Junior Learning Technologist

Summary

Join FutureLearn as a Junior Learning Technologist - Course Build and contribute to the creation of engaging online courses. You will support colleagues and clients in building courses on FutureLearn and other platforms. This role requires experience in educational technology and online content creation, particularly course building. Success involves managing content assets, creating courses, and ensuring accessibility. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication are essential. The position offers the opportunity to work collaboratively within a diverse team and contribute to a leading online learning platform.

Requirements

• Understand and follow storyboards in order to build quality online content
• Have an eye-for-detail and quality, ensuring that courses are of an exceptional standard
• Experience in what makes good course content, the ability to make decisions in content sign-posting and upload to maintain and enhance the narrative and flow of the course
• Strong organisational-skills, including a proven track record for managing significant numbers of media assets (audio, video, image and text) in line with best practices for course build, along with the ability to quickly prioritise tasks and manage workloads
• Knowledge of, and experience in use of Markdown
• An understanding and passion for accessibility in content creation - you will maintain and champion accessibility standards in course build
• Strong communication-skills, the ability to communicate with colleagues with confidence, clarity, transparency and passion
• A self-motivated, organised attitude and the ability to prioritise intuitively, especially when under pressure, to deliver against conflicting demands
• Inclusive and collaborative in a diverse multi-disciplinary team, working remotely
• Demonstrable experience of supporting online content creation

Responsibilities

• Receive and understand storyboards, collaborate with Learning Designer to plan course build
• Manage and organise media and written content assets
• Create online courses in FutureLearn and other platforms
• Carrying out administrative tasks on FutureLearn’s content management system such as managing permissions
• Carrying out any administrative tasks required in relation to the running of courses such as setting up, duplicating and opening course runs
• Identifying, communicating and managing risks that could affect delivery of a course
• Helping ensure all course content and activities are accessible to all users
• Collaborating within the Content team to ensure that courses are published on time and high-quality standards are maintained

Preferred Qualifications

• Video editing. Video editing skills and experience, using Adobe or other tools
• Platforms and Tools. Demonstrable experience in a content publishing platform, Moodle, Articulate or another online course building platform
• Monday.com. Use of Monday.com to communicate and manage workload, resourcing and tasks
• Google Suite. Experience working in Google Suite
• Media. Experience in basic media treatment, such as editing of images and videos would be desirable
• Editing. Any editing of written content is desirable