Digital Learning Developer in Lichfield

As a Digital Learning Developer, you will design, develop, and maintain high‑quality digital learning experiences that support global product training, compliance, partner enablement, and internal capability building. You will translate learning objectives into practical, learner‑focused content such as simulations, online modules, webinars, assessments, and classroom materials, keeping resources up to date as systems and processes change. The role blends instructional design, visual design, and technical development to create engaging, scalable, standards‑compliant learning solutions and to improve consistency and measurable learning impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Digital Learning Development
• Design, develop, and maintain engaging digital learning assets, including SCORM/xAPI modules, microlearning, videos, animations, simulations, and interactive content.
• Apply instructional design, accessibility, UX, and visual design standards to create learner-focused, consistent, and scalable solutions.
• Script, storyboard, prototype, quality check, publish, and iterate learning content from intake through release and post-launch improvement.
• Maintain templates and design systems to improve efficiency, consistency, and reusability.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
• Partner with SMEs and stakeholders across Product, Clinical, Technical, Quality, and other teams to translate complex information into clear, effective learning.
• Manage content reviews, feedback cycles, approvals, requirements, success criteria, risks, and dependencies to support efficient delivery.
• Align learning outputs with Academy priorities, release schedules, and stakeholder expectations.
• Quality Assurance & Continuous Improvement
• Conduct functional, accessibility, and quality checks before release.
• Use learner analytics and feedback to improve content quality, engagement, and learning impact.
• Maintain version control, change summaries, and asset registers to support governance, review cycles, and audit readiness.
• Technical Integration & LMS Support
• Package, upload, test, and troubleshoot LMS content.
• Ensure content meets SCORM/xAPI, completion, scoring, reporting, and data requirements.
• Support content migration and readiness for LMS transitions.

Technical Skills

• Required Skills & Experience
• Proficient in eLearning authoring tools such as Storyline, Rise, Camtasia, or similar, with experience creating LMS‑compatible content.
• Strong understanding of accessibility, responsive design, navigation, multimedia optimisation, and LMS troubleshooting.
• Instructional & Creative Skills
• Skilled at translating complex technical or clinical content into clear, engaging digital learning.
• Experience designing scenario‑based learning, simulations, assessments, and learner‑centred content.
• Strong visual design, writing, scripting, and storytelling skills aligned to brand and learning standards.
• Stakeholder & Delivery Skills
• Confident gathering requirements, analysing learning needs, and working with SMEs and stakeholders.
• Able to manage multiple builds, priorities, approval cycles, scope decisions, and deadlines in a structured, auditable way.

Essential Professional Experience

• Portfolio demonstrating digital learning design, development, delivery, and evaluation.
• Typically 3+ years’ experience creating software simulation or digital learning content, evidenced through relevant projects or portfolio.
• Experience using LMS platforms, including packaging, publishing, troubleshooting, reporting, and simulation examination support.

Desirable

• Experience with digital credentials, certification or accreditation programmes, regulated environments, or global cross‑functional teams.

Competencies

• Quality focus — Delivers accurate, consistent, and high‑quality learning outputs.
• Collaborative mindset — Works effectively with SMEs and stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes.
• Creative problem‑solving — Applies innovative thinking to design and technical challenges.
• Adaptability — Responds quickly to changing priorities, feedback, and product updates.
• Learner focus — Designs with the learner experience and learning impact at the centre.