Lea Thomson
I’m an instructional design and learning consultant who specialises in building effective, engaging learning experiences—often blending curriculum design with modern digital delivery.
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I’m an instructional design and learning consultant who specialises in building effective, engaging learning experiences—often blending curriculum design with modern digital delivery. From eLearning programmes to live instructor-led bootcamps, I design learning that improves learner outcomes while aligning to product and business release cycles.
I’ve led curriculum design and learning operations across multiple roles, including managing teams and stakeholders, delivering content strategy and business learning plans, and developing scalable training programmes across regions and platforms. I’m currently undertaking a range of remote consultancy work for local charities, having finished working for Salesforce as a curriculum manager, leading their new Classroom Reimagined project. During this time, and in previous roles, I have managed complex learning ecosystems from strategy through implementation, including use of learning platforms and technology-enhanced approaches.
- 32 years' experience
- Joined October 2026
Skills· 27
Languages
- EnglishAdvanced
Industry experience
- Education
- Non-Profit Organization
- Professional Services
- Computers & Electronics
- Media & Entertainment
- Energy & Utilities
- Healthcare
- Software & Internet
- Telecommunications
- Life Sciences
- Government
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Work experience· 10 roles
Remote instructional design consulting with contracts including work for Marine and Coastal Conservation of Loch Linnhe charity. Supports sales enablement and curriculum development across instructor-led and virtual learning, including coaching sessions (video/webinars), bootcamps, and customer training. Also contributes to systems and process improvements for curriculum development efficiency and learner experience using technology such as generative AI and synthesis approaches, including leadership of curriculum design efforts across instructor-led programmes.
Owned curriculum design and development for Trailhead (eLearning), Partner Learning Camp (eLearning), expert coaching sessions (video and webinars), bootcamps (instructor-led training), and customer training (instructor-led virtual and in-person sessions). Led curriculum responsibilities across multiple products including Communications Cloud, Health Cloud (administrator and partner implementation), Agentforce (AI) specialist and platform development, Salesforce administration, B2C commerce developer and Commerce Cloud administrator/developer roles. Participated in team efforts to develop new systems for curriculum development across instructor-led training, and led the Curriculum Design Team through the Classroom Reimagined project applying generative AI, synthesis, and other technologies to improve development efficiency and learner experience.
Directed knowledge and learning activities, managing a team producing product guides, help files, customer training, and internal employee training. Assessed training and development needs for customers and employees, then developed and implemented documentation and business learning strategy. Implemented customised onboarding for new starters and managed a USD $1m+ blended learning contract with Microsoft. Led a global diverse team including performance management, recruitment, budgeting, and reporting, and implemented resilience and succession planning. Completed ground-up development of an eLearning programme to reduce in-house training expenditure and improve customer offerings, and developed extensive certification programmes across roles and products aligned to product release cycles.
Education
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