Instructional Designer - Product Training

Overview

Job Title: Instructional Designer - Product Training (Contract)

Position Type: Contract (Through end of the year, with high potential for extension and/or permanent conversion)

Work Mode: Hybrid / Onsite (4 days onsite per week, Monday-Thursday preferred)

Location: Kohler, WI area

Experience Level: Mid-level (~2 years of experience)

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a dynamic, innovative, and highly organized Instructional Designer to elevate our product training and digital learning initiatives. Joining an industry-leading global brand, you won't just be creating text-heavy corporate slideshows-you will build high-energy, visually compelling, 10-minute micro-learning modules that bridge the gap between technical product specifications and customer-facing teams.

This role sits at the intersection of traditional adult learning design and modern content creation. You will leverage cutting-edge AI video generators, translation software, and rapid development tools to launch 1-2 premium modules per month, ensuring our internal showroom staff and external vendor network are fully equipped for global product launches.

Specific Responsibilities

• Rapid Module Production: Design and develop 1-2 short-form (10-minute) micro-learning modules per month specifically supporting upcoming product launches and technical line updates.
• Content Elevation: Review, declutter, and revamp existing product training content, transforming dense installation and manufacturing instructions into clean, accessible, and interactive media.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with busy Product Managers, Category Experts, and Showroom Teams to conduct needs assessments and extract technical data.
• Tech-Driven Content Scale: Utilize AI avatar video generation (Synthesia) and Articulate-native AI tools to accelerate content creation and localize training materials for a massive global audience.
• Asset & Analytics Management: Maintain, audit, and clean the division's SharePoint sites. Build tracking metrics and feedback forms using Microsoft Forms to monitor who is being assigned modules and analyze learner performance.
• Event & Travel Support: Provide lightweight administrative and project support for customer events, executive trips, and calendar coordination as related to regional training programs.

Skills & Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Education, Communication, or a related field.
• Experience: Approximately 2+ years of dedicated experience creating e-learning content, ideally in a fast-paced product, consumer goods, or manufacturing environment.
• The Tech Stack:

  • Expertise in Articulate 360 (Storyline and Rise) and advanced PowerPoint.

  • Proficiency across Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, and Microsoft Forms).
  • Experience with or strong desire to learn modern visual tools like Canva and AI video/avatar generation software (e.g., Synthesia).
• Speed & Agility: A true self-starter who operates with a high sense of urgency, comfortably juggling multiple moving deadlines without sacrificing an eagle-eye attention to detail.
• High Sociability: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; comfortable reaching out to diverse stakeholders and maintaining a highly collaborative, positive attitude.
• Growth Mindset: A continual learner with an innate desire to build, track, manage, and eventually lead training workflows.

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