Instructional designer with impeccable writing skills and superb attention to detail
Examples of my work
My services
Needs analysis
I’ll work with you to identify the gap between current performance and desired outcomes in order to determine whether training (or another intervention) is needed—and if so, what kind.
Storyboarding
Next, I’ll work with the SME to create a storyboard or script. This entails organising the content, structure and flow of a learning experience, whether online or in the classroom, before development begins.
Development
Writing is my strongest skill, but I can also build your course, either from scratch or using a template. The look and feel will depend on whether it’s classroom training or online.
About me
I started my career in publishing at Penguin Random House, where I honed my passion for writing, editing and proofreading.
I then worked as a freelance travel writer, where I learned to successfully manage workloads and deadlines as well as keep clients (such as Fodor’s, Google and Booking.com) happy.
After making the pivot to instructional design, I haven’t looked back - I love it all! From analysis of learner needs and implementing the right learning solution to collaborating with SMEs and developing a script, it’s always interesting and I love a challenge.
My aim is to always create learning solutions that close learning gaps and result in performance and behaviour changes.
I have a particular passion for accessibility and believe attention to detail is paramount in this role - without it, the learner won’t trust the learning.
Technical Skills
Articulate Storyline and Rise, Canva, Vyond, Powerpoint, Audacity, Cornerstone.
I’m based in London, UK.
Contact me: clairebaranowski@gmail.com
Testimonials
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"Claire has always been a pleasure to work with. She is always eager to learn and develop herself further and has developed her skills to an impressive standard in a short space of time. She has an excellent eye for detail and has really helped me polish my projects. She is brilliant at communicating with SME's and working out what we need to do to make our e-learning as effective as possible. Her Instructional Design skills in particular are outstanding, she can really transform the driest subject in to a fun, meaningfully engaging piece of training."
Narissa Kentfield, Digital Learning Designer at SGN
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"Claire worked on an elearning project with me recently. She found her feet quickly on a complex project in which she was writing technical content for microlearning units. On the project, we were required to work quickly and get content produced accurately at speed. Claire was quickly able to understand my design instructions for the units and produce high quality content, comprising video scripts and assessment questions. She also got to grips rapidly with the multiple platforms we were expected to use, including Slack, Airtable, Podio, Google Drive and MindTickle. I can definitely recommend Claire for this type of work and would be more than happy to work with her again.
Richard Whiteside, Instructional Designer at Nazaré
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"I worked with Claire on quite a tricky, technical writing project and was amazed how quickly she got up to speed with the content we were writing and the team tools and processes we were using. I always enjoyed working with her and found that she was diligent with her work and supportive of others in the team. She was a great person to work with and I hope we find ourselves on another project together soon."
Alex Walters, project manager at LearnJam