Digital Learning Designer

As a Digital Learning Designer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping innovative digital and blended learning solutions for colleagues at Canopius. Embedded within the Talent and Culture and Systems team, you’ll collaborate closely with subject matter experts and stakeholders across the business, gaining exposure to a wide range of projects and development initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge authoring tools and AI-driven technologies, supporting both the design and delivery of engaging learning experiences. You’ll gain experience in digital content creation, programme design, and learning management system administration, while supporting strategic L&D initiatives and operational activities. Development routes include progression into senior instructional design, learning technology, or broader organisational development roles. Professional qualifications in digital learning or instructional design are supported, and you’ll work with stakeholders from HR, IT, and business leadership to deliver impactful solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop digital learning content, including eLearning modules, videos, infographics, and micro-learning, using tools such as Canva or Articulate Storyline.
• Integrate AI-driven agents (e.g., chatbots, virtual assistants) to personalise and enhance the learner experience.
• Partner with subject matter experts to transform complex content into interactive, learner-centric solutions.
• Support the management and administration of the Oracle LMS, including enrolments, catalogue management, programme design, and reporting.
• Assist with L&D operational activities, such as scheduling training, evaluating learning programmes, and managing team queries.

Skills

• Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Management
• Proven ability in eLearning or digital content design, ideally within professional development contexts.
• Strong understanding of instructional design methodologies and digital pedagogy.
• Proficiency with eLearning authoring tools and content management systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working alongside subject matter experts.
• Attention to detail and a learner-focused approach to content creation.
• Understanding of inclusive design practices.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and balance deadlines with high standards of quality.
• Operational focus with the ability to support strategic L&D initiatives.
• Awareness of external learning trends, tools, and platforms to drive innovation.
• Cultivates and maintains positive relationships with relevant internal or external stakeholders, effectively involving and communicating with them to drive collaboration, support, and alignment towards shared goals.

Collaboration and teamwork: Works effectively with team, project or other work groups or those outside formal line of authority to accomplish goals. Actively participates as a member of a team; develops and builds cohesive team relations to produce required outputs; possesses knowledge and understanding of colleagues work.

Adapting to change: Adjusts thoughts, feelings, and behaviours to handle new, challenging, or complex situations; embracing change as a growth opportunity when working within new work structures, processes, regulations, or requirements.

Analyses current and future state business requirements and identify strategies to continuously improve products, services or processes. Guide and inspire others to achieve results to enhance efficiency, quality and consistency. Creates, develops and implements new ideas to enhance new or improved processes, systems, solutions, products or services; tries different and novel ways to deal with problems and opportunities.

Resilience: The ability to cope with and recover from setbacks, challenges or difficulty. Persevering even under pressure or crisis situations and uses ways that foster strength and growth, often emerging stronger than before.

Future Focused: Anticipates changes in regulations, technology and client needs, proactively responding to key trends happening in the industry. Thinks about the future through identifying opportunities and obstacles whilst planning effectively.

About Us

Our benefits: We offer all employees a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on their whole wellbeing. This includes hybrid working, a competitive base salary, non-contributory pension, discretionary bonus, insurances including health (family) and dental cover, and many other benefits to enhance financial, physical, social and psychological health.

About Canopius

Canopius is a global specialty lines (re)insurer. We are one of the leading insurers in the Lloyd’s of London insurance market with offices in the UK, US, Singapore, Australia and Bermuda. At Canopius we foster a distinctive, positive culture which enables us to bring our whole selves to work to flourish as people, and build a business which delivers profitable, sustainable results. Based in incredible new offices in the heart of the City of London, Canopius operates a flexible, hybrid working model and is committed to providing an environment that challenges employees to be their best and where everyone's unique contributions are recognised, valued and respected. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunities for all applicants and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are made regardless of age, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, religion or beliefs, marital or caring status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We encourage and welcome applicants from all diverse backgrounds. We make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment. Please let us know if you require any information in an alternate format or any other reasonable adjustments.