Learning Content Developer

Mindlance; Davenport (IA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance seeks a contingent Learning Content Developer to create and maintain learning content for dealer, customer, and employee audiences. Working with SMEs and following ADDIE, you will turn designs into complete assets and paths.

You will lead development, production coordination, platform implementation, and ongoing content maintenance to ensure high-quality learner experiences across enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in learning and development or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience developing learning content from approved design, outline, or storyboard through publication.
• Ability to collaborate with technical subject matter experts and meet 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.

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 accuracy.
• Coordinate drafting, production, reviews, approvals, timelines, and handoffs across 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 platforms.
• Manage source files, versions, feedback, approvals, templates, and release documents.
• Perform quality assurance for functionality, formatting, accessibility, technical accuracy, and learner experience.
• Coordinate launch activities, content updates, translation, localization, and multimedia production.
• Track project status, risks, decisions, and inputs; communicate issues impacting delivery.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Content production

Organization

Quality assurance

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in learning and development, communications, technical writing, education, project management, or a related field

Tools

Learning platforms

Content management systems

Articulate 360

Adobe Captivate

Job description

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.
• This is a contingent position supporting a training organization.
• No driving is required for this role.
• Local candidates are preferred. Applicants should include their city and state on their résumé.

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.