Contract Art Director

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through learning. We provide collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions and are recognized as a premier company in our field.

Here at PDG, we complement our learning and creative teams with professional consultants who help us to scale effortlessly, optimize creativity and deliver award winning learning programs. We are currently pipelining Art directors to lead our Media and Interaction Teams in the design of creative and elegant media and graphics for our clients. Our network of consultants loves to work with us and here are some of the reasons why they find a relationship with PDG to be so valuable to them:

• Variety is the spice of life:PDG’s wide variety of learning projects gives you the opportunity to be a part of the design and development of award-winning programs that help to move the needle on employee performance while enhancing your experience and skills
• We enable you to "stay in your lane": We have a super star team of salespeople who work with some of the most exciting companies in the world. We handle all the business development, scoping, and proposal writing so you can focus on doing what you enjoy doing the most.
• The devil is in the details: We contract with the clients and handle all the logistics, absorbing the risk so you don’t have to worry about a thing. We also provide a wide array of tools and templates to make gigs easier for you while you work with us. Our team will make sure that you are set up for success with our thorough onboarding program and consultant toolkit.
• We show you the money!!: PDG pays a generous hourly rate, and your invoices are paid on time regardless of when our clients pay us.
• We are just nice: When we ask our professional consultants what they like best about working with PDG, we always hear that our team is super friendly, and we treat our consultants like part of the family which they don’t find in their other clients.

Responsibilities

The Contract Art Director is responsible for the oversight of PDG’s project based creative team and their work ensuring that media and learning assets are of the highest quality and aligned with the client’s vision and key concepts for the project.  

This role is a project based contract. All work is paid on1099 or corp to corp. Work effort, duration and number of hours varies by project and customer.

The Art Director is responsible for:

• Serving as the project manager for all people and resources within the creative and development workstreams
• Consulting with client on visual concepts and leading team to execute on the vision
• Reviewing all media before submission to the client, coaching and providing feedback to visual designers on their work to ensure that it complies with PDG quality standards

• Act as the subject matter expert for creative assets
• Manage communications related to visual design between the graphics team, the PDG project team, and the client
• Delegate tasks to internal and contract resources to meet design objectives

Education and Professional Experience

The qualified Contract Art Director candidate has:

• A professional degree in a relevant area
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Graphic Designer and 2 years in an Art Director of Lead Designer role
• Experience working in the corporate learning and development industry is required
• Experience working on large, multi-workstream learning and development programs is required
• A proven track record of effectively working with clients and cross-functional teams
• The bandwidth to respond to PDG and end client inquiries quickly
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong proficiency creating high-impact graphics using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Indesign, Premiere, and After Effects)
• Demonstrated design expertise with typography, motion graphics, interaction design, layout design, UX design Demonstrated ability to function effectively and efficiently within a virtual team environment

Hourly rate: $45-$60/hr paid on 1099

PDG is looking for Contract eLearning Developers to join our network of talent to support PDG’s ongoing needs. The work will be performed remotely on a project basis and will be paid on a 1099. This job posting is to attract pipeline candidates only and not for a specific need.

About PDG

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through leadership, sales performance, onboarding and custom learning solutions. Recognized as a premier solution provider, PDG provides collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions that improve employee performance leading to optimum business results.

Here at PDG, we complement our learning and creative teams with professional consultants who help us to scale effortlessly, optimize creativity and deliver award winning learning programs. We are actively recruiting Contract Visual Designers to help us design creative and elegant media and graphics for our clients. Our network of consultants loves to work with us and here are some of the reasons why they find a relationship with PDG to be so valuable to them:

• Variety is the spice of life:PDG’s wide variety of learning projects gives you the opportunity to be a part of the design and development of award-winning programs that help to move the needle on employee performance while enhancing your experience and skills
• We enable you to "stay in your lane": We have a super star team of salespeople who work with some of the most exciting companies in the world. We handle all the business development, scoping, and proposal writing so you can focus on doing what you enjoy doing the most.
• The devil is in the details: We contract with the clients and handle all the logistics, absorbing the risk so you don’t have to worry about a thing. We also provide a wide array of tools and templates to make gigs easier for you while you work with us. Our team will make sure that you are set up for success with our thorough onboarding program and consultant toolkit.
• We show you the money!!: PDG pays a generous hourly rate, and your invoices are paid on time regardless of when our clients pay us.
• We are just nice: When we ask our professional consultants what they like best about working with PDG, we always hear that our team is super friendly, and we treat our consultants like part of the family which they don’t find in their other clients. 

PDG is looking for Contract eLearning Developers to join our network of talent to support PDG’s ongoing needs. The work to be performed will be on a project basis and will be paid on a 1099. This job posting is to attract pipeline candidates only and not for a specific need.

Position Summary
PDG is seeking experienced eLearning Developers to support our full-time Media Design team on corporate learning, project-based work. 

Requirements 

The eLearning Developer should have strong corporate eLearning knowledge and skills and will be asked to recreate the visual designs and layouts provided by a graphic designer and run with an overall look for a course. An Instructional Design background is a plus, but most importantly, a strong e-Learning developer that can handle custom actions and functionality in Articulate Storyline. This work will require significant collaboration with the client and their SMEs.

Typical Timeline:

• Rapid turnaround project-based work - total project span averages 6-weeks
• While a project is in production mode, up to ~20-40 hours of work per week over the span of 2-4 weeks 

Experience:

• 5-10 years of high-end E-learning development experience, specifically Storyline based courseware
• Flexible and able to work on fast paced projects
• Available for client / team interactions and production while active on a project
• Strong client facing skills
• Upon good client  / team feedback, there is always a possibility of more work which will be project-based and anywhere from 3-6 weeks at a time - ongoing as needed. We will be conscientious about indicating project beginnings and closings and next potential project opportunities!

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 5 years of corporate training experience
• Articulate Suite - Storyline expert preferred

General Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented with superb organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple external clients and responsibilities with tight deadlines
• Ability to be proactive with internal clients
• Positive, ‘service oriented’ attitude; always willing to learn
• Good analytical/technical skills
• Comfortable working in a team environment

About PDG

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through leadership, sales performance, onboarding and custom learning solutions. Recognized as a premier solution provider, PDG provides collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions that improve employee performance leading to optimum business results.

Here at PDG, we complement our learning and creative teams with professional consultants who help us to scale effortlessly, optimize creativity and deliver award winning learning programs. We are actively recruiting Contract Visual Designers to help us design creative and elegant media and graphics for our clients. Our network of consultants loves to work with us and here are some of the reasons why they find a relationship with PDG to be so valuable to them:

• Variety is the spice of life:PDG’s wide variety of learning projects gives you the opportunity to be a part of the design and development of award-winning programs that help to move the needle on employee performance while enhancing your experience and skills
• We enable you to "stay in your lane": We have a super star team of salespeople who work with some of the most exciting companies in the world. We handle all the business development, scoping, and proposal writing so you can focus on doing what you enjoy doing the most.
• The devil is in the details: We contract with the clients and handle all the logistics, absorbing the risk so you don’t have to worry about a thing. We also provide a wide array of tools and templates to make gigs easier for you while you work with us. Our team will make sure that you are set up for success with our thorough onboarding program and consultant toolkit.
• We show you the money!!: PDG pays a generous hourly rate, and your invoices are paid on time regardless of when our clients pay us.
• We are just nice: When we ask our professional consultants what they like best about working with PDG, we always hear that our team is super friendly, and we treat our consultants like part of the family which they don’t find in their other clients. 

PDG is looking for Contract Learning Experience Designers  to join our network of talent to support PDG’s ongoing needs. The work to be performed will be on a project basis and will be paid on a 1099. This job posting is to attract pipeline candidates only and not for a specific need.

Position Summary

The Learning Experience Designer is responsible for working closely with clients to conceptualize, design, and write highly interactive learning solutions (e-learning, instructor-led training, blended solutions) that target learning objectives and improve performance.

Responsibilities
The Contract Learning Experience Designer will:

• Assess client needs to determine appropriate performance interventions
• Author and create instructional strategies based on client need
• Create training content using custom storyboard templates
• Provide guidance and specialized knowledge to other members of the team
• Develop alliances and working relationships with subject matter experts
• Work cross-functionally with creative and technical departments to build client solutions
• Develop and participate in system and user acceptance testing
• Travel as required to client site for meetings and pilot deliveries

Requirements
Education and Professional Experience
The Contract Instructional Designer has:

• B.A. in Instructional Design, Instructional Systems Design, English, Journalism, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership and Development, or related field
• M.Ed. or M.S. in Instructional Design (preferred), M.B.A.
• At least 3 years of experience developing custom training solutions

General Knowledge and Skills
The Contract Instructional Designer can:

• Explain, discuss, and apply current ISD theories, methodologies, and best practices
• Use multimedia and web-based applications to design compliance, systems, teller and banking industry-related and/or Pharma industry-related training solutions preferred
• Design for Articulate, Captivate, Lectora, and other technology-based authoring tools with minimal support
• Use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Visio with minimal support
• Develop design documents, storyboards, scripts, media lists, and assessment tools
• Translate written content into visual descriptions (graphics, animations, interactive charts and graphs, video-based scenarios)
• Maintain strong internal and external client relationship skills
• Exhibit strong problem-solving and business acumen skills
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in written and verbal communication skills
• Thrive in a fast-paced, project-driven organization
• Adapt quickly and easily to changing requirements and needs from internal and external clients
• Manage multiple priorities and project deadlines, including tracking and managing within numerous project hours and budgets
• Formally present ideas and deliverables to internal and external stakeholders during the project
• Respond to and modify recommendations in the moment, based on observing and reading client reactions
• Work independently as well as collaboratively
• Ensure content accuracy and appropriateness
• Interact with senior-level personnel in a client setting
• Work as a team player

About PDG

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through learning. We provide collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions and are recognized as a premier company in our field.

Here at PDG, we complement our learning and creative teams with professional consultants who help us to scale effortlessly, optimize creativity and deliver award winning learning programs. We are actively recruiting Contract Visual Designers to help us design creative and elegant media and graphics for our clients. Our network of consultants loves to work with us and here are some of the reasons why they find a relationship with PDG to be so valuable to them:

• Variety is the spice of life:PDG’s wide variety of learning projects gives you the opportunity to be a part of the design and development of award-winning programs that help to move the needle on employee performance while enhancing your experience and skills
• We enable you to "stay in your lane": We have a super star team of salespeople who work with some of the most exciting companies in the world. We handle all the business development, scoping, and proposal writing so you can focus on doing what you enjoy doing the most.
• The devil is in the details: We contract with the clients and handle all the logistics, absorbing the risk so you don’t have to worry about a thing. We also provide a wide array of tools and templates to make gigs easier for you while you work with us. Our team will make sure that you are set up for success with our thorough onboarding program and consultant toolkit.
• We show you the money!!: PDG pays a generous hourly rate, and your invoices are paid on time regardless of when our clients pay us.
• We are just nice: When we ask our professional consultants what they like best about working with PDG, we always hear that our team is super friendly, and we treat our consultants like part of the family which they don’t find in their other clients.

PDG is looking for Contract Solution Architects to join our network of talent to support PDG’s ongoing needs. The work to be performed will be on a project basis and will be paid on a 1099.  

Role Summary

The Solution Architect is instrumental in how we scope, solution, design and deliver our award-winning business performance improvement solutions. The Solution Architect contributes to the success of PDG's solutions in three key areas:

• Creating solution concepts for proposals and other sales pursuits, based on business need provided by the client during meetings with the Solution Architect and PDG’s Sales Team
• Architecting solutions as part of a client engagement, based on data gathered as part of a discovery process
• Overseeing and providing input into the solution buildout to ensure that the requirements of Solution Architecture are being met

With performance improvement solutions as the primary focus for this role, the Solution Architect will create strategies for measurement, implementation, communication, sustainability, and change management.

In this role you will partner with our sales team to perform a deep dive into our client’s business needs, brainstorm and prescribe solutions that will help solve the client’s business problems, perform as a key member of the engagement team, act as the subject matter expert relative to PDG’s solutions and remain as part of the engagement team throughout the life of each project to provide support.

Responsibilities

Presales:

• Collaborating with PDG’s Leadership, Sales and Account Management teams to identify clients who would benefit from solution services and create strategies for client pursuits.
• Guiding the sales team through goal definition, opportunity identification, and the design of business performance solutions using problem-solving principles and experience.
• Determining the performance needs of the target audience and how those needs align with the
• overall business goals of the organization. Analyzing complex programs and making recommendations to streamline and enhance the learner experience.
• Designing and presenting learning, performance, evaluation, and communication strategies and solutions to clients.

Value Creation

• Performing needs analysis through interviews, focus groups, document review, technology evaluation and additional discovery to determine gaps and opportunities in the performance of the target audience
• Leveraging emerging trends and technologies in solutions design by staying abreast of thought leadership via webinars, conferences, blogs and articles. Supporting solution concepts with relevant research, literature, or experience.
• Creating solutions that solve business problems across a variety of learning modalities ensuring that these solutions link to our clients' desired performance outcomes.
• Pivoting quickly to adapt to changing requirements and needs from internal and external clients; responding to and modifying recommendations in the moment, based on client feedback and reactions.

Deployment:

• Providing input, oversight, and guidance to the team building out the solution ensuring that the solution vision is fully realized.
• Engaging the client to understand strategic changes in their business and making recommendations for aligning the program to the changes; following though by ensuring the design team integrates newly aligned changes to learning solutions.

Education and Professional Experience

• Master’s Degree in Learning and Development, Human Performance, or Organizational Leadership & Development preferred; however, commensurate work experience will be strongly considered in absence of an advanced degree.
• Minimum of eight to ten years of experience in the areas of solution design, performance consulting, human performance technology, change management, or adult learning and development
• Strong communication skills, Builds strong relationships with internal and external customers easily.
• Outstanding leadership skills. Has the ability to influence without authority and can make suggestions that are valuable and are presented in such a way that makes the client feel fully committed.
• Experience in the Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences or Financial Services industries is a strong plus

Contract Presentation Specialist

About PDG

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through leadership, sales performance, onboarding and custom learning solutions. Recognized as a premier solution provider, PDG provides collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions that improve employee performance leading to optimum business results.

Here at PDG, we complement our learning and creative teams with professional consultants who help us to scale effortlessly, optimize creativity and deliver award winning learning programs. We are actively recruiting Contract Visual Designers to help us design creative and elegant media and graphics for our clients. Our network of consultants loves to work with us and here are some of the reasons why they find a relationship with PDG to be so valuable to them:

• Variety is the spice of life:PDG’s wide variety of learning projects gives you the opportunity to be a part of the design and development of award-winning programs that help to move the needle on employee performance while enhancing your experience and skills
• We enable you to "stay in your lane": We have a super star team of salespeople who work with some of the most exciting companies in the world. We handle all the business development, scoping, and proposal writing so you can focus on doing what you enjoy doing the most.
• The devil is in the details: We contract with the clients and handle all the logistics, absorbing the risk so you don’t have to worry about a thing. We also provide a wide array of tools and templates to make gigs easier for you while you work with us. Our team will make sure that you are set up for success with our thorough onboarding program and consultant toolkit.
• We show you the money!!: PDG pays a generous hourly rate, and your invoices are paid on time regardless of when our clients pay us.
• We are just nice: When we ask our professional consultants what they like best about working with PDG, we always hear that our team is super friendly, and we treat our consultants like part of the family which they don’t find in their other clients.

PDG is looking for Contract Presentation Specialists to join our network of talent to support PDG’s ongoing needs. The work to be performed will be on a project basis and will be paid on a 1099.  

Position Summary

PDG’s Contract Presentation Specialist creates, enhances, and finalizes slide presentations in support of solutions created for PDG clients. Most of the work will be performed using high-level templates that will require application of client or PDG branding. The goal of the Presentation Specialist is to create engaging presentationsfrom custom, complex and text heavy content to present business cases for PDG’s solutions.

Responsibilities

The Presentation Specialist:

• Creates compelling and engaging presentations that clearly communicate PDG’s solutions
• Meets and consults with the project team to understand the strategy of a presentation
• Provides daily updates to the Project Manager during the life of the work
• Delivers presentations that are visually appealing, dynamic and have been through a thorough quality check

Education and Professional Experience

The Presentation Specialist possesses:

• A professional portfolio and can share work samples as part of the application process
• A professional degree in a relevant area
• Five years’ experience creating presentations which translate strategic concepts and ideas into compelling visual representations
• Expert level experience with Microsoft PowerPoint
• The ability to manipulate graphics in Adobe Creative Suite and PowerPoint as needed
• The ability to design high-quality slide layouts and native PowerPoint infographics
• The ability to turn complex concepts into simple visuals and to transform text heavy content into simple, aesthetically pleasing slides
• An eye for detail and ability to quickly identify and correct formatting inconsistencies
• The willingness to be flexible with work hours when needed to support our client’s needs

About PDG

Performance Development Group (PDG) is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through learning and development. We provide collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions and are recognized as a premier company in our field.

Here at PDG, we are proud of our core values which influence everything that we do:

• Delight our clients
• Get stuff done
• Treat it like you own it
• Play for the same team
• Lead with your unique

To support the continued growth of our business, PDG is hiring a Full Time Learning Experience Lead. This is a full-time remote role which may require some travel to client sites and industry conferences as needed. PDG’s compensation package for the Full Time Learning Experience Lead role includes a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and participation in PDG's annual bonus program.

Position Summary

The Full Time Learning Experience Lead (LxD) is responsible for the design of learning solutions across all modalities that meet learning objectives and improve performance.

As the voice of overall program design, the LxD keeps the learning journey consistent and connected across experiences and translates design concept to detailed design as a buildable plan.

The LxD ensures that custom business performance solutions deliver high-quality engaging and effective learning, aligned with our clients’ business needs, priorities, and organizational goals by:

• Performing instructional design, while guiding other IDs using the ADDIE or other iterative/agile model.
• Supporting the Solution Architect in program design.
• Owning the transition of work from the Solution Architect to the project team.
• Partnering with an Engagement Manager (EM), who oversees and manages the project.

Responsibilities

The Full Time Learning Experience Lead will:

• Present solution concepts / detailed designs to senior-level business owners and L&D stakeholders, representing the voice of instructional design applied to improving business performance
• Develop strong relationships with clients and client project teams
• Direct team of IDs to complete the engagement, including:
  • Applying instructional design approaches and PDG’s solutions frameworks to design and deliver programs that create measurable business impact
  • Lead brainstorming at the appropriate points of project lifecycle
  • Defining and articulating the learning journey
  • Overseeing the quality work completed by employee and contract IDs
  • Partnering with other Leads, such as the Media & Interactions Lead, at project and/or account level
• Perform the ID role either as a member of a team, or as the single ID working on a project as the LxD:
  • Assess client needs to determine appropriate performance interventions
  • Author and create instructional strategies based on client need
  • Create training content using custom storyboard templates
  • Provide instructional design support to all members of the internal and client facing team
  • Develop alliances and working relationships with subject matter experts
  • Work cross-functionally with creative and technical departments to build client solutions
  • Develop and participate in system and user acceptance testing
  • Ensure content accuracy and appropriateness, and provide quality control editorial support

Requirements

Education and Professional Experience

The Full Time Learning Experience Lead has:

• A Bachelors in Instructional Design, Instructional Systems Design, English, Journalism, Business Administration, or other related discipline
• 7+ years’ experience in instructional design, instructional technology, or training in a corporate setting. 
• 5+ years’ experience working in a client-facing role
• 3+ years’ experience working in a consulting environment
• A strong understanding of Learning Experience Design (LxD)
• A strong understanding of visual design, including strong PPT skills

General Knowledge and Skills

The Full Time Learning Experience Lead can:

• Articulate, discuss, and apply current instructional design processes theories, methodologies, and best practices
• Develop design documents, storyboards, scripts, and assessment tools
• Design for Articulate and Adobe Creative Suite, including Storyline 360 and Rise, Captivate, and other technology-based authoring tools with minimal support adhering to AICC and SCORM standards/specifications
• Translate written content into visual descriptions (graphics, animations, interactive charts and graphs, video-based scenarios)
• Exhibit strong problem-solving and business acumen skills
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in written and verbal communication skills
• Adapt quickly and easily to changing project requirements and needs
• Manage multiple priorities, project deadlines, and individual project objectives
• Work independently and collaboratively
• Communicate openly, providing timely status updates on deliverables progress
• Be a team player

About PDG

Performance Development Group (PDG) is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through learning and development. We provide collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions and are recognized as a premier company in our field.

Here at PDG, we are proud of our core values which influence everything that we do:

• Delight our clients
• Get stuff done
• Treat it like you own it
• Play for the same team
• Lead with your unique

To support the continued growth of our business, PDG is hiring a Lead Instructional Designer. This is a full-time remote role which may require some travel to client sites and industry conferences as needed. PDG’s compensation package for the Lead Instructional Designer role includes a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and participation in PDG's annual bonus program.

Position Summary

The Lead Instructional Designer (ID) is responsible for the design of learning solutions across all modalities that meet learning objectives and improve performance.

As the voice of overall program design, the Lead ID keeps the learning journey consistent and connected across experiences and translates design concept to detailed design as a buildable plan.

The Lead ID ensures that custom business performance solutions deliver high-quality engaging and effective learning, aligned with our clients’ business needs, priorities, and organizational goals by:

• Performing instructional design, while guiding other IDs using the ADDIE or other iterative/agile model.
• Supporting the Solution Architect in program design.
• Owning the transition of work from the Solution Architect to the project team.
• Partnering with an Engagement Manager (EM), who oversees and manages the project.

Responsibilities

The Lead Instructional Designer will:

• Present solution concepts / detailed designs to senior-level business owners and L&D stakeholders, representing the voice of instructional design applied to improving business performance
• Develop strong relationships with clients and client project teams
• Direct team of IDs to complete the engagement, including:
  • Applying instructional design approaches and PDG’s solutions frameworks to design and deliver programs that create measurable business impact
  • Lead brainstorming at the appropriate points of project lifecycle
  • Defining and articulating the learning journey
  • Overseeing the quality work completed by employee and contract IDs
  • Partnering with other Leads, such as the Media & Interactions Lead, at project and/or account level
• Perform the ID role either as a member of a team, or as the single ID working on a project as the Lead ID:
  • Assess client needs to determine appropriate performance interventions
  • Author and create instructional strategies based on client need
  • Create training content using custom storyboard templates
  • Provide instructional design support to all members of the internal and client facing team
  • Develop alliances and working relationships with subject matter experts
  • Work cross-functionally with creative and technical departments to build client solutions
  • Develop and participate in system and user acceptance testing
  • Ensure content accuracy and appropriateness, and provide quality control editorial support

Requirements

Education and Professional Experience

The Instructional Designer has:

• A Bachelors in Instructional Design, Instructional Systems Design, English, Journalism, Business Administration, or other related discipline
• 7+ years’ experience in instructional design, instructional technology, or training in a corporate setting. 
• 5+ years’ experience working in a client-facing role
• 3+ years’ experience working in a consulting environment
• A strong understanding of Learning Experience Design (LxD)
• A strong understanding of visual design, including strong PPT skills

General Knowledge and Skills

The Lead Instructional Designer can:

• Articulate, discuss, and apply current instructional design processes theories, methodologies, and best practices
• Develop design documents, storyboards, scripts, and assessment tools
• Design for Articulate and Adobe Creative Suite, including Storyline 360 and Rise, Captivate, and other technology-based authoring tools with minimal support adhering to AICC and SCORM standards/specifications
• Translate written content into visual descriptions (graphics, animations, interactive charts and graphs, video-based scenarios)
• Exhibit strong problem-solving and business acumen skills
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in written and verbal communication skills
• Adapt quickly and easily to changing project requirements and needs
• Manage multiple priorities, project deadlines, and individual project objectives
• Work independently and collaboratively
• Communicate openly, providing timely status updates on deliverables progress
• Be a team player

Contract Visual Designer

About PDG

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through leadership, sales performance, onboarding and custom learning solutions. Recognized as a premier solution provider, PDG provides collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions that improve employee performance leading to optimum business results.

Here at PDG, we complement our learning and creative teams with professional consultants who help us to scale effortlessly, optimize creativity and deliver award winning learning programs. We are actively recruiting Contract Visual Designers to help us design creative and elegant media and graphics for our clients. Our network of consultants loves to work with us and here are some of the reasons why they find a relationship with PDG to be so valuable to them:

• Variety is the spice of life:PDG’s wide variety of learning projects gives you the opportunity to be a part of the design and development of award-winning programs that help to move the needle on employee performance while enhancing your experience and skills
• We enable you to "stay in your lane": We have a super star team of salespeople who work with some of the most exciting companies in the world. We handle all the business development, scoping, and proposal writing so you can focus on doing what you enjoy doing the most.
• The devil is in the details: We contract with the clients and handle all the logistics, absorbing the risk so you don’t have to worry about a thing. We also provide a wide array of tools and templates to make gigs easier for you while you work with us. Our team will make sure that you are set up for success with our thorough onboarding program and consultant toolkit.
• We show you the money!!: PDG pays a generous hourly rate, and your invoices are paid on time regardless of when our clients pay us.
• We are just nice: When we ask our professional consultants what they like best about working with PDG, we always hear that our team is super friendly, and we treat our consultants like part of the family which they don’t find in their other clients.

Position Summary

PDG’s Contract Visual Designers are responsible for the design and development of creative concepts and themes in support of learning assets for PDG’s clients. In addition to being a hands-on graphic designer, this role may function as the design lead on complex work-streams where they will:

• Function as the subject matter expert for creative assets
• Consult with the customer on their needs

This is a virtual 1099 contract role. Weekly hours will be based on individual client/project needs.We do require that our Contract Visual Designers have availability to meet with clients during standard business hours from time to time and we do establish service level agreements on response times to inquiries.

Responsibilities

The Visual Designer:

• Will work as part of the Media Design team creating media and a variety of assets in support of learning programs for PDG clients
• Consult with clients and team members to provide subject matter expertise on visual strategy

Education and Professional Experience

The Visual Designer has:

• A professional portfolio and can share work samples as part of the application process.
• A professional degree in a relevant area
• Four years’ experience as a Visual Designer, Graphic Designer, User Interface Designer
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite design experience
• Experience providing graphic design services in support of learning initiatives is a HUGE plus

Contract Visual Designer

About PDG

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through leadership, sales performance, onboarding and custom learning solutions. Recognized as a premier solution provider, PDG provides collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions that improve employee performance leading to optimum business results.

Here at PDG, we complement our learning and creative teams with professional consultants who help us to scale effortlessly, optimize creativity and deliver award winning learning programs. We are actively recruiting Contract Visual Designers to help us design creative and elegant media and graphics for our clients. Our network of consultants loves to work with us and here are some of the reasons why they find a relationship with PDG to be so valuable to them:

• Variety is the spice of life:PDG’s wide variety of learning projects gives you the opportunity to be a part of the design and development of award-winning programs that help to move the needle on employee performance while enhancing your experience and skills
• We enable you to "stay in your lane": We have a super star team of salespeople who work with some of the most exciting companies in the world. We handle all the business development, scoping, and proposal writing so you can focus on doing what you enjoy doing the most.
• The devil is in the details: We contract with the clients and handle all the logistics, absorbing the risk so you don’t have to worry about a thing. We also provide a wide array of tools and templates to make gigs easier for you while you work with us. Our team will make sure that you are set up for success with our thorough onboarding program and consultant toolkit.
• We show you the money!!: PDG pays a generous hourly rate, and your invoices are paid on time regardless of when our clients pay us.
• We are just nice: When we ask our professional consultants what they like best about working with PDG, we always hear that our team is super friendly, and we treat our consultants like part of the family which they don’t find in their other clients.

Position Summary

PDG’s Contract Visual Designers are responsible for the design and development of creative concepts and themes in support of learning assets for PDG’s clients. In addition to being a hands-on graphic designer, this role may function as the design lead on complex work-streams where they will:

• Function as the subject matter expert for creative assets
• Consult with the customer on their needs

This is a virtual 1099 contract role. Weekly hours will be based on individual client/project needs.We do require that our Contract Visual Designers have availability to meet with clients during standard business hours from time to time and we do establish service level agreements on response times to inquiries.

Responsibilities

The Visual Designer:

• Will work as part of the Media Design team creating media and a variety of assets in support of learning programs for PDG clients
• Consult with clients and team members to provide subject matter expertise on visual strategy

Education and Professional Experience

The Visual Designer has:

• A professional portfolio and can share work samples as part of the application process.
• A professional degree in a relevant area
• Four years’ experience as a Visual Designer, Graphic Designer, User Interface Designer
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite design experience
• Experience providing graphic design services in support of learning initiatives is a HUGE plus

Engagement Manager

About PDG

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through learning. We provide collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions and are recognized as a premier company in our field.

Here at PDG, we are proud of our core values which influence everything that we do:

• Delight our clients
• Get stuff done
• Treat it like you own it
• Play for the same team
• Lead with your unique

To support the continued growth of our business, PDG is hiring an Engagement Manager. This is a full-time remote role which may require some travel to client sites and industry conferences as needed. PDG’s compensation package for the Solution Architect role includes a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and participation in PDG’s annual bonus program.

Position Summary

PDG’s Engagement Manager serves as the lead of each client project beginning during the sales process and throughout the life of each engagement. The Engagement Manager’s goal is to maximize client satisfaction through superior project management and ensuring that their needs are exceeded.

Responsibilities

The Engagement Manager is accountable for:

• Leading the full lifecycle of a client engagement:  Partners with the sales team early in the sales process for each engagement and leads the work and resources through the life of the engagement to project closeout.
• Fosters client relationships: Partners with clients to confirm and achieve desired service levels and expectations. Monitors client satisfaction with PDG engagements and builds rapport to establish trusting relationships.
• Managing resources: Coordinates and manages client specific onboarding; coaches and manages performance; ensures quality and monitors satisfaction throughout the engagement. Leads the resources for each engagement, ensuring that resources feel valued, supported, and connected to PDG.
• Planning for and managing the work: Creates project plans, schedules, distributes and manages the work, monitors risk and creates mitigation strategies, seeks continuous improvement opportunities. Ensures targeted utilization and profit margin(s).
• Managing budgets: Monitors and reports burn rates to the client, manages the engagement budget and discusses with the client, tracks contracts/SOWs and contractor work orders, and prepares forecasts and reporting as needed.
• Leveraging best practices: Ensures that all team members apply PDG’s proven processes to drive quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. 
• Driving Growth: Works to strengthen client relationships, to ensure client satisfaction, and partners with business development to identify new business opportunities. 

Education & Experience

The Engagement Manager has the following qualifications and qualities:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Education or Learning and Development major
• Minimum of 5 years of Project Management Experience
• Significant experience in the learning and development industry
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with ClickUp, Microsoft Project or other project management tools
• Experience in the pharmaceuticals, financial services, or other highly regulated industry preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is a plus

About PDG

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through learning and development. Recognized as a premier company in our field, we provide collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions that help our clients to solve complex business problems.

Here at PDG, our core values influence everything that we do:

•  Delight our clients
• Get stuff done
• Treat it like you own it
• Play for the same team
• Lead with your unique

To support the continued growth of our business, PDG is hiring an AVP, Business Development. This is a full-time remote role which will require some travel to client sites and industry conferences as needed. PDG's compensation package for this role includes a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and a lucrative variable compensation program where you will be rewarded for performance.

Position Summary

The AVP Business Development is responsible for leading PDG’s new client acquisition and revenue generation in our target industry verticals typically, US-based domestic and international companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and financial services industries. This includes establishing client identification and penetration strategies and integrating at senior levels within clients in order to effectively position the full range of PDG’s learning services.

The AVP Business Development will gain access to and develop long-term business relationships with key decision makers within each account. Here at PDG, we believe that it takes a team to achieve maximum client engagement and satisfaction so you will work closely with PDG's leadership team along with our solutions and services organization who will be there to support you at every step of the sales process. The AVP Business Development will partner with the sales enablement and marketing team to develop and manage key accounts, create and deliver sales presentations, build relationships with clients, develop proposals, establish sales targets, account strategies, and metrics that drive achieving PDG’s business goals.

The ideal candidate for this position has the ability to consult with clients regarding workforce performance, is solution oriented, driven to succeed, possesses a positive, resilient attitude, is an effective leader and coach, and can work in a fast-paced, evolving learning organization.

Responsibilities

• Developing and fostering relationships, consult with clients at all levels to ensure workforce capability is aligned with corporate strategy, bringing innovation, and thought leadership in areas of critical importance to achieving the client’s strategy
• Developing and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge of PDG’s learning solutions and services along with industry trends from webinars, social media, blogs, etc. 
• Developing strategic account plans for each account
• Gaining a comprehensive understanding of each client and opportunity, crafting and delivering business proposals that effectively position the value of PDG’s solution to achieve the client’s goals
• Determining appropriate pricing for each opportunity based on profitability guidelines and an understanding of the client’s financial situation
• Managing and driving the sales process from lead generation through contract execution
• Working collaboratively with members of each PDG line of business to ensure information regarding projects and clients is communicated and proposals and clients are delighted with their experience with PDG and our solutions and services
• Meeting and exceeding revenue and gross profit goals

Education/Experience Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree required, graduate degree preferred
• Experience selling learning and development solutions including consulting services, custom learning solutions, and outsourcing solutions. Knowledge of the corporate training industry and learning services preferred
• At least 5 years of successful sales and account management experience with Fortune 1000 clients.
• Financial Services or Life Sciences industry experience preferred
• Familiarity with CRM tools, HubSpot preferred
• High level of business acumen including understanding of the metrics of business performance, ability to interact with C-Level business offices, as well as management at both a strategic and tactical levels.
• Superior client management, negotiation, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills
• Email and social networking marketing skills (hunting and prospecting with LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc.)

AVP Business Development

About PDG

Performance Development Group is an award winning, global leader helping companies produce high quality business results through learning and development. Recognized as a premier company in our field, we provide collaborative advisory services and innovative performance improvement solutions that help our clients to solve complex business problems.

Here at PDG, our core values influence everything that we do:

•  Delight our clients
• Get stuff done
• Treat it like you own it
• Play for the same team
• Lead with your unique

To support the continued growth of our business, PDG is hiring an AVP, Business Development. This is a full-time remote role which will require some travel to client sites and industry conferences as needed. PDG's compensation package for this role includes a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and a lucrative variable compensation program where you will be rewarded for performance.

Position Summary

The AVP Business Development is responsible for leading PDG’s new client acquisition and revenue generation in our target industry verticals typically, US-based domestic and international companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and financial services industries. This includes establishing client identification and penetration strategies and integrating at senior levels within clients in order to effectively position the full range of PDG’s learning services.

The AVP Business Development will gain access to and develop long-term business relationships with key decision makers within each account. Here at PDG, we believe that it takes a team to achieve maximum client engagement and satisfaction so you will work closely with PDG's leadership team along with our solutions and services organization who will be there to support you at every step of the sales process. The AVP Business Development will partner with the sales enablement and marketing team to develop and manage key accounts, create and deliver sales presentations, build relationships with clients, develop proposals, establish sales targets, account strategies, and metrics that drive achieving PDG’s business goals.

The ideal candidate for this position has the ability to consult with clients regarding workforce performance, is solution oriented, driven to succeed, possesses a positive, resilient attitude, is an effective leader and coach, and can work in a fast-paced, evolving learning organization.

Responsibilities

• Developing and fostering relationships, consult with clients at all levels to ensure workforce capability is aligned with corporate strategy, bringing innovation, and thought leadership in areas of critical importance to achieving the client’s strategy
• Developing and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge of PDG’s learning solutions and services along with industry trends from webinars, social media, blogs, etc. 
• Developing strategic account plans for each account
• Gaining a comprehensive understanding of each client and opportunity, crafting and delivering business proposals that effectively position the value of PDG’s solution to achieve the client’s goals
• Determining appropriate pricing for each opportunity based on profitability guidelines and an understanding of the client’s financial situation
• Managing and driving the sales process from lead generation through contract execution
• Working collaboratively with members of each PDG line of business to ensure information regarding projects and clients is communicated and proposals and clients are delighted with their experience with PDG and our solutions and services
• Meeting and exceeding revenue and gross profit goals

Education/Experience Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree required, graduate degree preferred
• Experience selling learning and development solutions including consulting services, custom learning solutions, and outsourcing solutions. Knowledge of the corporate training industry and learning services preferred
• At least 5 years of successful sales and account management experience with Fortune 1000 clients.
• Financial Services or Life Sciences industry experience preferred
• Familiarity with CRM tools, HubSpot preferred
• High level of business acumen including understanding of the metrics of business performance, ability to interact with C-Level business offices, as well as management at both a strategic and tactical levels.
• Superior client management, negotiation, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills
• Email and social networking marketing skills (hunting and prospecting with LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc.)