Instructional Designer

Jobtailor; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Instructional Designer to lead online learning development, with a strong focus on accessibility and Indigenous Initiatives.

You will collaborate with academics, SMEs, instructors, and partners to define learning outcomes, build content, and ensure WCAG compliance.

The role requires project management, instructor onboarding, and hands-on use of Articulate Rise/Storyline, Camtasia, and Dreamweaver to deliver high-quality courses.

Qualifications

• An Undergraduate degree in educational technology, instructional design, adult education or a related field is required.
• A diploma with extensive instructional design experience may be considered.
• A minimum of three years of online instructional design work experience.
• Experience creating online courses within various LMS and course authoring tools, including Articulate Rise & Storyline.
• Experience consulting, supporting, and incorporating Indigenous Initiatives and Access, Community and Belonging across the digital learning experience.
• Experience developing learner personas, content frameworks, and storyboards.

Responsibilities

• Assess learning needs and recommend learning outcomes, modalities, and instructional approaches.
• Design and develop online content, activities, assessments, interactives, and multimedia.
• Provide substantive editing and instructional design recommendations.
• Coordinate technologies, third-party tools, multimedia, and digital assets.
• Advise on copyright compliance and accessibility requirements.
• Collaborate with Learning Experience Developers, vendors, and partners on production and implementation.
• Coordinate with marketing to promote online offerings.
• Conduct course quality reviews and accessibility checks.

Skills

Instructional Design

Online Course Development

Project Management

Accessibility Compliance

Indigenous Initiatives Integration

LMS Proficiency

Education

Undergraduate degree in educational technology or related field

Diploma with instructional design experience

Tools

Articulate Rise

Articulate Storyline

Camtasia

Dreamweaver

HTML

CSS

Job description

• Assess learning needs and recommend learning outcomes, modalities, and instructional approaches
• Integrate Indigenous Initiatives and Access, Community and Belonging into design and development work
• Apply best practices in online learning, Universal Design for Learning, WCAG, accessibility, and digital learning experience/user experience design
• Facilitate persona, onboarding, and content framework development with academics, subject matter experts, instructors, and partners
• Develop or refine learning outcomes with academic leads and subject matter experts in alignment with assessment matrices
• Guide development and refinement of online content, activities, assessments, interactives, and multimedia
• Provide substantive editing and instructional design recommendations
• Recommend and coordinate technologies, third-party tools, multimedia, and digital assets
• Advise on copyright compliance and accessibility requirements
• Collaborate with Learning Experience Developers, vendors, and partners on production and implementation
• Coordinate with marketing and communications teams to support promotion of online offerings
• Conduct course quality reviews, accessibility checks, and User Acceptance Testing
• Contribute to continuous improvement of OCE quality standards, processes, and practices
• Provide instructor onboarding and support
• Collaborate with the Centre for Teaching and Learning and other teaching and learning partners
• Coordinate projects to deliver on time, on budget, and to a high standard
• Track project activities, timelines, deliverables, and status
• Contribute to team communication, collaboration, process improvement, professional development, research, conferences, workshops, and team culture

Requirements

• An Undergraduate degree in educational technology, instructional design, adult education or a related field is required
• A diploma with extensive instructional design experience may be considered
• A minimum of three years of online instructional design work experience
• Experience creating online courses within various learning management systems and course authoring tools, including Articulate Rise & Storyline
• Experience consulting, supporting, and including Indigenous Initiatives and Access, Community and Belonging across the digital learning experience
• Experience developing learner personas, content frameworks, and storyboards
• Experience in project management and the tools, approaches, and phases of the project lifecycle
• Ability to design online learning using varied modalities, technologies, and multimedia
• Strong coaching and facilitation skills
• Ability to provide instructional design recommendations to clients and partners
• Experience with editing, quality assurance, and user acceptance testing
• Familiarity with copyright legislation and compliance
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience designing credit, non-credit, and corporate digital learning experiences is preferred
• Experience in planning, design, and development of micro-credentials is an asset
• Experience and knowledge of web, graphic design, and multimedia development, including HTML, CSS, Adobe, Camtasia, and Dreamweaver, is an asset

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in instructional design, online learning development, and project management, with a strong focus on accessibility and Indigenous Initiatives. Proficient in utilizing various learning management systems and course authoring tools to create engaging digital learning experiences.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Instructional Design
• Online Course Development
• Project Management
• Accessibility Compliance
• Indigenous Initiatives Integration

Hard Skills

• Online Instructional Design
• Learning Management Systems
• Content Framework Development
• User Acceptance Testing
• Quality Assurance
• Digital Learning Experience Design
• Micro-Credentials Development
• HTML
• CSS
• Adobe

Soft Skills

• Coaching
• Facilitation
• Communication
• Interpersonal Skills

Industry Keywords

• Universal Design for Learning
• Copyright Compliance
• Digital Assets
• Continuous Improvement
• Learning Experience Development

Tools & Technologies

• Articulate Rise
• Articulate Storyline
• Camtasia
• Dreamweaver