Instructional Designer

Energy Innovation Corp; Allentown (Lehigh County); Remote; USD 44,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Allentown, PA is seeking a versatile junior Instructional Designer who excels at Card Sorting and thrives in ambiguity. The role offers a salary range of $44,000–$69,000 and the freedom to own your roadmap while you grow.

You will maintain organized files, defend ideas with data, and ensure accessibility from the first sketch. The position supports a flexible remote schedule and growth budgets.

Qualifications

• Card sorting experience
• Leadership experience guiding junior initiatives
• Strong time-management and bias toward action
• Comfort with ambiguity and changing requirements
• Ability to defend ideas and refine with data

Responsibilities

• Maintain organized source files, asset libraries, and version histories
• Defend a strong idea in discussions and refine it when data disagrees
• Incorporate accessibility into early design sketches
• Maintain brand integrity across channels with tailored dialects
• Promote experiment-friendly, user-centered design approaches
• Tackle stalled concepts with innovative angles such as Logo Design

Skills

Card Sorting

Leadership

Time management

Ambiguity tolerance

Creative thinking

Job description

We need a versatile Instructional Designer fluent in Card Sorting, comfortable with ambiguity, and hungry to do standout work. This team-oriented junior role offers $44,000 - $69,000, the freedom to own your roadmap, and a team that helps you grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain organized source files, asset libraries, and version histories
• Defend a strong idea in the room, then refine it the moment data disagrees
• Fold accessibility into the first sketch, not the final QA pass
• Keep the detail-loving brand promise intact while every channel demands its own dialect
• Champion an experiment-friendly approach to user-centered design in every project
• Rescue a stalled concept by attacking it from a Logo Design angle nobody tried

What You'll Bring

• Proven leadership experience guiding junior-level initiatives
• Demonstrated wins in creative work somewhere near Allentown, PA
• Comfort being measured against a clear junior bar
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes

People choose Spotify because we pair documentation-first technology with a team that genuinely cares, right here in Allentown. Our Allentown team treats every retro like a chance to quietly upgrade how we operate.

We answer the money question first with $44,000 - $69,000, then keep going with growth budgets, mentorship, and a flexible remote schedule.

This role is in active recruitment, with a target start date just ahead.