Instructional Designer

James Avery - Kerrville, TX

Full-time

Remote - Kerrville, TX

Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers

About the position

The Instructional Designer is responsible for the design, development, and support of engaging learning activities across various modalities. This role involves collaborating with business stakeholders to manage learning projects that align with business needs. The Instructional Designer acts as a subject matter expert in learning management systems (LMS) and reporting, ensuring that all learning materials are effective and meet the required standards. The position requires a comprehensive understanding of instructional design methodologies, particularly the ADDIE model, which includes Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. In this role, the Instructional Designer will conduct thorough needs assessments to identify learning objectives, target audience characteristics, and performance gaps. They will design comprehensive curriculum materials, including lesson plans, learning activities, assessments, and multimedia resources. The development of clear and concise instructional content tailored to the needs of the target audience is crucial, ensuring alignment with learning objectives and instructional strategies. Quality assurance is also a key function, as the designer will conduct reviews to ensure the accuracy, functionality, and effectiveness of instructional materials. Additionally, the Instructional Designer will be responsible for designing formative and summative assessments to measure learning outcomes and evaluate the effectiveness of instructional interventions. Project management skills are essential, as the designer will manage instructional design projects from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines, budget constraints, and quality standards. Effective collaboration and communication with cross-functional teams, including subject matter experts, educators, graphic designers, and technology specialists, are vital for success in this role. The designer will also administer the LMS, configuring and customizing it to meet organizational needs, managing the uploading and organizing of learning content, and ensuring that content is accurately tagged and searchable for users.

Responsibilities

• Utilize instructional design methodologies, such as ADDIE, to create engaging and effective learning experiences.
• Conduct thorough needs assessments to identify learning objectives, target audience characteristics, and performance gaps.
• Design comprehensive curriculum materials, including lesson plans, learning activities, assessments, and multimedia resources.
• Develop clear and concise instructional content tailored to the needs of the target audience, ensuring alignment with learning objectives and instructional strategies.
• Conduct thorough quality assurance reviews to ensure the accuracy, functionality, and effectiveness of instructional materials.
• Design formative and summative assessments to measure learning outcomes and evaluate the effectiveness of instructional interventions.
• Manage instructional design projects from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines, budget constraints, and quality standards.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including subject matter experts, educators, graphic designers, and technology specialists.
• Communicate project updates, challenges, and successes clearly and proactively.
• Configure and customize the LMS to meet organizational needs, including user roles, permissions, and access controls.
• Manage the uploading, organizing, and updating of learning content within the LMS, including courses, modules, assessments, and resources.
• Ensure content is accurately tagged, categorized, and searchable for easy retrieval by users.
• Proactively identify opportunities for enhancing the LMS user experience, streamlining processes, and improving efficiency through feedback collection and evaluation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Experience in professional instructional design.
• Experience in learning management system administration.
• Intermediate written and verbal communications skills.
• Intermediate knowledge and application of instructional design; instructional delivery methodology and systems; and adult learning concepts.
• Intermediate proficiency with eLearning authoring tools.

Nice-to-haves

• Intermediate proficiency with Articulate 360 eLearning authoring tool.