Jobs at Valenture Institute

Description
The Designer will work with the larger design team to produce design layouts and illustrated scenes and characters for use in online teaching material. The role is highly illustrative and the design will need to be a skilled illustrator. Knowledge of design principles and typography hierarchy are important and the ability to illustrator characters, full scenes, iconography and infographics is a paramount.

Portfolio of work or link to digital portfolio or website must included with CV.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Work with the Head of Design and senior designers to produce course graphics, illustrations and infographics, for secondary education materials that aligns to company identity guidelines.
• Interpret a brief and produce illustrated characters and scenes based on an internal Illustrative style
• Design and layout marketing materials and web designs.
• Generate ideas to portray concepts and advertise products/services where required.
• Increase user friendliness in digital products.

Team responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with team members and effectively share working files.
• Meet individual and team deadlines.
• Work with fellow designs to grow the illustrative CI, styling and group of characters that have been created to date.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Graphic Designer with at least 3 years experience.
• Degree in Design, Visual Arts or related.
• Skilled Illustrator
• Ability to meet deadlines and collaborate effectively across teams.
• Proficient in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of software.
• A good grasp of design and web design best practices
• Must own their own computer and adobe software

Personal Skills & Attributes

• Team Player. Effective collaborator.
• Is able to take initiative as well as self-edit.
• A good manager of their time.

Benefits

• Family member discount for Valenture Institute
• Remote work
• Voluntary savings Programme

Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, your application is considered unsuccessful at this time.

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Description

• The Learning Designer role at the Valenture Institute is primarily responsible for curating, augmenting, creating, and quality assuring secondary school course content and assessments that are suitable for high-touch online delivery. The incumbent will play a vital role in ensuring that the development of content is relevant to the learning cohort, of high quality and; developed within the required timelines and the scope of the project. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Responsibilities:

• Use subject specifications to ensure that content meets the required examination standards, and determine the adequacy or inadequacy of content.
• Conduct planning and analysis per subject area to recommend appropriate design solutions and strategies for online delivery.
• Analyse the characteristics of Valenture’s learning management system (LMS) and emerging technologies and use the unique affordances of these technologies to make design decisions.
• Transfer textbook-based content into a richly augmented format that meets online delivery objectives.
• Develop educational content from scratch, making use of various sources, into a richly augmented format that meets online delivery objectives.
• Research and source appropriate reference materials for the development of courses.
• Work with subject matter experts and collaborate with production specialists to create targeted content in a wide variety of mediums to complement or support the curriculum.
• Design and create targeted continuous assessment strategies that support students in their progression towards their summative examinations.
• Work with project management and various operational stakeholders to ensure that deadlines are adhered to and that project communication takes place in a timely and effective manner.
• Work on evaluation strategies to review the effectiveness of a design strategy, and review content at set intervals as part of Valenture’s approach to continuous improvement.
• Perform auxiliary tasks, including, but not limited to briefing in graphics, and tracking the use of external assets.
• Perform peer reviews across subjects and qualifications, where necessary.
• Contribute to department process improvements.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Education or Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Senior Phase, or related experience in specific subject area
• Experience in the International GCSE and A level curriculum
• Minimum of 3 years teaching experience
• South African Council for Educators (SACE) registration
• Experience teaching International GCSE curriculum beneficial
• Demonstrable experience as a Learning Designer, Instructional Designer, or Curriculum Developer
• Knowledge of digital learning principles and practices

Personal Skills & Attributes:

• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, and build collaborative work relationships
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills
• Ability to learn quickly and to work in a team environment
• Good presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability and flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment and able to prioritise work appropriately

Benefits

• Family member discount for Valenture Institute
• Remote work
• Voluntary savings Programme

Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, your application is considered unsuccessful at this time.