Learning Innovation Designer (Instructional Design)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Provides exemplary customer service to faculty and stakeholders, to support the efficient use of teaching and learning technology tools. Leads faculty, collaborating with academic leadership to develop course level outcomes, objectives and curriculum for all course modalities, and assists faculty to generate an understanding of program level objectives, instructional models, and positioning for target audience/market. Collaborates with subject matter experts and other stakeholders in editing, writing, and designing instructional content for courses, in voice and style suited to the target audience, and in accordance with institutionally determined learning models and best practices. Manages the creation of course blueprints, course scope & sequence, and media planner documents that outline the overall objectives of courses, and allows for the development of digital content. Builds and maintains master courses, ensuring that learning materials, activities and assessments are all consistent with the learning outcomes and commensurate with the learning needs of diverse students for which the course is designed. Plans, designs and develops a variety of instructional media elements. Coordinates media production: obtains necessary approvals; plans budget; sets schedule and production timelines; arranges vendor relationships; assembles final elements of media; integrates media into online courses to ensure all accessibility and quality standards are met. Creates/builds all course components in LMS and assures courses meet or exceed QA standards, including navigation, technical functionality, meticulous proofreading and editing. Facilitates decision making with budget, time, and resources in mind and is proactive in identifying potential problems and solutions to ensure course development is completed on time and within budget and QA standards. Provides oversight of the quality of work performed by external vendors, including Contract Instructional Designers. Helps develop standard processes across the domain team of course developers. Oversees special projects as assigned.

Other Duties and Responsibilities: May perform other duties and responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time. May require periodic travel.

Reports to: Sr. Director, Digital Learning and Design

Business Competencies: Collaboration - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Resilience - Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations. Instill Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. Result Driven - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances, utilizing critical thinking, analysis and synthesis skills. Innovation - Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful. Customer Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. Communication – Articulating information using excellent written and oral communication skills. Time and Project Management – Managing time efficiently through the use of thorough planning, organization and self-management. Must be able to manage multiple projects at different stages, while meeting deadlines and quality standards. Detail Oriented – Producing quality products using systematic instructional design, precision and attention to detail. Work is performed primarily in a standard office environment but may involve exposure to moderate noise levels. Work involves operation of personal computer equipment for six to eight hours daily and includes physical demands associated with a traditional office setting, e.g., walking, standing, communicating, and other physical functions as necessary. Hiring Range: $68,100 - $95,760 California: $70,304 - $95,760