Instructional Designer

Bonus Eligible

401(k) Company Matching

Employee Stock Purchase Program

What’s the best place we’ve ever built? The place where we work. At Home Depot, our goal is to provide the highest level of service, the broadest selection of products, and the most competitive prices. As the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, we operate more than 2,200 retail stores across North America. And each of our associates are focused one thing — helping our customers build and improve their homes, businesses, and ultimately their lives.

The Instructional Designer (ID) applies instructional design and adult learning principles and strategies to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional courses, assessments, job aids, and other learning deliverables for associates in all areas of The Home Depot's operations. The ID creates deliverables for all phases of the course creation lifecycle including analysis documents, design documents, storyboards, and final learning deliverables that align to the overall business goals. The ID also collaborates effectively with peers, leaders, and business partners to translate business requirements into learning requirements and project scope, build learning solutions that align to desired outcomes, and ensure learning deliverables meet and exceed The Home Depot's quality standards.

60% Create learning objectives, design documents, storyboards, and other learning design deliverables. Develop learning solutions using project-based templates. Test and debug deliverables for quality assurance. Ensure leaning solutions align with desired outcomes.

10% Partner with Learning Strategy Senior Managers on confirming needs analysis and instructional strategy

10% Know standard eLearning development tools and software (Articulate Storyline and Presenter, Adobe Captivate).

10% Proactively communicate task and project status to client group and management

10% Assist in the interviewing, selection, and onboarding of contractors and associates

This position reports to Manager of Learning.

This position has 0 direct reports.

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Must be eighteen years of age or older.

Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Master's or Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, HR Development, Organizational Development, I/O Psychology or related field preferred (or equivalent Home Depot experience)

Experience in education or learning field, or similar work experience

Experience creating training deliverables for retail organizations

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.

No additional education

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No additional years of experience

Proficient knowledge of instructional design and adult learning theories

Proficiency with software including Microsoft Office and standard eLearning development tools

Basic knowledge of project management principles and MS Project

Excellent written communication skills

Excellent interpersonal skills