Instructional Designer

Niit; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

NIIT is seeking a Learning Designer & Developer for a 1-year contract with hybrid work in Bengaluru. The role focuses on designing learner-centered experiences for external audiences, leveraging AI-enabled tools, and collaborating with SMEs to deliver scalable learning solutions.

You will develop digital, blended, and instructor-led content, ensuring alignment with objectives and standards, while supporting localization and governance across regions.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of experience in instructional design for external audiences.
• Experience delivering end-to-end learning assets from design to development.
• Strong understanding of adult learning principles and learning experience design best practices.
• Experience using AI-enabled tools to draft content with accountability for outputs.
• Experience working with Subject Matter Experts and localization workflows.
• Strong written and verbal English; enterprise environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Design learner-centered experiences aligned to objectives and standards.
• Create instructional designs, storyboards, scripts, and facilitator guides.
• Develop digital, blended, and ILT learning for clients and partners.
• Use AI tools to accelerate design and validate outputs.
• Collaborate with SMEs to convert complex content into effective learning.
• Support localization, translation and content handoff quality checks.

Skills

Adult learning principles

AI-enabled tools usage

Collaboration with SMEs

English communication

Tools

Articulate Rise

Articulate Storyline

Job description

About NIIT

At NIIT, we’re transforming the way the world learns, for the better. That’s why the world’s best run learning functions across 30 countries trust us with their learning and talent. Since 1981, we have helped leading companies transform their learning ecosystems while increasing the business value of learning. Our comprehensive, high impact managed learning solutions weave together the best of learning theory, technology, operations, and services to enable a thriving workforce.

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Position: Learning Designer & Developer Mode: Contract (1 year) Hybrid, Bengaluru location

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-quality, learner-centered learning experiences for external audiences, aligned to defined learning objectives, experience frameworks, and curriculum standards
• Execute externally focused learning strategy, producing instructional designs, storyboards, scripts, slide decks, facilitator guides, participant materials, and supporting assets
• Develop digital, blended, and instructor-led learning experiences intended for clients, partners, and ecosystem participants, using established templates, tools, and design standards
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to accelerate the creation of draft learning designs, storyboards, scripts, and content outlines, applying instructional expertise to validate, refine, and finalize outputs
• Apply sound instructional and learning experience design judgment to ensure AI-assisted outputs meet learning objectives, professional audience expectations
• Partner with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to help shape complex, technical, or domain-specific content into effective learning experiences for external learners
• Support ongoing curriculum maintenance, enhancements, and revisions across an existing portfolio of externally delivered learning assets
• Support the implementation of translations and localization, including preparing content for handoff, addressing design considerations, and validating localized versions against original learning intent
• Ensure learning experiences meet quality, accessibility, brand, and governance standards
• Design content for modularity, reuse, and localization, enabling efficient scaling across regions, markets, and external audience segments
• Collaborate effectively with global stakeholders across time zones, including curriculum architects, project leads, localization partners, and fellow designers and developers

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of experience in instructional design, learning design, or learning experience design, ideally supporting external or professional audiences
• Demonstrated experience delivering end-to-end learning assets, from design through development and build
• Strong understanding of adult learning principles and learning experience design best practices
• Demonstrated ability to use AI-enabled tools to support content development, including drafting designs, scripts, or learning assets, with clear accountability for final outputs
• Experience working with Subject Matter Experts and incorporating structured feedback into final deliverables
• Experience supporting localization or translation workflows for learning content (in partnership with vendors or internal teams)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Experience working in structured, enterprise environments with defined standards, processes, and governance

Preferred Skills

• Experience designing learning for external, client-facing, or professional audiences
• Familiarity with common learning authoring tools such as Articulate Rise, Storyline, or similar platforms
• Experience developing video-based or media-rich learning experiences
• Experience using AI-enabled content creation tools (e.g., Synthesia or similar), or demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply AI tools to improve efficiency in learning design and development workflows
• Comfort working within a global delivery model with distributed, cross-functional teams

NIIT is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.