Instructional Designer

Arizona State University; United States; Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation seeks an Instructional Designer to partner with faculty and staff to design and improve scalable learning experiences across higher education and related spaces.

The role focuses on applying learning sciences and instructional design to translate subject matter into engaging environments, with opportunities to lead projects and influence program-level initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing online, hybrid, or technology-enhanced learning experiences.
• Experience collaborating with faculty, subject matter experts, or cross-functional teams.
• Experience translating complex subject matter into clear, structured, and engaging learning experiences for adult learners.
• Experience designing and building courses in Canvas or similar Learning Management Systems and/or authoring tools.
• Experience integrating and evaluating emerging learning technologies, including AI-enabled tools.
• Experience participating in quality assurance processes, course reviews, or continuous improvement cycles with an instructional design team.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience using assessment data, analytics, or learner feedback to improve learning experiences.
• Evidence of effective communication

Responsibilities

• Partner with faculty, design and learning team members, and other stakeholders to design and develop scalable, learner-centered, and evidence-based learning experiences
• Apply learning science principles (e.g., feedback, cognitive load, scaffolding, practice) to the design of learning experiences
• Work both independently and collaboratively within a team-based model to produce high-quality outcomes
• Manage timelines and deliverables across multiple concurrent design and development projects
• Serve as a lead for learning experience design and development projects, revisions, and program-level initiatives such as mastery-based grading or authentic use of AI in assignments
• Make recommendations to faculty on best practices, course structure, and learning technologies
• Develop and maintain documentation related to course design, configuration, and revision history
• Conduct course review meetings and support continuous improvement cycles using feedback and data
• Ensure alignment of course and program learning outcomes across multiple offerings
• Participate in quality assurance processes for courses and instructional materials
• Contribute to program design sessions and cross-course alignment efforts
• Incorporate design thinking and Principled Innovation into learning design initiatives

Skills

Learning design

Faculty collaboration

Adult learning

Canvas / LMS

AI-enabled tools

Quality assurance

Multi-project management

Analytics & feedback

Effective communication

Tools

Canvas LMS

Authoring tools

Job description

Job Profile:

Instructional Technologist 2

Job Family:

Instructional Design and Technology

Time Type:

Full time

Job Description:

Salary Range: $51,500 - $68,000 per year; DOE

Are you passionate about designing high-quality learning experiences to enable academic excellence and access for all learners? Do you want to work in a collaborative and innovative environment to enhance the impact of teaching and learning?

Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation (MLFC) seeks an Instructional Designer to partner with faculty and staff colleagues to design, develop, and continuously improve learning experiences that support student success across traditional higher education, professional and community educator spaces, and other education settings.

This role is part of a dynamic design and learning team focused on creating scalable, learner-centered, and evidence-based learning experiences. The Instructional Designer will partner with others and apply principles from the learning sciences, instructional design, and educational technology to translate subject matter expertise into engaging and effective learning environments.

Essential Duties:

• Partner with faculty, design and learning team members, and other stakeholders to design and develop scalable, learner-centered, and evidence-based learning experiences
• Apply learning science principles (e.g., feedback, cognitive load, scaffolding, practice) to the design of learning experiences
• Work both independently and collaboratively within a team-based model to produce high-quality outcomes
• Manage timelines and deliverables across multiple concurrent design and development projects
• Serve as a lead for learning experience design and development projects, revisions, and program-level initiatives such as mastery-based grading or authentic use of AI in assignments.
• Make recommendations to faculty on best practices, course structure, and learning technologies
• Develop and maintain documentation related to course design, configuration, and revision history
• Conduct course review meetings and support continuous improvement cycles using feedback and data
• Ensure alignment of course and program learning outcomes across multiple offerings
• Participate in quality assurance processes for courses and instructional materials
• Contribute to program design sessions and cross-course alignment efforts
• Incorporate design thinking and Principled Innovation into learning design initiatives

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience designing and developing online, hybrid, or technology-enhanced learning experiences in a variety of formats using learning science principles
• Experience collaborating with faculty, subject matter experts, or cross-functional teams
• Experience translating complex subject matter into clear, structured, and engaging learning experiences for adult learners
• Experience designing and building courses in Canvas or similar Learning Management Systems and/or authoring tools.
• Experience integrating and evaluating emerging learning technologies, including AI-enabled tools
• Experience participating in quality assurance processes, course reviews, or continuous improvement cycles with an instructional design team
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Experience using assessment data, analytics, or learner feedback to improve learning experiences
• Evidence of effective communication

Working Environment:

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding and manipulating a computer mouse
• Frequently required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work
• Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds
• MLFC supports flexible work options for certain positions, such as alternate work schedules and hybrid remote, subject to approvals per ASU policy

Department Statement:

ASU's Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation creates knowledge, mobilizes people, and takes action to improve education. Nationally recognized as a leader in teacher preparation, leadership development and scholarly research, Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation prepares over 8,000 educators annually. MLFC faculty create knowledge by drawing from a wide range of academic disciplines to gain insight into important questions about the process of learning, the practice of teaching and the effects of education policy. MLFC mobilizes people through bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs, through non-degree professional development programs and through socially embedded, multilateral community engagement. MLFC takes action by bringing people and ideas together to increase the capabilities of individual educators and the performance of education systems.

Aligned with ASU's charter, MLFC is committed to advancing inclusive excellence in our curricula, programming and institutional relationships.

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Campus: West

Funding:

No Federal Funding

ASU Statement:

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions inclusive excellence, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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