Hire the Best Instructional Technologists

What if your training courses didn’t just teach—they transformed? Let’s Build the Most Impactful Professional Training Courses Together 🚀 I'm Samar Usman, pro learning experience designer and learning technologist (Upwork Expert Vetter - representing top 1% in my area of expertise) with 14+ years of experience and a genuine passion for shaping content that teaches and connects. I’ve developed over 200 courses across industries, business, tech, education, healthcare, and more for global names like S&P Global, NHS UK, BCG, and California University’s CLAMPS Project. AI, Synthesia, Articulate Suite and Canva are my home tools, and I’ve used it to create everything from executive training for C-Level, doctors and healthcare workers engineers, business consultants and analysts to 5 year kindergartners teaching them to count upto 7 in to pirate-themed numeracy adventures. (Yes, really.) Why Choose Me? 🎖️Upwork’s Expert-Vetted Talent: Recognized as part of the top 1% of professionals on Upwork. 🚀 Proven Results: I’ve worked with clients across industries to deliver learning experiences that drive real impact. 🧠 Strategic Thinker: I don’t just design courses—I design solutions that align with your business goals. 🤝 Collaborative Partner: I’m not just a freelancer; I’m an extension of your team. Your success is my success. 🛠️ Cutting-Edge Tools: Proficient in Articulate Storyline, Rise, AI-powered tools, and multimedia design to create modern, engaging learning experiences. 💎 My Services 1. Proven Expertise in Professional Training : Designed and delivered 200+ learning modules for global organizations, developed courses on Business Analysis, Consulting, and High-Performance Skills, breaking down complex topics into simple, actionable lessons. 2. LMS Mastery : Expertise in LearnWorlds, Teachable, Kajabi, and Thinkific for seamless course setup, content upload, and learner engagement. Experience with 20+ LMS platforms, ensuring courses are intuitive, interactive, and easy to navigate. Rise | TalentLMS | KAJABI |Cornerstone OnDemand | Absorb LMS | iSpring Suit | Thinkific | Teachable | Moodle| Canvas | Blackboard Learn| SAP Litmos - You name it! 3. Engaging Content Creation: Skilled in graphic design (Canva, Adobe Suite) to create sleek, professional visuals like slides, infographics, Videos and workbooks. Developed interactive elements—quizzes, case studies, and practical exercises—to reinforce learning and boost retention. 4. Instructional Design Excellence: Applied ADDIE and SAM models to structure content for maximum engagement and retention. Designed learner-centric experiences that align with organizational goals and deliver measurable results. 🎯 How I Can Help You Achieve Your Goals - My Services 1. Instructional Design: Crafting learner-centered experiences tailored to your audience’s needs. 2. Conducting thorough needs analyses to create storyboards and wireframes that align with your goals. 3. Developing interactive eLearning modules, quizzes, and multimedia courses using SmartBuild. 4. Visual Design; Using color theory, layout, and typography to create visually appealing and effective learning materials. Designing presentations and course materials that enhance clarity and engagement. Use tools like Canva, Adobe Express, and InDesign to create professional visuals that align with your brand. 5. AI-Powered Learning: Leveraging native LMS interactivities and AI tools for content generation, video editing, and audio production. Creating dynamic, multimedia learning experiences that feel modern and innovative. 6. Collaboration & Alignment: I will work closely with your team to align content with your unique voice and high-impact approach, ensuring every course reflects your mission to build the most impactful professional training. 💼 Portfolio: My portfolio showcases projects where I served as the lead instructional designer, developing gamified assessments, managing question banks, and collaborating closely with clients. You’ll also find examples of my work integrating interactive multimedia and learner-centric strategies. I also have a licensed Storyline, Canva, Elevenlabs, Synthesia and ElevenLabs 💬 Let’s Create Something Amazing Together Let’s schedule a call to discuss your vision for this program and how I can help you achieve your goals. I’d be happy to provide a customized proposal tailored to your requirements. Looking forward to collaborating with you!

If your work is built around helping people learn—whether you’re teaching in the classroom, running a coaching program, or building digital learning products—your materials should look as strong as the message behind them. That’s where I come in. I design high-quality, engaging learning resources that are not only beautiful—but also structured, easy to follow, and ready to use or sell. My specialty? Helping educators, coaches, and learning brands turn ideas into clear, interactive, and well-designed learning experiences using tools like Canva, PowerPoint, WordPress, LearnDash, Wayground, and Moodle, combined with strong curriculum design and instructional strategy. What I Do • Curriculum Design Clear, engaging, and structured learning programs that make education effective and easy to follow. • Lesson Materials & Visual Learning Resources Beautiful and classroom-ready materials created in Canva and PowerPoint that support real learning. • Learning Platform Setup & Course Organization Experience working with WordPress, LearnDash, Wayground, and Moodle to organize lessons, quizzes, and interactive learning content. • Interactive Learning Activities Worksheets, quizzes, slides, and student activities designed to keep learners engaged and improve understanding. • Teacher-Friendly Educational Resources Clean layouts, clear pacing, and well-structured learning flow that teachers and trainers can easily use. • Digital Products for Teachers Pay Teachers & Etsy I help educators create materials that are polished, professional, and ready to sell online. • Coaching Program Content Design Development of workbooks, modules, guides, templates, and learning materials for coaching and training programs. • Turning Your Recordings Into a Full Program I transform recorded videos or webinars into structured learning programs, including: - Clean transcriptions - Structured syllabus and lesson flow - Assessments, quizzes, and worksheets What It’s Like to Work With Me • Learning-first approach. Everything I create is designed with real learners in mind. • Organized, reliable, and detail-focused. Your content will be polished and ready to use. • A true collaborator. I work like a partner, not just a designer—I care about your learners, your clients, and your results. Let’s create learning materials that are beautiful, effective, and built with purpose.

Need to build a new training program or video from the ground up? Do you have existing programs or videos that are outdated, ineffective, fragmented, or missing a strong instructional design foundation? Do you just need a reliable and responsive learning partner? I can help. Clients partner with me when they are preparing for workforce transitions, capturing subject matter expertise before retirement or turnover, scaling onboarding efforts, modernizing training programs, or creating systems that support long-term organizational growth. I can help transform complex information into structured, sustainable training programs. I bring strategy, architecture, structure, and execution to initiatives designed to perform—not simply inform. My focus is helping organizations solve real-world business problems through knowledge transfer, workforce readiness, onboarding systems, process documentation, learning architecture, and measurable performance outcomes. As an Upwork Top Rated Plus professional (Top 3% Worldwide), I maintain a 100% client satisfaction score, and have a proven track record of delivering high-quality, results-driven solutions. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 ✔ Knowledge Capture & Transfer Systems ✔ Training Programs Built from the Ground Up ✔ Workforce Readiness & Onboarding Programs ✔ Process Documentation & SOP Development ✔ Curriculum Architecture & Learning Journeys ✔ Leadership Development Programs ✔ Learning Program Modernization ✔ Rebranding Projects ✔ Organizational Knowledge Retention ✔ Instructional Design & Learning Strategy ✔ eLearning & Multimedia Development ✔ Video Production 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗜'𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣𝗘𝗗 I've worked across automotive, financial services, government, healthcare, higher education, insurance, life sciences, logistics, manufacturing, nonprofit, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, retail, services, startups, and transportation. My client list includes: AbbVie, Anthem, BNSF Railway, Cleveland Clinic, DIA, Federal Government, FedEx, Fifth Third Bank, Girls on the Run, Healthfirst, Heinen's, Intuit, Local Governmental Agencies, Nationwide Insurance, Oswald, PNC Bank, Savers, State Farm, State Governmetal Agencies, Supreme Court of Ohio, Target, Tesla, Teva Pharmaceuticals, UCLA, USC, Verizon, and many more! 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗜 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 To maintain quality and client satisfaction, I work exclusively through Upwork and partner with a select number of clients at any given time. This allows me to remain responsive, focused, and fully invested in each engagement. I recommend to all clients that they start with a small hourly rate project first before full commital. You can also expect all projects to be both collaborative and iterative. Think of your project as clay. We need to start somewhere and then we need to shape it through collaborative sessions and iterative processes. Serious inquiries only, please. I welcome only those that are ready to begin immediately. 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗘𝗦 & 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗦 360Learning • Absorb • Adobe Captivate • Adobe Creative Cloud • Articulate 360 (Rise 360, Storyline 360) • Artlist • Camtasia • Canva • Canvas • ChatGPT • Claude • Colossyan • Cornerstone • Docebo • Eleven Labs • Elucidat • Envato • Gemini • H5P • HeyGen • Kling AI • LearnDash • LearnUpon • LearnWorlds • Moodle • Powtoon • Reach 360 • Revoicer • Runway • SAP Litmos • Revoicer • SkyPrep • Synthesia (Enterprise Partner) • TalentLMS • Thinkific • Tovuti • Vyond (Enterprise Agency partner) • Wellsaid Labs and more! 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 Please note that my rates vary depending on the project type, scope, complexity, timeline, turnaround expectations, and organization type. Engagement options include: • Hourly • Fixed-Price Milestones (worry-free, all-inclusive) • Prepaid Blocks of Hours • Monthly Retainers • Discounted Rates will apply only to larger committed projects 𝗠𝗬 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 Monday–Friday 8:00 AM–8:00 PM EDT Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and All Holidays (Regular, U.S., Federal) 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗨𝗽𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹. Please do not include any personal contact information in your message. Upwork monitors all communications and will remove your contact information before I receive your message. Sharing personal contact information prior to a formal contract being in place may also violate Upwork’s Terms of Service and could result in account restrictions or suspension.

Are you struggling to make your training stick? I build engaging learning experiences that don't just 'tick a box', they transform performance, boost engagement, and deliver measurable business results. Forget boring, click-next courses. As a senior instructional designer with over a decade of experience building L&D departments from the ground up, I blend learning science, storytelling, and a Lean Six Sigma approach to create training that captivates learners and aligns directly with your strategic goals. Whether you're looking to slash onboarding time, increase sales team effectiveness, or monetize your expertise with a blockbuster online course, I have the strategic vision and technical skill to make it happen. Let's build something impactful together. Invite me to your project. ✅ My Core Services & Your Outcomes: Learning Strategy & Transformation: Move from costly, ineffective training to a strategic L&D function that drives your business forward and proves its ROI. Instructional Design & eLearning Development: Convert your raw content into powerful, interactive learning experiences (online, virtual, or blended) that learners actually enjoy. Gamified eLearning: Skyrocket learner engagement and knowledge retention by turning training into an addictive, motivating experience. Custom Course & Curriculum Creation: Develop comprehensive learning paths, from needs analysis and curriculum mapping to assessment design and performance support, tailored to your specific business needs (Sales, Operations, Customer Service, etc.). Video Training Content: Elevate your training with high-impact video scripts and professionally reviewed content that commands attention. For Entrepreneurs: Course Creation & Monetization: Partner with me to turn your knowledge into a polished, profitable, and scalable online course on platforms like Kajabi or LearnWorlds. 💡 My Technical Toolkit: LMS Platforms: TalentLMS, Kajabi, LearnWorlds, Tovuti, Lessonly, Absorb, Acorn, Odoo, SC Training/EdApp, LearnDash Authoring Tools: Articulate Storyline, iSpring Suite, Genially, H5P Multimedia Creation: Camtasia, CapCut, Clipchamp, Vyond Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Captivate Productivity & Data: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Looker Studio 👤 Why Me? The Story Behind the Skills: With 10+ years in the trenches of learning and development across BPO, healthcare, finance, and retail, I'm more than just an instructional designer—I'm a strategic partner. I've built entire L&D departments from scratch, led global teams of trainers, and successfully deployed learning solutions to thousands of professionals. My unique approach combines three core elements: The Scientist: I apply proven learning science and adult learning principles to ensure your training is effective and memorable. The Storyteller: I weave narratives and interactive elements into every course, making learning an engaging journey, not a chore. The Strategist: With a Lean Six Sigma mindset, I focus relentlessly on efficiency, impact, and delivering a clear return on your investment. My goal is simple: to create learning that people want to take and that delivers tangible value to your organization.

Educator turned instructional technology facilitator now transitioning into EdTech, instructional design, and training & development. Focused on designing engaging, learner-centered experiences for both students and adults-combining my classroom expertise with a passion for technology integration. I've created onboarding courses, video tutorials, and training materials that make complex tools approachable and easy to use. I'm skilled at breaking down information, supporting learners at all levels, and designing resources that boost both confidence and skill. My strengths include learning experience design, curriculum development, technology coaching, and creating accessible, inclusive training content. I'm excited to bring my background in education, my creativity, and my problem-solving skills to a role where I can help others adopt new tools, strengthen skills, and achieve their goals

I’m a Learning & Development professional who helps organizations turn training into a true performance driver. My background spans organizational psychology, instructional design, operations, and process improvement, giving me a unique ability to connect learning, leadership, and performance. I’ve led multi-department operations teams, built internal universities, and developed training departments from the ground up: transforming fragmented systems into structured, scalable programs that elevate both people and processes. My experience includes insurance, telecom, and professional services, where I’ve created onboarding, compliance, leadership, and technical training programs that improve efficiency and retention. As a Learning Systems Architect, I specialize in developing engaging, performance-focused training that’s easy to scale and aligned with business goals. I merge creativity with strategy, combining gamified learning design, process optimization, and data-backed decision making to create measurable results. My toolkit includes Articulate 360 (Storyline & Rise), Vyond, Canva, and LMS platforms like TalentLMS and Absorb, along with process mapping, SOP development, and continuous improvement frameworks (Lean, Six Sigma). Clients partner with me to: ✔ Develop engaging, impactful learning experiences that drive retention ✔ Cut onboarding time and ramp-up costs ✔ Align compliance and QA training with performance metrics ✔ Build scalable systems and internal learning departments ✔ Bridge the gap between operations and L&D strategy If you’re looking for a partner who can design, build, and optimize both your learning and operational systems with creativity and measurable ROI... let’s connect.