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When the time comes to onboard, reskill, upskill, or train your employees, you need learning and development specialists you can trust to lead the way. Recruiting and retaining these professionals is a challenge — the skill sets are specialized, the portfolios take an expert eye to evaluate, and the best practitioners are rarely on the open market. With an exclusive focus on learning and development talent, our recruiters are here to help. Whether you need to permanently or temporarily staff instructional designers, eLearning developers, facilitators, learning coordinators, or change management consultants, we source and vet the resources you need to augment your training teams, or we build the full team for you. 

18K+ L&D Professional Network

30K+ Workforce Training Projects

50+ Years in Talent

Brandon Hall Award-Winning Learning Practice

Why Judge?

As one of the top learning and development recruitment agencies in the US, Judge helps companies build out their training teams with experienced L&D specialists on a contract, temp-to-perm, or direct hire basis. 

Industry-Leading L&D Recruiting Expertise

Decades of learning and development, talent and organizational development, and change management experience means our recruiters understand your challenges and know the talent who can solve them. 

Rigorous Candidate Vetting Process

We handle the entire vetting and recruitment process, from reviewing portfolios to evaluating aptitude, coordinating interviews, and onboarding. 

Relationship-Driven Recruiting

We hand-select talent from our trusted network and vet specialized learning and development practitioners to meet your specific talent development needs. 

Flexible L&D Staffing Models

We collaborate with learning and development business leaders to align our staffing strategy with your broader organizational objectives, and scale your team up or down through dynamic resourcing.

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Our L&D Recruiting Process

Finding the right L&D talent is not a transaction, it's a process we've refined over decades of placing learning practitioners. 

1. We Listen

We start with your business problem, not a job description. Understanding what you're trying to change in your organization is what lets us bring you talent who can actually move it. 

2. We Source

We've been doing this for a while. We go straight to our network of learning and development practitioners and find the people who fit your need — not the closest keyword match. 

3. We Vet

Our recruiters know this industry, and they know the practitioners in it. Every candidate goes through a rigorous vetting process: portfolio review, aptitude evaluation, and reference checks. 

4. We Tailor

We present our top two to three candidates, not a stack of resumes. Your time is valuable, so we do the upfront work for you. 

5. We Onboard

We manage the entire background check process and handle any compliance your organization or industry requires. 

6. We Remain Connected

We stay in touch with both clients and consultants throughout the engagement to make sure the placement succeeds — not just starts. 

Learning and Development Staffing Services

Whatever way you need to build capability — one specialist, a scalable pod, a permanent hire, or a full delivery team — we have a model for it. 

Project Staffing

Scale Your Training Initiatives with Ready-Built Learning Teams

Whether you're launching a new technology platform, rolling out a large-scale change initiative, or closing critical skill gaps, Judge Learning Solutions assembles and manages high-performing learning teams built around your project objectives.

We provide more than individual consultants. We build integrated teams of learning professionals who design, develop, deliver, and sustain training programs that drive measurable business outcomes — so you can scale capacity quickly while holding quality, consistency, and accountability.

Project Staffing

Teams We Can Build

Build a Training Development Team

  • Instructional Designers
  • eLearning Developers
  • Learning Experience Designers
  • Graphic Designers
  • Learning Strategists
  • Learning Project Managers
  • Quality Assurance Specialists

Build a Training Delivery Team

  • Instructors and Facilitators
  • Virtual Training Specialists
  • EMR Trainers
  • Train-the-Trainer Experts
  • Learning Coordinators
  • LMS Administrators

Transformation and Change Teams

  • Organizational Change Management Consultants
  • Communications Professionals
  • Change Analysts
  • Learning Consultants
  • Performance Consultants
  • Project Managers

These team structures mirror the learning roles Judge Learning Solutions staffs and deploys for client engagements every day.

Why Clients Choose Project Staffing

  • Rapidly scale learning resources for major initiatives
  • Access a vetted network of 18,000+ learning professionals
  • Gain dedicated project leadership and oversight
  • Increase speed-to-deployment without adding permanent headcount
  • Flex resources up or down as project demands change
  • Get ongoing support from initiation through implementation and adoption

Project Staffing Use Cases

  • ERP and technology implementations
  • Enterprise software rollouts
  • Organizational transformation initiatives
  • Leadership development programs
  • Regulatory and compliance training
  • Sales enablement programs
  • EMR implementations
  • Workforce upskilling initiatives


Other L&D Staffing Delivery Models

Temporary and Temp-to-Permanent Staffing

Whether you need a resource for a short-term initiative or want to hire someone you see as a long-term solution, we provide resources from a deep pool of talent to help you design, develop, and deploy your learning solutions for any length of time. 

Temporary and Temp-to-Permanent Staffing

Dynamic Resourcing 

Our dynamic resourcing model gives you a customized team of resources who onboard quickly, design, develop, and deliver, then exit — so you can execute your learning and development strategy at speed without carrying long-term headcount. 

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Permanent Staffing

With a constantly updated network of L&D professionals, our recruiters find you the right people to permanently build out your team through a rigorous vetting and interview process. Duration of a placement is completely dependent on your needs: a month, a year, a decade — we customize the solution for your business.

Permanent Staffing

What L&D Staffing Model is Right for You?

Model Best for Who manages the work
Temporary and Temp-to-Permanent Filling a defined skill gap on an existing training team Judge employs the resource; your team directs the work
Dynamic Resourcing Design, develop, and deliver bursts without adding permanent headcount Judge assembles and onboards the team; you own the outcome
Permanent Staffing Building lasting in-house L&D capability You employ and manage
Project Staffing Enterprise rollouts that need a full development or facilitation team Judge provides dedicated project leadership and a single point of accountability

L&D Roles We Staff

Our recruiters place the full range of learning, talent, and change practitioners, from individual contributors to the leaders who own the function. 

Design and Development

From interactive eLearning and virtual training programs to job aids and onboarding materials, our instructional designers and developers create learning experiences that deliver measurable results.

  • Instructional Designers 
  • Learning Experience Designers 
  • eLearning Developers 
  • Graphic Designers 
  • Learning Solution Architects 

Tools and platforms: Articulate 360, Storyline, and Rise; Adobe Captivate; Camtasia; Vyond; Figma; Synthesia; Xyleme; WalkMe; Adobe Premiere Pro; Adobe After Effects; Powtoon; Canva; and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.

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Delivery and Operations

Our delivery and operations professionals manage the critical day-to-day functions that keep learning initiatives running efficiently from the planning stage to execution.

  • Instructors / Facilitators 
  • Learning Coordinators 
  • LMS Administrators 
  • Learning Project Managers
  • EMR Trainers / Consultants 

Platforms and systems: Cornerstone, Docebo, Thought Industries, Saba, Oracle Learning Absorb, Workday Learning, SAP SuccessFactors, Degreed, and Epic and Oracle Health (Cerner) for EMR training.

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Strategy and Leadership

Whether guiding a learning transformation, closing critical skills gaps, or driving large-scale change initiatives, our learning leaders help organizations solve complex workforce and performance challenges that accelerate business results.

  • L&D Directors / Managers 
  • Learning Strategists 
  • Learning Consultants 
  • AI Learning Consultants 
  • Talent Development Consultants 
  • Organizational Development Consultants 
  • Organizational Change Management Consultants 

Programs and frameworks: ERP, CRM, and HCM adoption (SAP, Workday, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics), Microsoft Copilot and AI enablement, and Prosci-aligned change methodology.

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Learning & Change Management to Support EMR Implementation

A major teaching hospital required a comprehensive learning and change management program to remain on a tight schedule following the implementation of customized electronic medical records (EMR) software across their facilities. However, their education department was not equipped to plan and manage the training on such a short timeline.

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When determining which staffing agency to use for Learning and Development (L&D) staffing, you may think the background and knowledge of the recruiters are unimportant. We are here to tell you when it comes to L&D, background and knowledge…

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Videos are an effective way to make a great first impression on learners. Videos help grab eLearners' attention by providing them with an engaging introduction to training and how it will benefit them.

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Frequently Asked Questions

An L&D staffing agency sources, vets, and places the specialized practitioners who build and deliver corporate training: instructional designers, eLearning developers, facilitators, LMS administrators, learning strategists, and change management consultants. Unlike a generalist recruiter, an L&D-focused agency evaluates design portfolios, authoring tool proficiency, and facilitation ability directly, and places talent on contract, temp-to-perm, direct hire, or full project team engagements. 

Qualified candidates are typically presented within 2-3 business days. Because we recruit from an established network of L&D practitioners rather than starting a search from scratch, we present a shortlist of two to three vetted candidates rather than a stack of resumes. 

Project staffing means engaging a full team rather than an individual contributor. Judge Learning Solutions builds and manages three types of learning teams: training development teams (instructional designers, eLearning developers, learning experience designers, graphic designers, strategists, project managers, and QA specialists) that design and produce curriculum; training delivery teams (instructors and facilitators, virtual training specialists, EMR trainers, train-the-trainer experts, coordinators, and LMS administrators) that deliver it at scale; and transformation and change teams (OCM consultants, communications professionals, change analysts, and performance consultants) that drive adoption. Each engagement includes dedicated project leadership and a single point of accountability, and scales up or down as project phases shift. Judge staffs these teams most often for ERP, CRM, and EMR implementations, enterprise software rollouts, M&A and transformation initiatives, product launches, and compliance-driven rollouts. 

Dynamic resourcing is a flexible delivery model in which a customized team onboards quickly, designs, develops, and delivers a learning initiative, then exits when the work is complete. It lets organizations execute learning strategy at speed without adding permanent headcount, and scales up or down as project phases shift. 

Yes. Judge places EMR trainers and consultants — including credentialed trainers, super user support, and at-the-elbow floor support — for electronic medical record implementations and upgrades.

Yes. Judge places AI learning consultants and technology trainers, and our AI Corporate Training and Workforce Upskilling practice delivers the programs those roles support.

The right choice depends on your timeline, business goals, and the nature of the work. Contract professionals are often the best fit for project-based initiatives, technology implementations, content development, training rollouts, or temporary capacity gaps where specialized expertise is needed quickly. Direct hires are typically the better option when you need long-term ownership, ongoing program management, or a strategic learning leader who will help shape and grow your learning function over time. If you’re unsure, a contract-to-hire model provides the flexibility to assess fit before making a permanent commitment.

These titles are used interchangeably but by definition, Instructional Designers build the learning solution; Learning Experience Designers optimize how learners interact with and experience it. At the end of the day, Instructional Designers are typically also Learning Experience Designers because we are always focused on the learning experience.

We assess portfolios for instructional design quality, learner engagement, technical proficiency, and business impact. Our goal is to identify professionals who can translate complex content into effective learning experiences that drive measurable performance outcomes.

We can take on any size project as small as a 2 consultant project.

We work with clients and candidates throughout the whole country, and we’re constantly growing our network in all major US cities. We place consultants onsite, hybrid, and remote.

Meet the Team

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Hannah Moyer

Vice President - Recruiting, Judge Learning Solutions

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