Instructional Designer

Filetwigbay; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness budget

Retirement matching

Clear milestones for advancement

Job summary

ByteForge Labs in Bakersfield, CA seeks a junior Instructional Designer to translate complex concepts into engaging visuals. You will own design directions, craft clear copy, and shape campaigns from concept to delivery.

You'll bring a year of creative cycles, comfort presenting to junior leadership, and a customer-focused mindset. Prototyping, user research, and A/B testing feed the work, as you help scale our campaigns and elevate the voice across platforms.

Qualifications

• Clarity of thought shown in tidy documentation.
• 1 year of creative cycles.
• Comfort presenting to junior leadership.
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with prototyping and related tools or frameworks.
• Self-awareness to know which problems to solve.
• Hands-on user research with A/B testing as a close second.

Responsibilities

• Push hands-dirty design directions far enough to feel new, close enough to feel us.
• Map the emotional arc of a launch video, beat by beat, before a frame is shot.
• Write, edit, and shape copy that reflects ByteForge Labs's voice and values.
• Translate A/B Testing research findings into a visual the whole floor can act on.
• Lead brainstorming sessions that surface bold, original ideas.
• Spin one campaign idea into thirty platform-native cuts before lunch.

Skills

Clear documentation

1 year experience

Leadership presentation

Customer focus

Prototyping tools

User research

A/B testing

Tools

Prototyping tools

Job description

You translate the unsayable into something people can see, and ByteForge Labs needs that exact gift in its incoming junior Instructional Designer. Honestly, the draw is the ownership: $43,000 - $69,000 and contract hours come standard, but the creative reins are the real prize.

Key Responsibilities

• Push hands-dirty design directions far enough to feel new, close enough to feel us
• Map the emotional arc of a launch video, beat by beat, before a frame is shot
• Write, edit, and shape copy that reflects ByteForge Labs's voice and values
• Translate A/B Testing research findings into a visual the whole floor can act on
• Lead brainstorming sessions that surface bold, original ideas
• Spin one campaign idea into thirty platform-native cuts before lunch

What You'll Bring

• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation
• Resilience measured across 1 years of creative cycles
• Demonstrated comfort presenting to junior leadership
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with Prototyping and related tools or frameworks
• The self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve
• Hands-on command of User Research, with A/B Testing as a close second

Few people outside CA realize that ByteForge Labs powers a surprising slice of the creative infrastructure running across Bakersfield, CA today. Honest feedback is a gift here, and we try to wrap it kindly before we hand it over.

We provide $43,000 - $69,000, a wellness budget, retirement matching, and clear milestones for moving up to the next junior.

The posting clock reset today, so the Instructional Designer window is wide open.