Designer, Instructional

Austin Community College District; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Community College is seeking a Designer, Instructional to provide consultation, project management, and support in instructional strategies, design, content creation, and technology for curricula development.

The role involves collaborating with faculty, developing learning modules, and ensuring accessibility across courses and materials to promote student success and inclusive learning environments.

Qualifications

• Consults with faculty on instructional design and learning objectives.
• Manages instructional projects from conception through implementation.
• Develops and maintains software-based learning modules.
• Designs and delivers workshops on instructional technologies and educational best practices.
• Ensures accessibility standards and ADA compliance.

Responsibilities

• Consults with faculty on instructional design, strategies, and learning objectives; recommends enhancements to materials and delivery methods.
• Develops and maintains curriculum-related learning modules and instructional tools.
• Designs and produces learning materials in multiple formats to support teaching and learning.
• Delivers workshops and training to faculty on instructional technologies and best practices.

Skills

Instructional Design

Project Management

Faculty Training

Learning Technologies

Accessibility Standards

Tools

Blackboard

Respondus

SoftChalk

Google Sites

WordPress

Job description

Job Posting Closing Times

Job postings are removed from advertising at 12:00 A.M. on the closing date e.g., at midnight on the day before the closing date. Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment. – AR 4.0300.01

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that: Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching; Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities; Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities. Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes; Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others; Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC.

Job Posting Title

Designer, Instructional

Job Description Summary

To provide consultation, project management, and support services in instructional strategies, design, content creation, use of various communication modes (e.g., websites, video, audio), assessment, and technology in the development of curricula for higher educational learning.

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Manages instructional projects and related collegewide strategic initiatives from conception through implementation.
• Consults with faculty on instructional design, strategies, and learning objectives; makes recommendations on enhancing instructional materials and deliveries to ensure students have an opportunity to interact and apply learning outcomes as well as increase the success and retention of students; assists in the development of course materials, assessment techniques, appropriate integration of instructional technologies, and best practices.
• Develops and maintains software-based learning modules for instructional or training purposes.
• Designs, develops, and delivers workshops and training to faculty in the use of instructional technologies and educational best practices; provides ongoing faculty training and support in technology tools and educational applications.
• Designs and produces learning materials in a variety of formats including print, graphics, audio, video, animation, and multimedia to support teaching, learning, and college information needs.
• Maintains database regarding instructional design projects as well as other related files and records.
• Provides assistance to faculty in technology tools and methods, use of instructional software, and effective uses of multimedia.
• Researches and makes recommendations on educational best practices, instructional resources, instructional technologies, and multimedia hardware/software to support teaching and learning addressing copyright concerns and ADA compliance issues.
• Facilitates curriculum development sessions, documents findings, and writes reports.
• Conducts occupational analysis and develops job profiles working with business partners, internal subject matter experts, and other internal as well as external stakeholders.
• Assures courses and projects meet accessibility standards.
• Collaborates with others to measure effectiveness of course design and student learning.
• May oversee peer review process.

Knowledge

• Research methodologies and techniques.
• Processes and standards for planning and implementing instructional design and development.
• Instructional technology media and materials development and implementation principles.
• Learning Theory.
• Instructional strategies, curriculum standards, and assessments.
• Occupational and competency analysis, methods, and procedures.
• Project management processes, methodologies, and techniques.

Skills

• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Project management and efficient use of resources.
• Researching and analyzing complex information.
• Make recommendations that impact the budget.

Technology Skills

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
• Use webpage editors, graphic software, and basic HTML.
• Use webpage editors (Google Sites, Wordpress, and Adobe Web development tools), graphic software, and CSS.
• Use course management tools such as Blackboard and learning tools such as Respondus and Soft Chalk.
• Experience with web conferencing tools such a Google Hangouts, Web Ex, and Adobe Connect.

Physical Requirements

Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling. Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Safety

Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Salary Range (PG 8) $69,939 - $87,424 Number of Openings: 1 Job Posting Close Date: September 28, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting. Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information. For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ( [e-mail] ). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.

Job postings are removed from advertising at 12:00 A.M. on the closing date (e.g., at midnight on the day before the closing date).

Workplace Culture

Come and Make a Difference with Us Working at ACC offers you an opportunity to be a part of an organization that truly believes in its mission of promoting student success and improving communities. We invite you to learn, explore and experience the many ways ACC promotes individual development and improves the overall quality of life in a vibrant, multicultural community. ACC is looking for people who value open, responsible exchange of ideas, individuals committed to integrity and exemplary standards, and candidates that value personal and professional ownership that generates accountability. ACC offers career employment opportunities as staff, administrators, full-time faculty, and adjunct faculty.

Benefits

• Full-time faculty and staff employees who work in full-time and/or part-time positions at the college are eligible for ACC medical benefits effective the first of the month after their first 60 days of employment.
• Benefits include medical, dental, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, retirement plans, and AD&D.
• ACC does not participate in Social Security.
• ACC participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP-Faculty and Administrators Only).
• Hourly employees participate in the ACC Money Purchase Plan (ACCMPP) as a retirement program required by federal law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Austin Community College (“ACC” or “College”) is an equal education and equal employment opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in employment at the college and access to its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 and older), veteran status or military service, disability, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. This includes the prohibition of discrimination, including harassment, against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission. ACC will take steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.