Job description
At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 32 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift. We typically keep job postings active for 3–5 weeks, though this may vary depending on applicant volume and other factors.
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At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do. Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:
- Nurture A Learner’s Mindset-using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
- Build Shared Success- building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Be an Owner- holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
- Create Belonging - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company
Guild is hiring an Academy Learning Designer for our Academy product. Guild Academy builds scalable, social learning experiences for some of the world’s leading organizations.
As an Academy Learning Designer on our Guild Academy team you’ll design innovative programs and modules, contribute to writing content, and then partner with a cross-functional team to bring the course content to life—and ensure it stays fresh and aligned with evolving client needs.
As Learning Designer, you will:
- Work with clients (and internal stakeholders) to understand learner and organizational needs; identify skills, capabilities and mindset shifts for learning to address
- Design innovative, engaging, interactive programs that unlock specific business outcomes and behavior changes
- Make informed decisions on program structure, content, and interactive exercises
- Source feedback and input from subject matter experts to shape content outlines, ensure accuracy, and maintain voice and tone standards.
- Support content coming to life by identifying relevant industry experts, shadowing interviews, and partnering with editors and producers
- Contribute to program writing with your unique ability to distill down complex concepts and topics to simple, engaging and salient points
- Analyze content performance and learner feedback to continuously improve course impact
- Contribute to written elements within the learning programs, modules and client-facing materials, as needed
You are a strong fit for this role if you:
- Have a strong intuition for stories and wording what will resonate, spark interest and drive action and an unrelenting eye for quality
- Are unphased by complexity with an ability to bring order to chaos and explain things in simple terms
- Pick up new technologies quickly, learn by doing, and specifically have experience leveraging AI-based tools in your work with a bias toward efficiency and exploring new approaches
- Have experience as a writer working on deadlines and delivering creative, human, authentic writing that surprises, challenges, and engages hard to reach audiences.
- Are willing and able to flex across Learning Design, AI prompting, writing, and stakeholder engagement and enjoy being part of a dynamic, fast-paced team
Preferred Competencies:
- Experience with AI Tools in accelerating and improving writing and editorial processes
- Experience with analytics tools and data-driven content optimization
- Knowledge of leadership development and workplace communication frameworks and experts
- Background or training in instructional design or adult learning theory; and/or relevant experience teaching or delivering engaging in-person learning experiences
We are committed to equal pay for equal work and believe in compensation transparency. All salary ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region. This role offers a competitive total compensation package, including a base salary of $75,800 - $106,100, and stock options. Compensation offered will be based on a combination of factors such as experience, competencies, and internal equity.
At Guild, we unlock the talent and economic potential of America’s workforce for employees and their companies. We partner with the nation’s largest employers—including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, and The Walt Disney Company—to create cultures of opportunity that help them attract and retain top talent, while building the workforce of the future from within. By using our proprietary Career Opportunity Platform to develop education and learning programs that work in the real-world, thousands of employees at those companies have gained the skills, knowledge, and guidance they need to build a brighter future for themselves and their families—all without paying for tuition or career services on their own.
Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others.
Guild is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- Open vacation policy for employees to rest and recharge
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
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