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Tential Solutions · 11 hours ago

Instructional Designer

Rockville, MD

Contract

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Tential Solutions is a leading Financial Services organization seeking an Instructional Designer to update training materials critical to regulatory effectiveness. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure staff receive accurate training that enhances regulatory capability.

Human ResourcesInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Develop training materials that deliver current, accurate content supporting staff learning outcomes

Modernize training formats to enable easy updates and align with enterprise training governance standards and best practices

Training Program Support: Ensure training readiness for the launch of the College of Examinations (COE) and College of Risk Monitoring (CORM) programs scheduled for July 2026

Organizational Alignment: Update course content to reflect FINRA’s new organizational structure and current regulatory processes, ensuring training supports rather than weakens regulatory capability

Regulatory Compliance: Address high-risk training content related to SEC oversight requests, ensuring all materials meet regulatory standards and expectations

Follow established e-learning design and development standards and guidelines

Collaborate with other training team members and subject matter experts to develop course content

Design new microlearning courses and learning experiences

Create e-learning activities that provide practical learning applications and enhance retention

Apply knowledge of copyright and intellectual property guidelines for e-learning

Partner with course developers to design AI-optimized e-learning courses that deliver compelling learning experiences and outcomes

Create multimedia, visual/graphic design, and interactive course solutions

Support audio production, produce videos, and edit audio/video for course development

Performing quality assurance (QA) and testing of courses prior to their release

Collaborate with LMS administrator on testing, publishing, and launching of courses on the LMS

Building cross-functional partnerships and working with all project stakeholders

Continually evaluate feedback and work to ensure all instructional materials are consistent and uphold instructional design best practices

Qualification

Instructional Design certificationE-learning development softwareADDIE modelArticulate 360 suiteCamtasiaAdobe Creative SuiteMicrolearningCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsCollaboration skills

Required

Instructional Design certification or equivalent experience

Bachelors degree required

Expertise with training authoring software: Articulate 360 suite, Camtasia, and Adobe Creative Suite

At least 3 years' experience in an Instructional Design, e-learning Development, or Corporate Training role

Expertise with evolving learning/training strategies such as microlearning and training on-demand

Experience creating training for computer software in a just-in-time delivery format

Experience with the ADDIE model for creating effective training deliverables

Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary internal teams including graphic designers, subject matter experts, and leadership

Ability to effectively manage multiple projects at the same time, prioritize tasks, identify and mitigate risks, and meet tight deadlines while still maintaining high-quality work