Live Events Instructional Designer Learning Consultant

About the Job

The P3 Live Events Instructional Designer Learning Consultant is an individual contributor responsible for leading the design, development, and execution of learning experiences that drive business outcomes. This is an instructional design role focused on live event learning environments, applying adult learning principles to in-person sessions, workshops, and facilitated experiences. The role emphasizes learning objectives, session flow, audience engagement, and practical application—not event logistics. This role partners with business leaders, subject matter experts, and program leads to translate strategic priorities into impactful learning solutions. The Instructional Designer independently manages complex initiatives, determines the most effective learning approach, and serves as a trusted advisor on instructional design best practices.

Consistent with the Northwestern Mutual P3 Professional Band, this role is expected to solve complex learning challenges, lead significant projects, influence stakeholders through expertise, and act as a resource to other instructional designers.

What You'll Do

Learning Strategy & Consulting

• Consult with business partners to identify performance gaps, learning needs, and desired business outcomes.
• Recommend learning strategies, modalities, and engagement approaches based on audience needs and organizational priorities.
• Influence stakeholders through instructional design expertise and adult learning best practices.
• Translate the Multi-Year Strategy and business priorities into live learning experiences with measurable learning objectives and success measures that support field effectiveness.
• Establish stakeholder alignment on learning objectives, success measures, scope, and deliverables.

Instructional Design & Development

• Lead the end-to-end instructional design process including analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE).
• Design learning experiences that maximize engagement, application, and performance improvement.
• Develop learning assets including facilitator guides, participant materials, presentations, activities, assessments, and reinforcement tools.
• Incorporate adult learning principles, accessibility standards, and inclusive design practices into all learning solutions.

Project Leadership

• Lead complex learning initiatives with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Establish project plans, manage timelines, and drive accountability across contributors to deliver content on time, on brand, and against agreed-upon quality standards.
• Identify risks and proactively implement solutions.

Live Learning Delivery & Speaker Enablement

• Lead live learning content delivery and enable speakers, facilitators, and contributors through speaker preparation, content reviews, and rehearsals, using established learning plans, tools, and standard operating procedures consistently.
• Ensure learning experiences align with strategic objectives and learner needs.
• Evaluate learner capability, confidence, performance, satisfaction, and engagement against established success measures; use findings to improve future learning experiences.

Thought Leadership & Capability Building

• Share best practices, innovative learning approaches, and emerging instructional design trends.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of team processes, templates, tools, and standards.
• Champion learning excellence and learner-centered design principles.

What You'll Bring to the Role

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Adult Education, Learning & Development, Organizational Development, Communications, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible instructional design and learning development for live, in-person learning events.
• Demonstrated expertise in adult learning theory and instructional design methodologies.
• Experience leading complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong consulting, facilitation, communication, and presentation skills.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Instructional Design, Education, Adult Learning, or related field.
• Instructional Design certification or advanced learning certifications.
• Experience measuring learning effectiveness and business impact.

Skills You Have

• Consulting - Connects with stakeholders to understand and gain specific information to help resolve customer problems in a given domain. Communicates effectively intent to customers, solicits customer requirements, utilizes domain knowledge and collaborates with the right stakeholders.
• Learning Experience Design - Designs human-centered learning experiences that address documented needs and measurable outcomes. Applies adult-learning and instructional-design principles to define objectives, content, practice, assessment, delivery methods, technology, and reinforcement; develops and tests solutions with learners and stakeholders; evaluates effectiveness using defined measures; and improves the design based on evidence and feedback.
• Learning Needs Analysis - Identifies skills gaps using data analysis and qualitative observation and advises on learning needs for successful individual and organizational performance.
• Stakeholder Relationship - Organizes, influences, monitors, and improves relationships with key stakeholders; systematically identifies stakeholders and analyzes their needs and expectations to support in planning and decision making while implementing various tasks to engage with them.
  

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