Training Specialist

Training Specialist 3

Location:

Irwindale, CA (Remote: Local to Southern California for equipment pick up) Duration: 06 months

Bachelor's Degree in Education, instructional design, business, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Typically possesses seven or more years of experience developing and/or delivering training. Demonstrated ability to communicate both technical and non-technical material in a readily understandable manner.

A highly strategic and creative learning professional who designs and facilitates leadership development experiences, leverages visual storytelling and multimedia solutions to drive engagement, applies marketing principles to increase learning adoption, and partners across the business to build workforce capability.

• Coordinate activities associated with delivery of learning curriculum from needs assessment through concept, pilot, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provide administrative support to key offerings associated with the corporate workforce development initiative.
• Foster key relationships with HR, TAI, managers, leaders, and senior leaders corporate-wide to collaboratively assess and support workforce development.
• Schedule courses; establish/maintain relationships with internal SMEs and external vendors; meet and support SMEs/Vendors on the day of course offerings; assist participants.
• Provide detailed operational and logistic support to OE training functions.
• Analyze course effectiveness based on observations/student feedback; recommend changes.
• Develop blended learning solutions using Adobe, Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, Captivate, Flash, Dreamweaver, Articulate, Presenter, Engage, Quizmaker, Snag It, web conferencing technology, or similar applications.
• Prepare, organize, edit course material; ensure compliance with corporate/security standards.
• Ensure sufficient number of course participants by advertising the class as needed.
• Effectively operate classroom technology to support classes, webinars, and meetings.
• Proactively identify, develop, and help lead improvements to ensure effective and efficient processes.
• Edit courseware as needed.
• Keep abreast of training industry best practices, along with computing and IT skills, to make recommendations for improvement and apply Aerospace IT.
• Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with colleagues, vendors, and procurement.
• Seek opportunities to bring work unit or cross-functional teams together to share information and solve problems.
• May train and mentor others in work process and procedures.

• Strategic learning and leadership development design.
• Adult learning theory and instructional design methodologies (ADDIE, SAM, Agile).
• Curriculum architecture and learning journey mapping.
• Leadership competency development.
• Performance consulting and business alignment.

• Expert facilitator for virtual, in-person, and hybrid learning experiences.
• Executive presentation skills.
• Group dynamics and learner engagement expertise.
• Workshop design and delivery.
• Coaching and feedback facilitation.

• Psychological safety and inclusive facilitation practices.
• Ability to lead difficult conversations and peer learning sessions.
• Strong storytelling and audience connection skills.
• Strategic thinker with business acumen.
• Innovative and future-focused mindset.
• Strong collaboration and influence skills.
• Customer-centric approach.
• High adaptability and resilience.
• Results-oriented and data-driven.
• Continuous learner and technology advocate.
• Strong instructional design and experiential facilitation skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Ability to translate complex concepts into engaging learning experiences.
• E-learning authoring (Articulate Storyline, Rise, Camtasia, Adobe Captivate).

• Visual communication and information design.
• Branding and design consistency.
• Info graphic development.
• User-centered design principles.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Figma, or similar tools.
• Visual learning asset creation.
• Data visualization and executive-ready presentations.
• Creative direction and design thinking.

• Learning campaign development and promotion.
• Internal communications strategy.
• Audience segmentation and learner engagement tactics.
• Content marketing and adoption strategies.
• Brand messaging and storytelling.
• Employee engagement communications.
• Strategic messaging for leadership initiatives.

• Video production and editing.
• Motion graphics and animation.
• Podcast and audio content creation.
• Interactive media development.
• Digital content production.
• Learning experience (LX) design.
• AI-enhanced content creation and multimedia tools.