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Hi, I'm Ivan Mendoza.

I'm an instructional designer with over seven years of professional experience based in Austin, TX.

About

Most recently, I worked at Apple as a sales enablement instructional designer. I designed and developed training and sales development resources used by 100,000+ learners worldwide.Before Apple, I was a corporate trainer and instructional designer at PrimeLending, a financial services company. I split my time doing design, facilitation, and project management on their national L&D team.I started my professional career developing curriculum and facilitating lessons as a high school English teacher and co-director for a school mentorship program.

As an instructional designer, I work to make sure nothing takes away from the user's learning experience. I believe less is more, writing in concise, natural language to reduce cognitive load.My biggest strengths are my creativity and attention to detail. Teams rely on me to find unique solutions to problems and pinpoint areas for improvement.Outside of work, I enjoy improv, bouldering, skateboarding, basketball, walks with my wife and dog, and pizza. 🍕

Skills

Core Skills

  • Instructional design

  • Enablement

  • Curriculum design

  • Training

  • Onboarding

  • Design Thinking

  • Needs assessment

  • Project management

  • Communication

  • Collaboration

  • Research

  • Writing

  • Editing

  • Presenting

  • Problem-solving

  • Creativity

Design Tools

  • Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Figma

  • Audacity

  • SnagIt

Productivity and Collaboration Tools

  • Microsoft Office

  • Google Workspace

  • Miro

  • FigJam

  • Wrike

Technical Skills

  • HTML

  • CSS

  • JavaScript