunity to influence the future of digital learning by closely aligning content strategy with product strategy to keep courses updated for both current and future learners. You will create and effectively implement innovative enhancements and repairs to ensure our catalog is filled with premier educational products that meet the highest standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze how updates to content, materials, and assessments impact the experience for both Learners and Instructors to develop clear Learning Design Plans to implement repairs and enhancements that align with Cengage standards and the Product Strategy Document.
- Implement learning improvements to curricula and content in collaboration with the Product and Content teams.
- Work closely with SMEs, Content Project Managers, Portfolio Managers, and other collaborators to develop top-notch products.
- Ensure course updates are completed on time and within budget.
- Stay current on digital learning, learning science, and pedagogical trends.
- Advocate for learning within the team, driving continuous improvement in curriculum development standards and learner outcomes.
- Measure and evaluate the learning experience, collecting and analyzing metrics to provide insights.
- Ensure meticulous quality control standards are in place and accomplished flawlessly.
- Resolve content-related support issues quickly and systematically.
- Proven ability to build engaging learning activities, instructional development, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of Backward Design, pedagogical principles and learning science.
- Excellent project management and organizational skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to problem-solve and implement detailed repairs and enhancements.
- Experience with e-learning authoring tools and platforms.
- Master’s level education or professional training program in education, instructional composition, educational technologies, or related fields.
- Experience working directly with programming code languages (e.g. HTML5, CSS)
Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com.
About Cengage Group
Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Compensation
At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.
The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.
$3,000.00 - $4,775.00 USD
Salary : $3,000 - $4,775
