Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 50 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China. Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 250,000 individuals across 80+ countries. Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 2,000 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai. Following its $650 million Series E funding round in August 2021, the Company is valued at $3.2 billion, and is backed by Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.
Roles and responsibilities:
• Ability to handle multiple courses at a time
• Ability to manage a team of 5-7 Instructional Designers
• Initiate a course and once streamlined, delegate, and detach quickly
• Strong ability to train and mentor team members and vendors
• Ability to estimate efforts on a course correctly (without much deviation from actuals) in collaboration with
PMs
• Work with PMs to ensure timelines are met; monitor the course progress based on team efficiency and take
proactive and corrective measures when needed
Key skills and qualifications:
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or PHD, PLUS
• Any specializations in Educational Tech, Instructional Design, Mass Communication, or Journalism is highly
desirable
• Experience: 6 – 10 years in Instructional Designing in Higher Education domain with any reputed e-learning
content development company (last 2 years in Managerial or Team Lead role)
• Specialized knowledge: Instructional design, online learning, video-based learning, mobile learning, working
experience in Higher Education Domain (Undergraduate and Post Graduate Degree Programs)
• Professional certification: Instructional design, video editing a plus
Desired characteristics:
• Team player
• Ability to work in agile methodology
• Ability to grasp technical concepts and simplify them visually
• Strong visualization and visual design skills
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Innovative
• Attention to detail
• An inclination towards understanding academic content that may be complex or technical in nature
Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
