Position: Instructional Designer Coop
Duration: 3 Months +
Date: May 15 - August 25, 2023
Location: Onsite/ Hybrid

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work.

The team you'll be part of

Cloud and Network Services

As Nokia's growth engine, we create value for communication service providers and enterprise customers by facilitating the transition to cloud-native software and as-a-service delivery models. Our inclusive team of dreamers, doers and disruptors push the limits from impossible to possible.

Nokia IGNITE is a value driven digital ecosystem program within the Cloud and Network Services Business Group. Nokia IGNITE brings together customers and partners into communities to accelerate value creation through collaboration. The program’s goals are to develop new solutions from the integration of Nokia CNS Business Application products with complementary software partners, expose the unique value propositions of our products, and drive new business growth.

Join us in building IGNITE. This is a unique opportunity to engage with technology startups within a dynamic, international environment with responsibility for helping start-ups create joint value for our customers. This is your opportunity to connect with founders from all over the world and match them with opportunities with the right customers and internal product teams to make an impact in the industry.

Education Recommendations

Currently a candidate for a Master’s degree or diploma in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Technical Communication, or other related fields with an accredited school in US

What you will learn and contribute to

As a Training Instructional Designer, you’ll work with business partners to identify training needs and create video-based, micro-learning and virtual training using cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions. You will enable learners’ understanding through relevant activities, author measurable learning checkpoints, and develop materials that promote transfer, retention, and application. You’ll work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where quality, creativity, and accountability are expected.

Your role will be to participate in several Scrum teams as a learning designer responsible for: developing the tools, templates, and training materials to help our team create scaled, online, social and interactive learning experiences and bringing your skills to a team of passionate educators and consultants to help build an industry-best developer advocacy function.

As part of our team, you'll be working on:

• Building out multi-month onboarding curriculums and courses, that are scaled, interactive, social, and online for developer advocacy.
• Developing standards and practices for the development and deployment of courses and curriculum for a variety of Sales, Pre-Sales, Developer, and Partner personas.
• Conducting needs assessment/ review of current practice in instructional design and recommend, Tools, Templates and Checklists to address identified needs
• Creating professional accessible materials that are focused on the targeted outcomes and building and refining prototypes with feedback from the team
• Selecting and using a variety of techniques to define and sequence the instructional content and strategies to design instruction that reflects an understanding of the diversity of learners and groups of learners.
• Evaluating and assessing instruction and its impact on learners and the business.

What is Nokia looking for from me

You have:

• Superb written and verbal communication skills and proficiency in writing instructional content
• Ability to create compelling and engaging content for a global audience
• Experience examining, building, and assessing curricula for asynchronous and synchronous virtual training environments

It would be nice if you also had:

• Experience with instructional systems design models and methodologies, authoring tools, and learning management systems
• Experience as a content developer on Instructional Systems Design projects related to adult learners
• Exposure to Web authoring and multimedia tools such as basic HTML, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop. Experience with JavaScript and CSS a plus
• Instructional design experience using ADDIE or similar methodology
• Experience designing large-scale, social, online learning programs (MOOCs or similar)

Why we're awesome

Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Company Culture: We believe our people are our greatest asset and we aim to foster a fun, challenging, positive, and inclusive work environment. We offer 1-on-1 mentorship, learning and development opportunities, global impact and interaction, and flexible work/life balance.

Meaningful Co-op Term: During your co-op term, you will have the opportunity to test out the latest technologies and work on innovative projects that could leave a global impact. You get to use skills learned in the classroom and apply it to real work situations while gaining professional hands-on experience.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
• LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people.

Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

As a federal contractor & pursuant to Presidential Exec. Order 14042, Nokia mandates for all employees a COVID-19 vaccination or an approved religious or medical accommodation.

Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.

See you this Summer 2023!

“The intern program at Nokia is truly designed to give students all the support and guidance we need to excel in our professional careers. Working at Nokia as a software developer Co-op, I was able to learn and grow with the guidance of mentors from across the company through a multitude of research, development, and leadership opportunities. It was exciting to be able to contribute to real-world projects and apply my previous experiences to new domains, especially since the Nokia work culture encourages innovation and creativity. I’ve made lifelong connections and skills through my time here, and I’m so grateful to have been a part of the Nokia team!” – Mara Hubelbank, Former Nokia Co-op student, Spring - Summer 2021

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