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Seward & Kissel LLP

Learning & Development Trainer

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New York, New York 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $130K - $150K 💻 Learning & Development 🗓️ October 13th, 2026

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Seward & Kissel LLP is hiring a Learning & Development Trainer responsible for designing, developing, and delivering effective learning programs to enhance personnel skills across multiple office locations. The role involves partnering with leadership and subject matter experts to create engaging training curricula and facilitating both in-person and virtual training sessions.

Highlights
  • Design and develop instructor-led, virtual, and blended learning programs across professional competencies.
  • Facilitate engaging training sessions using dynamic methods like gamification and interactive activities.
  • Create participant materials, facilitator guides, job aids, and curricula tailored to diverse learning styles.
  • Partner with subject matter experts to translate complex concepts into practical learning experiences.
  • Manage training logistics, resources, schedules, and participant communications.
  • Required skills include expertise in instructional design, adult learning principles, and strong facilitation and communication abilities.
  • Preferred experience includes working in law firms, professional services, or corporate training environments, with familiarity in Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled productivity tools.
  • Qualifications: Bachelor's degree related to education or instructional design, 3-7 years of relevant experience.
  • Compensation range: $130,000 to $150,000 annually with additional bonus potential.
  • Benefits include hybrid work, comprehensive health and family support, generous PTO, 401(k), and mobile reimbursement.

Learning & Development Trainer Full Description

Trainer

Job Category:  Business Professional
Job Location:  New York

The Learning & Development Trainer is responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-quality learning programs that enhance the skills and effectiveness of the firm’s personnel. This role is located in the New York office and covers personnel in both New York and Washington, D.C.

This role serves as the firm’s training and instructional design specialist, partnering with the Director of Professional Development on curriculum development, facilitation, and training delivery. This role will liaise with department leaders and subject matter experts to create engaging, practical learning experiences.

The ideal candidate is a skilled trainer, facilitator, and instructional designer with experience translating business needs into effective learning programs that build practical workplace skills. They are highly adaptable with the ability to teach a broad range of skills across the firm’s personnel.

Key Responsibilities:
Training Design & Development 
  • Design, develop, and maintain instructor-led, virtual, and blended learning programs.
  • Create participant materials, facilitator guides, job aids, resource materials, exercises, and practice activities.
  • Develop learning curricula that support skill development across a variety of professional and workplace competencies.
  • Develop one-off, individualized, just-in-time training as needed.
  • Apply adult learning principles and instructional design methodologies to maximize engagement and retention.
  • Highly adaptable and able to apply knowledge and expertise of learning modalities and approaches to maximize learning outcomes. 
Training Delivery 
  • Facilitate in-person training programs in an engaging and high-energy manner, and advance learning through real-time, dynamic facilitation strategies.
  • Design and deliver virtual training programs using dynamic approaches to engage remote audiences.
  • Deliver engaging, interactive learning experiences that encourage skill development and application, including gamification, use of polling and surveys, role plays, and other advanced teaching devices to advance learning.
  • Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Able to write and design training materials.
  • Adapt training approaches to meet the needs of different audiences and learning styles.
  • Evaluate participant learning and modify programs based on feedback and outcomes with the goal of sustained skill acquisition and measurable performance improvement.
Skills-based Development Programs 
Design and deliver training in areas such as:
  • Professionalism skills and culture awareness training
  • Client service skills
  • Project management fundamentals
  • Communication skills
  • Technology and software applications
  • Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled productivity tools
  • Time management and workflow effectiveness
  • Business writing
  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Administrative and operational effectiveness
Subject Matter Expert Collaboration 
  • Partner with internal subject matter experts to develop and deliver specialized training content.
  • Translate technical or complex concepts into practical learning experiences.
  • Translate complex concepts into clear concise and effective teaching moments.
  • Assist presenters in designing engaging educational programs.
  • Support firm initiatives requiring training, communications, and user adoption.
Program Coordination 
  • Manage training logistics, materials, schedules, and participant communications.
  • Maintain training resources and learning content.
  • Track participation and program feedback.
  • Recommend enhancements to improve program effectiveness and learner engagement.

Qualifications:
Required 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Education, Adult Learning, Instructional Design, Communications, Organizational Development, or a related field.
  • 3-7 years of experience designing and delivering professional training programs.
  • Demonstrated expertise in instructional design and adult learning methodologies.
  • Strong facilitation, presentation, and public speaking skills.
  • Experience creating learning materials, curricula, and participant resources.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong project management and organizational abilities.

Preferred 
  • Experience in a law firm, professional services firm, higher education, or corporate training environment.
  • Experience training professional or knowledge-worker populations.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft 365 applications, Co-Pilot, and workplace technology platforms.
  • Some background in professional and technical writing is helpful.
  • Experience supporting technology adoption, software training, or business-skills training initiatives.
  • Experience creating both instructor-led and self-paced learning content.

What We offer
  • Hybrid work environment that provides flexibility while fostering collaboration.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Family-building and fertility support benefits.
  • Generous PTO, paid holidays, and parental leave programs.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan.
  • Monthly mobile reimbursement.
  • Base Salary: $130,000-150,000K Bonus: $136,500-157,500K

Salary Range: $130,000.00 To $150,000.00 Annually