Instructional Designer

TechFlow Solutions; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

TechFlow Solutions in Austin, TX is seeking a mid-level Instructional Designer to translate the unsayable into visible, engaging experiences. This role offers $71,000 - $100,000 for 5 years of Design Systems, a hybrid schedule, and a path from mid-level to lead with real benefits.

You will guide design-system storytelling, direct freelancers and User Journey Mapping vendors, and mentor teammates while shaping scalable learning experiences for customers and internal teams alike.

Qualifications

• Experience with design systems and mid-level design leadership.
• Ability to translate founder vision into reusable design systems.
• Experience directing freelancers and vendors.
• Strong user journey mapping background.

Responsibilities

• Trace a thread from company values to UI details.
• Set guardrails that enable mid-level creatives to surprise.
• Storyboard and direct photo, video, and content shoots end to end.
• Translate a founder's gut feeling into a systems-friendly approach.
• Direct freelancers and User Journey Mapping vendors while keeping vision intact.

Skills

Micro-Interactions

User Journey Mapping

Design Systems

Affinity Diagramming

Curiosity

Questioning mindset

Job description

You translate the unsayable into something people can see, and TechFlow Solutions needs that exact gift in its incoming mid-level Instructional Designer. This is $71,000 - $100,000 for 5 years of Design Systems, a hybrid schedule, and a mid-level stake in where TechFlow Solutions heads next.

Key Responsibilities

• Trace a thread from TechFlow Solutions values to the smallest UI detail
• Set guardrails loose enough for mid-level creatives to surprise you inside them
• Storyboard and direct photo, video, and content shoots end to end
• Translate a founder's gut feeling into a system someone else can extend
• Direct freelancers and User Journey Mapping vendors without losing the thread of the vision

What You'll Bring

• Hands-on familiarity with Micro-Interactions, sharpened by User Journey Mapping side projects
• Real curiosity about why TechFlow Solutions customers do what they do
• The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking
• Mid-level fluency in Design Systems, with Affinity Diagramming on your roadmap
• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description

We are a delightfully-weird creative company, and TechFlow Solutions calls Austin, TX home. The outcome-focused pace here is real, but so is the permission to log off and recover.

Pay starts strong at $71,000 - $100,000, mentorship runs deep, and the road from mid-level to lead is paved with real benefits.

Live right now in Austin, TX, and reviewing newcomers daily.