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Course Production Specialist

Nexford University
Zamalek, Cairo
Posted 5 years ago
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About Nexford University

  • Nexford University is a next-generation university based in Washington DC offering a competency-based learning model. Nexford’s mission is to enable greater social and economic mobility by providing an affordable high-quality education that will positively impact millions of lives around the world.
  • Nexford offers the following degrees and certificates: Associate of Applied Science in BU

Do you have incredible attention to detail? Do you like working with technology? Do you like to use your creativity and problem solve? We’re looking for a talented and passionate Course Production Specialist to join the academic team of our pioneering start-up: a next generation university built from scratch.

What you’ll do

  • You’ll coordinate with stakeholders to complete a course project and follow all product elements through to completion.
  • Working with our learning design, technology, academic, and creative teams, you’ll help bring Nexford’s courses to life by collecting, reviewing, implementing, and testing our course products.
  • As an important collaborator in the product development cycle, you’ll work with a team focused on learner success and a culture of cross-functional support and accountability, and you’ll be integral to the coordinated success of Nexford University (NXU).
  • Use your experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS) and course technology, as well as your creativity, to support your teams in taking the educational experience to the next level.
  • Monitor work being delivered and produce regular feedback on feasibility and potential.
  • Manage project resources and follow up with stakeholders to ensure each course is delivered per NXU’s unique style, brand, and specifications.
  • Coordinate with physically disparate teams working in multiple areas to meet course production milestones.
  • Your positive communication and thoughtful project contributions will be at the core of our collaborative success.

Key responsibilities

  • Review course blueprints and identify technology needs and creative content integration
  • Collaborate with stakeholders through each stage of the production cycle to ensure resources and deliverables align with specified milestone goal
  • Review course components and creative deliverables, and compare to original blueprints for verification
  • Populate module templates to into our branded, downloadable flat files for ADA compliance and offline use
  • Leverage NXU’s course guide to set up course shells in our Learning Management System, and configure all key course components per specifications
  • Identify and communicate where revision is needed on course components based on migration and integration feedback
  • Test integration of course components from faculty and learner perspectives
  • Release course sections from parent course shells based on enrollment figures
  • Alert Director to any concerns in process, product, or resources
  • Communicate with candor and be a central voice in a culture of support, positivity, and accountability

Job Requirements

Competencies

  • Innovative, critical and original thinking
  • Adapt to people, from academics to leading practitioners, and situations.
  • Progressive attitude and growth mindset
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills
  • Attention to details and quality obsessed
  • Problem solving and fast-paced decision making.

Ideal candidate

We’re looking for a proven specialist with a flexible and proactive approach to course production. Someone with excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills. Whether you’re making a recommendation for new technology or integration, or alerting teams to product issues, your solution-focused approach will help you hit the ground running.

  • Bachelor’s degree is required; Master’s is a plus
  • Proven experience working within multiple Learning Management Systems (LMS)
  • Proven experience working with course authoring tools, such as Articulate, Captivate, etc.
  • Passion for using technology to enhance an educational experience
  • Attention to detail to ensure that all phases of production are met within the specifications and parameters initially outlined
  • A strong collaborator, capable of working with diverse individuals and teams, often with competing organizational priorities
  • Exceptional communication and organizational skills
  • A background in course development, with an emphasis on course technologies
  • Positive attitude and desire to be a part of a team-based culture on a social mission

Compensation and Benefits

  • Work at a company with a social mission where you can make a real difference in the world
  • A market-competitive compensation paid in USD
  • 21 days paid vacation
  • A friendly team in the US, UK, Nigeria, Egypt, Belarus and the Philippines
  • Office in Zamalek
  • Contemporary collaboration tools
  • An entrepreneurial and highly stimulating environment
  • An environment where you will be technically and intellectually challenged.

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