Senior Instructional Designer

Red Nucleus; Toronto; Remote; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the life sciences sector is seeking a Senior Instructional Designer to join their L&D team. The role requires collaboration with medical experts to create innovative learning solutions tailored for pharmaceutical professionals, emphasizing skills development and client engagement. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in instructional design, strong communication abilities, and a deep understanding of adult learning principles, all while thriving in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Competitive pay and incentives

Comprehensive benefits and wellness programs

Generous paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of instructional design experience.
• Demonstrated success in designing skills-based workshops.
• Deep knowledge of instructional design models and adult learning principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and writing of interactive learning solutions for life sciences professionals.
• Consult with clients to shape effective learning experiences.
• Engage with clients during kick-offs and review meetings.

Skills

Instructional design

Communication

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

Articulate Storyline

Rise 360

Adobe Captivate

PowerPoint

Job description

Title: Senior Instructional Designer (Remote or Hybrid)

Red Nucleus is hiring a Senior Instructional Designer to join our L&D team! This role can be hybrid out of our Yardley, PA office, or full-time remote within the US or Canada. Candidates must be able to work EST hours.

Help Us Advance Knowledge to Improve Lives

As a Senior Instructional Designer, you’ll be part of a dynamic, global team that's shaping how professionals in pharmaceutical and biotech companies learn, grow, and make a difference in patients' lives.

Whether you're collaborating with medical experts, crafting skill-building workshops, or driving innovative solutions for clients, your work will matter.

Our Clients

We work with life sciences companies of all sizes, from those bringing their first product to market, to the largest multinational firms, including all 10 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies by revenue. This role will primarily service clients in the oncology space.

How You Will Contribute

As a Senior Instructional Designer,you’ll lead the design and writing of interactive, engaging, and creative learning solutions for life sciences industry professionals, such as workshops, eLearning, podcasts, video scripts, simulations, and more.

You’ll translate client goals, objectives, and strategy to create effective learning experiences for the target learners. Every day is different and can range from performing curricula analyses and developing measurement strategies to designing specific deliverables that leverage blended approaches.

While this position does not require original research of medical content, you may use content written by a Medical Writer or client to create a new learning asset.

Specifically, a Red Nucleus Instructional Designer’s responsibilities fall within 5 core areas. The majority of time is spent on Learning Solutions Design.

1. Learning Solutions Design: Consult with clients and subject matter experts inside and outside of RN to shape the design of learning solutions. Interpret complex (and sometimes scientific) information, including client strategy and sales/marketing messaging, and using that to design accessible, objectives-based, and engaging learning experiences for the target audience.
2. Learning Innovation: Help us push the boundaries of L&D by leading the proposal and development of learning innovations, where appropriate for our clients (such as new styles/approaches or new uses of existing products).

1. Client Interaction:Participate in kick-offs, status calls, and any applicable review meetings with client teams that may consist of members from the Sales, Marketing, Medical, Legal, and Regulatory departments.
2. Sales Support:Participate in the development of sales proposals and presentations and the delivery of sales pitches.
3. Collaboration with Instructional Designers and Medical Writers:Consult with in-house medical writers on how to most effectively present information, create an effective learning experience, apply adult learning principles, etc. Maintain open lines of communication with other internal IDs.

About You

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS degree
• 5+ years of instructional design experience
• Experience in an agency setting is preferred
• Demonstrated track record of successfully designing and writing skills-based workshops
• Deep knowledge of instructional design models (ex. Learning Experience Design, Design Thinking, Kirkpatrick’s, etc), best practices, and adult learning principles
• Experience with scenario-based learning, gamification, AR/VR-based learning solutions, and visual storytelling to simplify complex concepts
• Effective communicator with excellent written and verbal presentation abilities
• Self-motivated problem solver who thrives in dynamic environments
• Comfortable presenting to and engaging with clients in professional discussions
• PowerPoint expertise

• Proven experience designing and developing engaging, interactive eLearning content using authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Rise 360, and Adobe Captivate.

• Ability to work EST hours

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in pharmaceutical, medical device, or biotechnology sales training is a plus
• Experience writing for multimedia formats
• Willingness to travel occasionally for client meetings and events

What You Will Enjoy at Red Nucleus

• Competitive pay, incentives, retirement, and income security programs
• Comprehensive benefits and wellness programs focused on healthy lifestyles
• Generous paid time off, employee assistance programs and flexible work arrangements
• Performance driven environment including professional development and transfer opportunities
• People first culture fostering self expression, diversity, and a growth mindset
• Celebrations! We love to celebrate service anniversaries, holidays, diversity and inclusion events, project milestones and anything else that is meaningful to our employees
• Support of the community organizations you are passionate about
• Ongoing programs and events designed to bring our global team together

Diversity, equity and inclusion are valued at Red Nucleus and we believe we have a shared responsibility to provide equal opportunity and foster an inclusive spirit. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, caste, sexual orientation, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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