Job description
About the Opportunity
Learning Services is charged with creating impactful, scalable learning experiences to help content authors, content architects, and software developers get the most out of the Contentful platform. We don’t do average. We’re out to reset the industry standard for helping customers and partners to quickly create value while building on best practices that lead to long term success.
What to expect?
- Because you are exceptionally clever and have lots of relevant experience, you will quickly become a Contentful expert (if you’re not one already).
- You will deliver onsite and webinar-based training to Contentful customers and partners on Contentful architecture and features, content modeling best practices, using Contentful APIs and SDKs, CI/CD strategies, extending the Contentful environment with webhooks and UI extensions, and other topics.
- You will design and facilitate hands-on activities, discussions, sample projects, and other interactive activities that help learners move from concepts to practice.
- You will answer questions and provide guidance on Contentful best practices for specific use cases.
- You will inspire customers and partners to become enthusiastic fans of Contentful by communicating a compelling vision of Contentful’s features, value proposition, and the strategic role that content infrastructure plays in facilitating digital transformation.
- You will not only motivate customers and partners to look for new opportunities to use Contentful, you will also equip them to successfully pitch the platform inside their own organizations or to their clients.
- You will serve as a Contentful subject matter expert and technical resource for the Learning Services team, helping the team design new learning experiences, document best practices, and create helpful tools, job-aids, code samples, and other resources for Contentful users.
- You will establish a relationship of trust with Contentful’s product management and development teams that will enable you to communicate customer needs, use cases, challenges, and feedback in a way that drives improvement of the Contentful product.
What you need to be successful
- You have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, information technology, business information systems or a related field.
- You have 5+ years experience working in a technical role such as software developer. sales engineer or professional services.
- You have 2+ years of experience in a technical training role.
- You have experience with content management systems (e.g. Adobe AEM, Sitecore, Drupal) and developing content models.
- You are familiar with one or more of the following: JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Java.
- You have exposure to DevOps tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, and TravisCI; static site generators such as Gatsby, Middleman, Jekyll, and Metalsmith; and front-end frameworks/libraries such as React, Angular, and Vue.
- You have both presentation and facilitation skills. You can present material in an engaging way, read a room, and think on your feet. But you also have the ability to guide learners through a discovery process without being the “sage on the stage.”
- You have excellent educational instincts and have created instructor-led courses and other learning materials.
- You have experience delivering in both face-to-face and virtual instruction/webinar format.
- You are available to travel up to 60%.
What’s in it for you?
- Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
- Full-time employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share in the success of our company
- Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
- We value Work-Life balance and You Time!A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, education days, compassion days for loss, and volunteer days
- Time off to care for and focus on your growing family
- Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
- Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
- An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional health
- A monthly communication phone/internet stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
- New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.
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Who are we?
Contentful is a leading digital experience platform that helps modern businesses meet the growing demand for engaging, personalized content at scale. By blending composability with native AI capabilities, Contentful enables dynamic personalization, automated content delivery, and real-time experimentation, powering next-generation digital experiences across brands, regions, and channels for more than 4,200 organizations worldwide. More than 700 people from more than 70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, Denver, San Francisco, London, New York, and distributed worldwide.
Everyone is welcome here!
“Everyone is welcome here” is a celebrated component of our culture. At Contentful, we strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. We believe that our products and services benefit from our diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical [dis]ability, or length of time spent unemployed. We invite you to apply and join us!
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