Learning Consultant - Freelance

Location: Chicago, IL metropolitan area, United States; mostly work from home with some travel to the Chicago-based client

Hourly rate: Negotiable

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first learning and development company combining storytelling, AI, VR, and psychological insights to create learning solutions for global brands and nonprofits.

What you will do

• Lead and facilitate on-site and virtual working sessions with senior L&D leaders and line-of-business professionals.
• Guide senior and C-suite stakeholders toward decisions, challenge assumptions, and prevent scope drift.
• Translate discovery findings into assessment strategies, personalized learning pathways, and implementation roadmaps.
• Own the Solution Blueprint and co-author the build specification with the Psychometrician and client build team.
• Map assessments and content, design learning journeys, and collaborate with the Solution Architect and potentially a Creative Director.
• Define assessment strategy, personalized pathways, technology requirements, and implementation details with Psychometrician review.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in instructional design or learning strategy, including ownership of discovery, design thinking, or facilitated workshops.
• Strong instructional design and learning experience design skills.
• Strong facilitation skills and executive presence.
• Experience designing performance-based assessments using scenarios, simulations, and judgment-based items rather than recall alone.
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to produce usable blueprints and specifications.
• Credibility with executives, including asking effective questions, holding the room, and pushing back constructively.
• Collaborative approach with learning, assessment, and technical teams.
• This is not a pure instructional design role; the consultant must be able to design curriculum and facilitate.
• Technical proficiency, strong internet access, and comfort with virtual, instant messaging, and conferencing tools.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of assurance or accounting professional learning, including CPE rules, NASBA, mandatory training, and competency frameworks.
• Experience with adaptive learning, test-out or competency-based programs, or skills taxonomies.
• Experience working with a Psychometrician.
• Comfort with AI in learning.
• CPA background or prior work with large consulting firms.
• Consulting or large consultancy experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first, collaborative community centered on empathy and creative excellence.
• Contracted 1099 freelance engagement lasting 12 weeks, expected to start in November 2026.
• Typically 20–30 hours per week, with variable hours and some weeks potentially having zero hours.
• Travel may be required during busier weeks.
• Resources must be available during established working hours and use virtual collaboration tools effectively.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume for consideration.
• Applications are reviewed through hirify.global’s Join Us page or LinkedIn Jobs page.