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Peterson Technology Partners · 14 hours ago

Instructional Designer (Learning Design)

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$50/hr - $50/hr

Peterson Technology Partners is seeking an experienced Learning Designer to support the design and delivery of onboarding and training programs for their franchise hotel portfolio. This role involves translating business priorities into engaging learning experiences and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure effective learning outcomes.

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Responsibilities

Partner with internal stakeholders, subject matter experts, and operational leaders to co-design a learning program, from concept through delivery

Translate business goals, operational realities, and leadership expectations into clear learning outcomes, curricula, and learning journeys

Design engaging, adult-learning-centered experiences that balance leadership capability development with real-world hotel operations

Develop high-quality instructional assets, including facilitator guides, participant materials, digital content, and on-the-job learning tools

Apply sound instructional design and learning science principles to create practical, scalable, and performance-based learning experiences

Iterate on designs based on stakeholder feedback, learner insights, and pilot results

Ensure learning content aligns with brand standards, organizational culture, and existing learning frameworks

Contribute thought partnership by identifying opportunities to improve learning effectiveness learning engagement and on-property application

Manage work effectively within limited-term project timelines and budgets, contributing to outcome-driven results while meeting agreed-upon milestones and deliverables

Working knowledge of learning management systems (LMS), including structuring courses, uploading content, and supporting learner navigation

Experience designing learning solutions with LMS capabilities and constraints in mind

Ability to collaborate with LMS administrators or technical partners to ensure effective implementation of learning designs

Serve as a primary point of coordination between learning stakeholders, subject matter experts, and delivery partners throughout the design and development process

Facilitate working sessions, design reviews, and checkpoints to align on learning objectives, content direction and delivery approach

Communicate progress, risks, dependencies clearly and proactively to project partners and sponsors

Incorporate feedback efficiently while maintaining design integrity and alignment to agreed-upon learning objectives

Maintain clear documentation of design decisions, timelines, and deliverables to support transparency and continuity

Qualification

Learning DesignInstructional DesignCurriculum DesignAdult Learning PrinciplesLearning Management SystemsStakeholder EngagementProject ManagementCollaboration SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

Proven experience as a learning design, instructional designer, or learning experience designer, with a portfolio of end-to-end program design work

Demonstrated ability to design adult learning experiences that are practical, engaging, and performance-focused

Experience partnering with subject matter experts and business stakeholders to translate complex content into clear learning outcomes and solutions

Strong instructional design skills including curriculum design, learning journey mapping, and development of facilitator-led and blended learning assets

Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, with the ability to make progress with incomplete inputs

Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a clear point of view and partnership mindset

Ability to manage work independently within a limited term-milestone driven engagement