Learning Content Developer

VIVA USA Inc; Davenport (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VIVA USA Inc. is seeking a Learning Content Developer to create, coordinate, and maintain learning content for dealer, customer, and employee audiences. You will turn approved concepts into complete assets and learning paths in collaboration with subject matter experts.

The role emphasizes ADDIE-driven analysis/design, production coordination, platform implementation, and ongoing content maintenance across enterprise learning platforms. Strong writing and QA skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in related field or relevant experience.
• Experience turning approved designs/outlines/storyboards into publishable learning content.
• Collaborating with SMEs to validate technical accuracy and meet deadlines.
• Strong writing, editing, and quality-assurance skills for learning materials.
• Hands-on experience with learning platforms or CMS/DAM/digital authoring tools.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear learning assets for varied audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and working within an established learning strategy.

Responsibilities

• Develop learning assets from approved designs, outlines, and storyboards.
• Partner with SMEs to gather source material and validate technical accuracy.
• Coordinate drafting, production, reviews, approvals, timelines, and handoffs across projects.
• Create digital course content, instructor-led materials, facilitator guides, resources, and knowledge checks.
• Build and maintain content within enterprise learning platforms; manage versions and releases.
• Perform QA for functionality, accessibility, and learner experience.
• Coordinate translations, localization, and multimedia production as needed.
• Track project status and communicate issues affecting delivery.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Content production

Organization

Quality assurance

CMS/LMS

Digital authoring tools

Independent work

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Learning platforms

Content management systems

Digital authoring tools

Job description

Learning Content Developer

Role Overview

We are seeking a contingent Learning Content Developer to develop, coordinate, implement, and maintain learning content for dealer, customer, and employee audiences. Working from strategies and designs established by the instructional designer, this role will partner with subject matter experts to turn approved concepts, outlines, and storyboards into complete learning assets and learning paths.

The instructional designer will lead the analysis and design phases of ADDIE. This role will focus on development, production coordination, platform implementation, launch support, and ongoing content maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop learning assets from approved designs, outlines, storyboards, and content specifications.
• Partner with subject matter experts to gather source material, close content gaps, and validate technical accuracy.
• Coordinate drafting, production, stakeholder reviews, approvals, timelines, and handoffs across multiple projects.
• Create digital course content, instructor-led materials, facilitator guides, participant resources, job aids, and knowledge checks.
• Build, upload, configure, test, publish, and maintain content and learning paths within enterprise learning platforms.
• Manage source files, versions, feedback, approvals, templates, and release documentation.
• Perform quality assurance for functionality, formatting, accessibility, technical accuracy, and learner experience.
• Coordinate launch activities, content updates, translation, localization, and multimedia production as needed.
• Track project status, risks, decisions, and outstanding inputs; communicate issues that may affect delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in learning and development, communications, technical writing, education, project management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience developing and implementing learning content from an approved design, outline, or storyboard through publication.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical subject matter experts and manage reviews, approvals, and deadlines.
• Strong writing, editing, content-production, organization, and quality-assurance skills.
• Hands-on experience with learning platforms, content management systems, or digital authoring tools.
• Ability to translate complex source material into clear learning assets for varied audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and the ability to work independently within an established learning strategy and design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience producing technical, product, dealer, customer, or employee training for a field-based or distributed organization.
• Working knowledge of adult-learning principles and ADDIE, with emphasis on development and implementation.
• Graphic design and visual communication skills, with experience creating engaging, brand-aligned learning materials using Photoshop or similar tools
• Experience with web-based and instructor-led learning, enterprise learning platforms, and authoring tools such as Articulate 360 or Adobe Captivate.
• Experience supporting accessibility, translation, localization, multimedia production, learning operations, or technical communications.

Notes

1st shift 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM OT hours may be required by client.

Equal Opportunity Statement

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status