[Hiring] Training Content & Instructional Design Intern @Akdo

Role Description

You love GenAI? You are a content enthusiast? You want to take responsibility in a startup? Then this is a job for you 🚀

Fast growing Pre-Seed Startup serving the largest enterprises around the world. Building an AI-enabled platform to create tailored HSE/EHS trainings at scale - already training millions of employees. With an experienced team composed of serial founders, leaders at decacorns, and early YC-employees.

Your Mission

• Work closely with Lena (Chief Learning Officer) and Alice (Learning Experience Designer) to scale world-class trainings.
• Be the bridge between great pedagogy and AI at scale.

Learning Content & Quality

• Ensure AI-generated content is accurate and delightful to consume.
• Review scripts and modules for accuracy, clarity, pacing, and pedagogical soundness.
• Transform dense sustainability, safety, and compliance content into engaging learning modules.
• Identify gaps in AI performance regarding accuracy, pacing, clarity, engagement, and instructional choices.
• Incorporate customer feedback to enhance trainings.

AI Content Production & Product Feedback

• Use the platform to build trainings and improve the platform itself.
• Test new AI features and provide feedback to Jonas (CTO).
• Support the creation of AI-powered videos and animations.
• Help automate training creation processes for efficiency.

Growth & Sales Support

• Create impressive, industry-specific demos for sales calls with Max (CEO).
• Participate in client workshops to understand challenges and solutions.

Your Own Contributions

• Propose improvements for methodology, new content formats, or smarter platform usage.

Qualifications

• AI enthusiasm: Actively use AI tools and experiment with new models and workflows.
• Content craft foundation: Experience in writing, editing, instructional design, or training material.
• Attention to detail: Satisfaction in perfecting final touches and catching errors.
• Organizational skills: Comfortable juggling multiple projects and priorities.
• Communication: Excellent English; German proficiency is a valuable advantage.
• Availability: 4–6 months for a full-time internship.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with AI tools beyond casual use is a plus.
• Studies in relevant fields such as Communications, Psychology, Education, or similar.
• Exposure to corporate training, e-learning, or curriculum design.
• Genuine interest in sustainability, safety, and compliance within business contexts.
• Curiosity and aptitude are valued over checking every box.

Benefits

• Help build the future of HSE - starting with trainings.
• Receive mentorship from an experienced founding team.
• One-to-one coaching from Lena, an experienced editor.
• Competitive pay for a full-remote intern position.
• Possibility to transition to a full-time position based on performance.
• Fully-remote work culture with regular gatherings.

Company Description

We are Akdo, a Munich-based startup dedicated to revolutionizing corporate safety, sustainability, and compliance training through digital, efficient, and customized solutions. Akdo was founded to address the significant need for simple, company-specific, and practical training while meeting increasing regulatory requirements.

• Leveraging e-learning concepts, we use AI to create strategic and hyper-personalized competency courses tailored to our clients' needs.
• Our courses account for varying employee skill levels, enhancing different levels of expertise.
• This approach promotes sustainable practices across all organizational levels.