Director Leadership & Learning Innovation
The Freeman Company (TFC) Brands · Dallas, TX · 1 mo ago
HybridHuman ResourcesFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only sections with real content. The posting includes "About Us" and "Summary". The instruction says use
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only sections with real content. The posting includes "About Us" and "Summary". The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map content accordingly.
We have:
- About Us: description of company. Could map to "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is typical heading for role description. The posting includes "Summary" which describes role. So we can put that under About the role
with the summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: there is "Essential Duties & Responsibilities" with bullet points (though not bullet list but sentences). We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The responsibilities are listed as sentences separated by periods; we can treat each as list item.
- Requirements: there is "Education & Experience" and "Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Travel Requirements". That's requirements. We'll put under
Requirements
with list items.
- Skills: maybe we can extract from responsibilities? But we have no explicit Skills section. Could combine with Requirements? The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could omit Skills if not explicit. But we have "Skills" maybe from "Skills-Based Development". However that's part of responsibilities. We'll not create a Skills section unless there is explicit list. There's no separate skills list.
- Benefits: there is "What We Offer" describing benefits. So we can put under Benefits
with list.
- Pay and Schedule: there is mention of hybrid schedule: "It Is Eligible To Work a Hybrid Schedule, Generally Requiring Work In-office And/or Show-site 2-3 Days Per Week." Also location preferences. That's schedule info. So we can create Schedule
with that sentence. Pay: no mention of pay, so we omit Pay section.
- Also we have location info: "The Ideal Candidate Will Be Located In Dallas, TX; However, We Are Also Open To Candidates Based Out Of Las Vegas, NV Orlando, FL". That could be part of Schedule or maybe a separate note. Could include in Schedule section as additional note.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must remove boilerplate: Diversity Commitment, EEO, etc. Remove that.
We must preserve all substantive information.
Let's extract content:
About Us paragraph: "The Freeman Company is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data-driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, The Freeman Company's insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full-service solutions leverage a 99-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter."
Summary paragraph: "The Director, Leadership & Learning Innovation will serve as a strategic learning partner and consultative leader, leading a team of facilitators and instructional designers responsible for creating leadership, capability, and technology transformation learning experiences. This role integrates learning with business and talent strategy, enabling skills-based development and building frameworks that support talent growth, career mobility, and workforce readiness. The Director will create scalable, innovative learning experiences that move beyond traditional PowerPoint-led classroom training and use creative approaches such as practice, coaching, feedback, peer learning, experiential activities, simulations, real-world application, and learning in the flow of work. Success is measured not only by learning completion, but by capability growth, career mobility indicators, development outcomes that support career progression, and business-aligned performance impact. This Position Will Support Our Human Resources Team. It Is Eligible To Work a Hybrid Schedule, Generally Requiring Work In-office And/or Show-site 2-3 Days Per Week. The Ideal Candidate Will Be Located In Dallas, TX; However, We Are Also Open To Candidates Based Out Of Las Vegas, NV Orlando, FL"
But note schedule info appears also in Summary; we might separate schedule later. However we should not duplicate. We'll keep schedule info in Schedule section, but we need to avoid duplication. We'll extract schedule sentence: "It Is Eligible To Work a Hybrid Schedule, Generally Requiring Work In-office And/or Show-site 2-3 Days Per Week." and location sentence: "The Ideal Candidate Will Be Located In Dallas, TX; However, We Are Also Open To Candidates Based Out Of Las Vegas, NV Orlando, FL". We'll put those in Schedule section.
Now Responsibilities: list under "Essential Duties & Responsibilities". The text:
"Strategic Partnership & Business Alignment Partner with business leaders and HR teams to identify capability needs, skill gaps, and performance barriers, co-creating learning solutions tied to business priorities.Position the L&D function as a consultative partner and trusted advisor — not simply a training delivery function — and secure leader support to embed learning in the business agenda.Lead, coach, and mentor a team of facilitators, instructional designers, and learning consultants to ensure high-quality design, facilitation, and program execution. Skills-Based Development Design, implement, and evaluate leadership, professional development, coaching, and technology transformation learning experiences that go beyond traditional classroom instruction and help employees practice, apply, and transfer learning to real work.Provide strategic guidance on capability frameworks, skills-based development, learning paths, and academy-style program architecture to support succession readiness, career mobility, and workforce transformation.Collaborate with Talent Management to integrate learning into talent processes including succession planning, performance management, and workforce planning. Learning Innovation & Culture Evaluate and integrate learning technologies, AI-enabled tools, simulations, blended learning approaches, experiential activities, and digital methods that improve learner engagement, access, on-the-job application, and business impact.Create scalable learning experiences and informal learning structures — including practice labs, scenario-based learning, simulations, coaching, feedback, mentoring, peer learning, communities of practice, manager-led development, and application-based activities — and champion a culture of continuous growth across all levels.Stay current on learning and workforce development trends; translate insights into practical, phased recommendations aligned to where the organization is today and where it is heading. Impact Measurement Develop and report on metrics that go beyond completion rates to include learning effectiveness, application, adoption, learner experience, capability growth, skills velocity, career mobility indicators, and business-aligned outcomes.Use data to continuously refine the learning portfolio and ensure investments align to business priorities.Provide updates and recommendations to senior management on learning priorities, program impact, innovation opportunities, and continuous improvement efforts."
We need to split into list items. Each sentence seems separated by a period but there are no spaces after some periods? We'll just split by periods and create items.
Let's manually create list items:
- Partner with business leaders and HR teams to identify capability needs, skill gaps, and performance barriers, co-creating learning solutions tied to business priorities.
- Position the L&D function as a consultative partner and trusted advisor — not simply a training delivery function — and secure leader support to embed learning in the business agenda.
- Lead, coach, and mentor a team of facilitators, instructional designers, and learning consultants to ensure high-quality design, facilitation, and program execution.
- Design, implement, and evaluate leadership, professional development, coaching, and technology transformation learning experiences that go beyond traditional classroom instruction and help employees practice, apply, and transfer learning to real work.
- Provide strategic guidance on capability frameworks, skills-based development, learning paths, and academy-style program architecture to support succession readiness, career mobility, and workforce transformation.
- Collaborate with Talent Management to integrate learning into talent processes including succession planning, performance management, and workforce planning.
- Evaluate and integrate learning technologies, AI-enabled tools, simulations, blended learning approaches, experiential activities, and digital methods that improve learner engagement, access, on-the-job application, and business impact.
- Create scalable learning experiences and informal learning structures — including practice labs, scenario-based learning, simulations, coaching, feedback, mentoring, peer learning, communities of practice, manager-led development, and application-based activities — and champion a culture of continuous growth across all levels.
- Stay current on learning and workforce development trends; translate insights into practical, phased recommendations aligned to where the organization is today and where it is heading.
- Develop and report on metrics that go beyond completion rates to include learning effectiveness, application, adoption, learner experience, capability growth, skills velocity, career mobility indicators, and business-aligned outcomes.
- Use data to continuously refine the learning portfolio and ensure investments align to business priorities.
- Provide updates and recommendations to senior management on learning priorities, program impact, innovation opportunities, and continuous improvement efforts.
Now Requirements: from "Education & Experience" and "Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Travel Requirements". The text:
"Education & Experience Bachelor's degree in Education, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field. Master's degree preferred.Minimum 10 years in corporate or enterprise learning and development, with at least 5 years leading learning professionals.Proven ability to partner with business leaders to design solutions that drive capability growth, technology adoption, and measurable outcomes.Experience with learning technologies, digital tools, AI-enabled solutions, and blended learning models.Demonstrated experience designing innovative learning experiences beyond basic classroom or PowerPoint-led training, including experiential, scenario-based, digital, blended, and application-focused learning methods.Experience connecting skills and competencies to talent management, career development, succession planning, and workforce transformation.Experience building capability academies, skills frameworks, or career pathway programs.Facilitation experience across small and large audiences; coaching certification preferred. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Travel Requirements"
We need to split into list items. Also note "Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Travel Requirements" seems like a heading but no details; we can ignore as no detail.
List items:
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Minimum 10 years in corporate or enterprise learning and development, with at least 5 years leading learning professionals.
- Proven ability to partner with business leaders to design solutions that drive capability growth, technology adoption, and measurable outcomes.
- Experience with learning technologies, digital tools, AI-enabled solutions, and blended learning models.
- Demonstrated experience designing innovative learning experiences beyond basic classroom or PowerPoint-led training, including experiential, scenario-based, digital, blended, and application-focused learning methods.
- Experience connecting skills and competencies to talent management, career development, succession planning, and workforce transformation.
- Experience building capability academies, skills frameworks, or career pathway programs.
- Facilitation experience across small and large audiences; coaching certification preferred.
Now Benefits: from "What We Offer". Text:
"The Freeman Company provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions. Medical, Dental, Vision InsuranceTuition ReimbursementPaid Parental LeaveLife, Accident and DisabilityRetirement with Company MatchPaid Time Off"
We need to split into list items. Note there is no punctuation between some items: "Medical, Dental, Vision InsuranceTuition ReimbursementPaid Parental LeaveLife, Accident and DisabilityRetirement with Company MatchPaid Time Off". We'll separate by commas and maybe by capital letters? Better to list as:
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Parental Leave
- Life, Accident and Disability
- Retirement with Company Match
- Paid Time Off
Also include the introductory sentences maybe as a paragraph before list.
Now Schedule: we have hybrid schedule sentence and location sentence.
We'll create Schedule
with a containing both sentences.
Now About the role: we have Summary paragraph (excluding schedule and location sentences). We'll need to remove those sentences from summary to avoid duplication. Let's extract summary without schedule/location.
Original summary: "The Director, Leadership & Learning Innovation will serve as a strategic learning partner and consultative leader, leading a team of facilitators and instructional designers responsible for
About the role
with the summary paragraph. - Responsibilities: there is "Essential Duties & Responsibilities" with bullet points (though not bullet list but sentences). We need to use- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The responsibilities are listed as sentences separated by periods; we can treat each as list item.
- Requirements: there is "Education & Experience" and "Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Travel Requirements". That's requirements. We'll put under
Requirements
with list items. - Skills: maybe we can extract from responsibilities? But we have no explicit Skills section. Could combine with Requirements? The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could omit Skills if not explicit. But we have "Skills" maybe from "Skills-Based Development". However that's part of responsibilities. We'll not create a Skills section unless there is explicit list. There's no separate skills list. - Benefits: there is "What We Offer" describing benefits. So we can put underBenefits
with list. - Pay and Schedule: there is mention of hybrid schedule: "It Is Eligible To Work a Hybrid Schedule, Generally Requiring Work In-office And/or Show-site 2-3 Days Per Week." Also location preferences. That's schedule info. So we can createSchedule
with that sentence. Pay: no mention of pay, so we omit Pay section. - Also we have location info: "The Ideal Candidate Will Be Located In Dallas, TX; However, We Are Also Open To Candidates Based Out Of Las Vegas, NV Orlando, FL". That could be part of Schedule or maybe a separate note. Could include in Schedule section as additional note. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must remove boilerplate: Diversity Commitment, EEO, etc. Remove that. We must preserve all substantive information. Let's extract content: About Us paragraph: "The Freeman Company is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data-driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, The Freeman Company's insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full-service solutions leverage a 99-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter." Summary paragraph: "The Director, Leadership & Learning Innovation will serve as a strategic learning partner and consultative leader, leading a team of facilitators and instructional designers responsible for creating leadership, capability, and technology transformation learning experiences. This role integrates learning with business and talent strategy, enabling skills-based development and building frameworks that support talent growth, career mobility, and workforce readiness. The Director will create scalable, innovative learning experiences that move beyond traditional PowerPoint-led classroom training and use creative approaches such as practice, coaching, feedback, peer learning, experiential activities, simulations, real-world application, and learning in the flow of work. Success is measured not only by learning completion, but by capability growth, career mobility indicators, development outcomes that support career progression, and business-aligned performance impact. This Position Will Support Our Human Resources Team. It Is Eligible To Work a Hybrid Schedule, Generally Requiring Work In-office And/or Show-site 2-3 Days Per Week. The Ideal Candidate Will Be Located In Dallas, TX; However, We Are Also Open To Candidates Based Out Of Las Vegas, NV Orlando, FL" But note schedule info appears also in Summary; we might separate schedule later. However we should not duplicate. We'll keep schedule info in Schedule section, but we need to avoid duplication. We'll extract schedule sentence: "It Is Eligible To Work a Hybrid Schedule, Generally Requiring Work In-office And/or Show-site 2-3 Days Per Week." and location sentence: "The Ideal Candidate Will Be Located In Dallas, TX; However, We Are Also Open To Candidates Based Out Of Las Vegas, NV Orlando, FL". We'll put those in Schedule section. Now Responsibilities: list under "Essential Duties & Responsibilities". The text: "Strategic Partnership & Business Alignment Partner with business leaders and HR teams to identify capability needs, skill gaps, and performance barriers, co-creating learning solutions tied to business priorities.Position the L&D function as a consultative partner and trusted advisor — not simply a training delivery function — and secure leader support to embed learning in the business agenda.Lead, coach, and mentor a team of facilitators, instructional designers, and learning consultants to ensure high-quality design, facilitation, and program execution. Skills-Based Development Design, implement, and evaluate leadership, professional development, coaching, and technology transformation learning experiences that go beyond traditional classroom instruction and help employees practice, apply, and transfer learning to real work.Provide strategic guidance on capability frameworks, skills-based development, learning paths, and academy-style program architecture to support succession readiness, career mobility, and workforce transformation.Collaborate with Talent Management to integrate learning into talent processes including succession planning, performance management, and workforce planning. Learning Innovation & Culture Evaluate and integrate learning technologies, AI-enabled tools, simulations, blended learning approaches, experiential activities, and digital methods that improve learner engagement, access, on-the-job application, and business impact.Create scalable learning experiences and informal learning structures — including practice labs, scenario-based learning, simulations, coaching, feedback, mentoring, peer learning, communities of practice, manager-led development, and application-based activities — and champion a culture of continuous growth across all levels.Stay current on learning and workforce development trends; translate insights into practical, phased recommendations aligned to where the organization is today and where it is heading. Impact Measurement Develop and report on metrics that go beyond completion rates to include learning effectiveness, application, adoption, learner experience, capability growth, skills velocity, career mobility indicators, and business-aligned outcomes.Use data to continuously refine the learning portfolio and ensure investments align to business priorities.Provide updates and recommendations to senior management on learning priorities, program impact, innovation opportunities, and continuous improvement efforts." We need to split into list items. Each sentence seems separated by a period but there are no spaces after some periods? We'll just split by periods and create items. Let's manually create list items: - Partner with business leaders and HR teams to identify capability needs, skill gaps, and performance barriers, co-creating learning solutions tied to business priorities. - Position the L&D function as a consultative partner and trusted advisor — not simply a training delivery function — and secure leader support to embed learning in the business agenda. - Lead, coach, and mentor a team of facilitators, instructional designers, and learning consultants to ensure high-quality design, facilitation, and program execution. - Design, implement, and evaluate leadership, professional development, coaching, and technology transformation learning experiences that go beyond traditional classroom instruction and help employees practice, apply, and transfer learning to real work. - Provide strategic guidance on capability frameworks, skills-based development, learning paths, and academy-style program architecture to support succession readiness, career mobility, and workforce transformation. - Collaborate with Talent Management to integrate learning into talent processes including succession planning, performance management, and workforce planning. - Evaluate and integrate learning technologies, AI-enabled tools, simulations, blended learning approaches, experiential activities, and digital methods that improve learner engagement, access, on-the-job application, and business impact. - Create scalable learning experiences and informal learning structures — including practice labs, scenario-based learning, simulations, coaching, feedback, mentoring, peer learning, communities of practice, manager-led development, and application-based activities — and champion a culture of continuous growth across all levels. - Stay current on learning and workforce development trends; translate insights into practical, phased recommendations aligned to where the organization is today and where it is heading. - Develop and report on metrics that go beyond completion rates to include learning effectiveness, application, adoption, learner experience, capability growth, skills velocity, career mobility indicators, and business-aligned outcomes. - Use data to continuously refine the learning portfolio and ensure investments align to business priorities. - Provide updates and recommendations to senior management on learning priorities, program impact, innovation opportunities, and continuous improvement efforts. Now Requirements: from "Education & Experience" and "Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Travel Requirements". The text: "Education & Experience Bachelor's degree in Education, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field. Master's degree preferred.Minimum 10 years in corporate or enterprise learning and development, with at least 5 years leading learning professionals.Proven ability to partner with business leaders to design solutions that drive capability growth, technology adoption, and measurable outcomes.Experience with learning technologies, digital tools, AI-enabled solutions, and blended learning models.Demonstrated experience designing innovative learning experiences beyond basic classroom or PowerPoint-led training, including experiential, scenario-based, digital, blended, and application-focused learning methods.Experience connecting skills and competencies to talent management, career development, succession planning, and workforce transformation.Experience building capability academies, skills frameworks, or career pathway programs.Facilitation experience across small and large audiences; coaching certification preferred. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Travel Requirements" We need to split into list items. Also note "Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Travel Requirements" seems like a heading but no details; we can ignore as no detail. List items: - Bachelor's degree in Education, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field. - Master's degree preferred. - Minimum 10 years in corporate or enterprise learning and development, with at least 5 years leading learning professionals. - Proven ability to partner with business leaders to design solutions that drive capability growth, technology adoption, and measurable outcomes. - Experience with learning technologies, digital tools, AI-enabled solutions, and blended learning models. - Demonstrated experience designing innovative learning experiences beyond basic classroom or PowerPoint-led training, including experiential, scenario-based, digital, blended, and application-focused learning methods. - Experience connecting skills and competencies to talent management, career development, succession planning, and workforce transformation. - Experience building capability academies, skills frameworks, or career pathway programs. - Facilitation experience across small and large audiences; coaching certification preferred. Now Benefits: from "What We Offer". Text: "The Freeman Company provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions. Medical, Dental, Vision InsuranceTuition ReimbursementPaid Parental LeaveLife, Accident and DisabilityRetirement with Company MatchPaid Time Off" We need to split into list items. Note there is no punctuation between some items: "Medical, Dental, Vision InsuranceTuition ReimbursementPaid Parental LeaveLife, Accident and DisabilityRetirement with Company MatchPaid Time Off". We'll separate by commas and maybe by capital letters? Better to list as: - Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance - Tuition Reimbursement - Paid Parental Leave - Life, Accident and Disability - Retirement with Company Match - Paid Time Off Also include the introductory sentences maybe as a paragraph before list. Now Schedule: we have hybrid schedule sentence and location sentence. We'll createSchedule
with acontaining both sentences. Now About the role: we have Summary paragraph (excluding schedule and location sentences). We'll need to remove those sentences from summary to avoid duplication. Let's extract summary without schedule/location. Original summary: "The Director, Leadership & Learning Innovation will serve as a strategic learning partner and consultative leader, leading a team of facilitators and instructional designers responsible for