Instructional Designer

Straive; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Straive seeks an experienced Learning Designer to lead content strategy, authoring standards, and collaborate with executive stakeholders to deliver top-tier educational solutions.

You will bridge pedagogy, product capability, and market needs, crafting blueprints, guiding author teams through activity design, and overseeing High-Impact Media initiatives across Career Pathways.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Education, or related field required.
• 3-5 years of instructional design experience in digital learning or educational publishing.
• Experience leading high-impact media projects (interactive simulations, videos).
• Strong leadership and executive-level client engagement.
• Trustworthy, values-driven, and open to feedback.

Responsibilities

• Strategically design and update learning content aligned to objectives.
• Blueprint content design, market needs, and author guidelines.
• Lead media assets including interactive simulations and videos.
• Audit and guide instructor supplements to close gaps.
• Coordinate QA reviews and ensure quality before release.

Skills

Instructional design

Content strategy

Stakeholder management

Leadership & communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design or Education

Master's degree preferred

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Learning Designer to lead content strategy, drive authoring standards, and partner with executive stakeholders to build top-tier educational solutions.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between pedagogy, product capability, and market needs. You will craft blueprints, guide author teams through complex activity design, implement Learning Agent Strategies, and oversee High-Impact Media initiatives across diverse Career Pathways.

Key Responsibilities :

• Strategic ID & Content Design: Evaluate narrative structures, content designs, and update plans against core learning objectives. Provide continuous strategic direction to authors and SMEs throughout the development lifecycle.
• Platform Blueprinting: Map content design and market needs directly to platform capabilities. Build learning paths (blueprints), establish clear authoring guidelines, and conduct holistic reviews for complex activity sets.
• High-Impact Media Oversight: Drive design direction for large-scale, high-impact media assets (interactive simulations, rich media, videos).
• Instructor Supplement Strategy: Audit existing supplementary materials against core product update plans to identify completeness/accuracy gaps, creating targeted guidelines to streamline production.
• Product Quality Assurance: Conduct rigorous product quality reviews of final builds prior to release, coordinating QA schedules as needed.

What We Are Looking For

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Education, or a related field required (Master's degree preferred).
• Experience: 3-5 years of dedicated instructional design experience in digital learning or educational publishing.
• Media & Project Leadership: Proven track record managing large-scale, high-impact media projects (interactives, educational media).
• Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional leadership and communication skills with demonstrated experience in executive-level client interactions.
• Key Personal Traits: Built on trust, integrity, and openness.