HyperionDevHead of Learning Design
Jul. 2021 - Jan. 2023Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa• Created innovative skills programme for the UK Department for Education R66M/£3.3M/$3.8M tender.
• Managed curriculum and outcomes-related relationships with major international university and civil partners (e.g., University of Edinburgh, University of Nottingham, UK Dept. for Education, MIT). • Analysed and reported on key metrics, drilling into quantitative and qualitative data to inform curriculum and process adjustments to inform interventions to significantly increase student graduation rates. • Created a full learnership programme (NQF5, 1310 notional hours) in under 6 months with a team of only 2 LDs.
• Applied 15+ years of pedagogical experience to assess and overhaul the curriculum, leading to either changing or updating 65% of content to provide better pedagogical scaffolding, reduce pain points that had emerged from learner and university partner feedback, and increase student capacity to stay on track, enabling the company to remain innovative in a very competitive international market.
• Managed hiring for LD and education management roles, identifying, hiring, and onboarding A-players with the ability to excel in a fast-paced high-agility environment.
• Streamlined processes for collaboration and communication with education operations, product, marketing, and engineering, facilitating seamless product delivery.
• Drove organisational community-building via wellness initiative committee, significantly improving Officevibe engagement and happiness scores.