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Valenture Institute is a private online high school offering an academically rigorous, socially-rich learning experience that equips students with the skills and courage to drive social change for a sustainable future.
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.
Description
The Senior Learning Designer role at 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 across subjects 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 the relevant subject-level 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 and re-develop content from textbook books, journals, web resources, as well as other related educational resources into a richly augmented format that meets online delivery objectives.
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 quality assurance on Learning Designers’ work across subjects and qualifications.
Line manage, capacitate, and motivate a team of Learning Designers.
Champion a culture of learning among Learning Designers by coordinating and facilitating capacity development workshops.
Contribute to departmental process improvements.
Assist with recruitment and the onboarding of new recruits.
Develop innovative pedagogical and blended online learning approaches in collaboration with the Learning Design Manager and Head of Product
Identify appropriate tools and software to improve the delivery of qualifications on the online learning campus.
Develop course outlines, guidance documents, templates and policies.
Research and resolve content ambiguities based on incomplete or inaccurate information.
Refine learning design quality assurance framework.
Support the Learning Design Manager with day-to-day departmental functions as requested.
Requirements
Personal Skills & Attributes:
A Bachelor's Degree in Education, Project Management, Instructional Design, PGCE or related experience
Proven skills and experience in learning design and the development of student-centred digital learning experiences and resources
Knowledge of digital learning principles and practices, as well as current and future trends in digital technologies
Demonstrated project management skills in the development of digital content for online courses
Exercise discretionary judgment and negotiate for positive outcomes
Ability to spot and communicate risks
Stable internet connection required
Having your own laptop would be an advantage but is not a requirement
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
Comfortable working remotely
Benefits
Family member discount for Valenture Institute
Remote work
Voluntary savings Programme
If you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful at this time.
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