1099 Instructional Designers - Performance Development Group

About PDG

Performance Development Group (PDG) is an award-winning, global leader helping Life Sciences companies improve business results through improving sales performance. Recognized as a premier company in our field, we provide collaborative advisory services and innovative sales performance solutions that help our clients to exceed their business goals.

Here at PDG, we complement our learning and creative teams with professional consultants who help us to scale effortlessly, optimize creativity and deliver award-winning learning programs. Our network of consultants loves to work with us and here are some of the reasons why they find a relationship with PDG to be so valuable to them:

• Variety is the spice of life: PDG's wide variety of learning projects gives you the opportunity to be a part of the design and development of award-winning programs that help to move the needle on employee performance while enhancing your experience and skills
• Focus on what you do so well: We have a superstar team of salespeople who work with some of the most exciting companies in the world. We handle all the business development, scoping, and proposal writing so you can focus on doing what you enjoy doing the most.
• The devil is in the details: We contract with the clients and handle all the logistics, absorbing the risk so you don't have to worry about a thing. We also provide a wide array of tools and templates to make gigs easier for you while you work with us. Our team will make sure that you are set up for success with our thorough onboarding program and consultant toolkit.
• We show you the money!!: PDG pays a generous hourly rate, and your invoices are paid on time regardless of when our clients pay us.
• We are just nice: When we ask our professional consultants what they like best about working with PDG, we always hear that our team is super friendly, and we treat our consultants like part of the family which they don't find in their other clients.

PDG is looking for 1099 Instructional Designers to join our network of talent to support PDG's ongoing needs. The work to be performed will be on a project basis and will be paid on 1099. Travel may be required from time to time for client meetings. This job posting is to attract pipeline candidates only and not for a specific need.

The process PDG uses for hiring 1099 Contractors for this role includes the following:

• Resume review
• Talent Acquisition screening
• Signature of Non-Disclosure Agreement
• Review of professional portfolio or work samples
• Hiring Manager interview
• Solution Design Challenge Presentation (for Solution Design Leads)

Position Summary

The Instructional Designer is responsible for the design of learning solutions across all modalities that meet learning objectives and improve performance.

As the voice of overall program design, the Instructional Designer keeps the learning journey consistent and connected across experiences and translates design concepts to detailed design as a buildable plan.

The Instructional Designer ensures that custom business performance solutions deliver high-quality engaging and effective learning, aligned with our client's business needs, priorities, and organizational goals by:

• Performing instructional design as an individual Instructional Designer or as a lead, guiding other Instructional Designers using the ADDIE or other iterative/agile models.
• Supporting the Solution Architect in program design.
• Owning the transition of work from the Solution Architect to the project team.
• Partnering with an Engagement Manager (EM), who oversees and manages the project.

Responsibilities

The Instructional Designer will:

• Present solution concepts / detailed designs to senior-level business owners and L&D stakeholders, representing the voice of instructional design applied to improving business performance
• Develop strong relationships with clients and client project teams
• If leading design, direct the team of Instructional Designers to complete the engagement, including:
  • Applying instructional design approaches and PDG's solutions frameworks to design and deliver programs that create measurable business impact
  • Lead brainstorming at the appropriate points of the project lifecycle
  • Defining and articulating the learning journey
  • Overseeing the quality work completed by the employee and contract Instructional Designers
  • Partnering with other Leads, such as the Media & Interactions Lead, at the project and/or account level
• Perform the design function either as a member of a team or as a single designer when working on a project as the Lead Learning Experience Designer:
  • Assess client needs to determine appropriate performance interventions
  • Author and create instructional strategies based on the client's need
  • Create training content using custom storyboard templates
  • Provide instructional design support to all members of the internal and client-facing team
  • Develop alliances and working relationships with subject matter experts
  • Work cross-functionally with creative and technical departments to build client solutions
  • Develop and participate in system and user acceptance testing
  • Ensure content accuracy and appropriateness, and provide quality control editorial support

Education and Professional Experience

The Instructional Designer has:

• A Bachelor Degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Systems Design, English, Journalism, Business Administration, or other related disciplines
• 3+ years' experience in instructional design, instructional technology, or training and corporate education
• 3+ years' experience working in a client-facing role
• 1+ years' experience working in a consulting environment
• A strong understanding of Learning Experience Design (LxD)
• A strong understanding of visual design, including strong PPT skills
• Experience working in the life sciences industries (pharma, biotech, or medical device) industries and/or experience designing sales performance solutions is required.