The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is the largest organization dedicated to ensuring excellence and consistency in the practice of anesthesia. With over 44,000 members, both nationally and internationally, ASA offers a variety of activities that promote excellence in patient care, education, research, and advocacy.
ASA is looking for a full-time Education LMS Production Specialist to join their Park Ridge office.
Position Summary:
Responsible for supporting the day to day operation of the learning management system , including assembling, entering and maintaining content, troubleshooting technical issues, and supporting internal and external users. Will assist in the creation of course content including - text, graphics and animations provided by other team members; will use storyboards to construct the courseware and fit content into an appropriate delivery form; will develops the scripts that translate interactive portions of a traditional classroom course, such as discussions and quizzes, into an online format.
Position Responsibilities:
This position is not static and will be revised as the need of the organization’s business evolves.
- 1. Major Activity: Ensures LMS supports performance and quality of elearning products working with Instructional designer, IT and drupal/moodle programmers.
- 2. Major Activity: Uses the instructional design scripts, assembles different elements (text, audio, video, graphics and animation) into a coherent program, develops the rapid prototype, creates databases and constructs reporting mechanisms used for student tracking and debugs the program through alpha and beta tests.
- 3. Major Activity: Develops action plans, timetables, benchmarks, quantitative targets for online program and projects.
- 4. Major Activity: Produces and analyzes system reports and recommends best practice solutions to creative design or technical requests or related issues with LMS system and learning activity configurations..
- 5. Major Activity: Supports development projects with technical documentation; track development schedules and deadlines
- 6. Major Activity: Creates Web interface graphics for e-learning products using a variety of tools, including Adobe Creative Suite, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator and authoring systems (e.g. Flash, Toolbook, Rapid Intake, Captivate, Articulate, etc) that facilitate e-learning creation.
Education and Training:
Bachelor's degree required, preferably in instructional technology or related degree.
Work Experience:
- 3+ years’ experience with LMS administration (Moodle a plus) and content management system (Drupal a plus)
- 3+ years experience with graphic design packages including Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Freehand, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and 3D Studio Max and simulation tools .
- Experience with course authoring software, including Captivate, Articulate and Camstasia.
- Demonstrated ability to simultaneously handle a large and diverse number of technical tasks and issues with tact, cooperation and persistence.
- Basic HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, desirable. Intermediate to advanced skill level with MS Office Suite, especially PowerPoint.. Experience running a website with 10,000+ registered users, major associations a plus.
- Experience with search engine optimization.
- Experience with e-commerce.
- Experience with CRM or association membership management.
Core Competencies:
- An analytical, methodical approach to work and ingenuity around creation of reusable objects and engines.
- Proactive approach with maintaining and improving website platform to include administrative oversight.
- Excellent oral, written, analytical and interpersonal communication skills.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and to plan effectively to avoid problems.
- Acts independently within company policy, and in accordance with guidelines established by the department director.
- Excellent project management skills
Physical Demands/Work Environment:
Will spend the majority of the workday sitting, computing, and talking. Proofreading of materials for an extended period of time. Required infrequent lifting in the 5 – 15 pounds range. Work may be frequently interrupted. The work environment consists of an office environment with light noise. OSHA Category III: position whose tasks/duties will not put them at risk for exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials, therefore, universal/standard precautions are not required.
Please send resume and cover letter to jobs@asahq.org