Instructional Designer

The opportunity

The Instructional Designer is responsible for working collaboratively with subject matter experts and cross-departmental stakeholders in the design, development, and on-time delivery of high-quality learning experiences. The Instructional Designer is an active participant in decisions related to learning design, ensuring that experiences meet the specifications of the degree program and adhere to institutional expectations for rigor, quality, scalability, and the success needs of our students, faculty, and student support staff.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-quality, technically complex, scalable online learning experiences in collaboration with academic stakeholders and subject matter experts, managing the schedule and quality of each project and associated deliverables.
• Engage in ongoing quality reviews and participate in data-informed assessments of learning experiences to identify areas of improvement in instructional clarity, engagement, and outcome-driven learning pathways.
• Independently manage multiple project timelines and available resources while driving towards ongoing process efficiencies in instructional design and development efforts.
• Apply instructional design skills, relevant learning theories, and knowledge of learning technologies and environments to the design of high-quality learning experiences across varied delivery modalities.
• Manage the sub-production of multi-media as needed in the production of learning experiences.
• Make informed recommendations on changes and adjustments to learning experiences using performance data, quality review feedback, and instructor and student feedback as required.
• Adhere to institutional standards for learning experience build specifications within the LMS as well as experimenting with new standards and building in collaboration with LMS experts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Years of relevant or specific experience: Two years of related experience
• Academic Degree(s) and/ areas of study: Bachelor’s degree
• Equivalent of experience in lieu of degree acceptable: ☐ Yes ☒ No
• Professional Certification(s): N/A
• Knowledge of learning management systems and educational technology platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in education, instructional design, educational technology, or curriculum and instruction strongly preferred.