Instructional Designer - (Contractor)

Jellyfish; United States; Remote; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a part-time Instructional Designer, where you'll create engaging learning experiences for engineering leaders. In this remote role, you will develop and manage educational content for Jellyfish Academy, focusing on learner-centric design. Your expertise in instructional design and curriculum development will be key in updating existing courses and creating new materials. This innovative firm values a performance-driven attitude and a sense of humor, providing a dynamic environment where your contributions will make a significant impact on the learning journey of engineering professionals.

Qualifications

• Strong background in instructional design and curriculum development.
• Proven experience in customer education and instructional strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive learning modules for Jellyfish Academy.
• Update existing course content to reflect recent product changes.
• Collaborate with internal teams to understand user needs.

Skills

Instructional Design

Curriculum Development

E-learning Platforms

Communication Skills

Adult Learning Principles

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education

Instructional Design

Tools

Articulate

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Job description

Instructional Designer - (Contractor)

About the Role

We're seeking a contract Instructional Designer to develop and manage engaging learning experiences for engineering leaders and teams using Jellyfish. This individual will play a key role in updating existing courses and developing new, engaging educational content. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in instructional design, curriculum development, and e-learning platforms. This role will focus on creating learner-centric educational content for our learning platform, Jellyfish Academy.

Let's talk about what you'll do:

Scope of Work

• Develop comprehensive learning modules for Jellyfish Academy

• Create diverse learning materials, which could including online courses, videos, and one-pagers

• Update existing course content to reflect recent product changes, feature releases, and platform updates

• Utilize e-learning authoring tools to create and publish course content.

• Collaborate with internal teams and SMEs to understand platform capabilities and user needs

• Design learning content that supports customer onboarding and platform mastery

Contractor Details

• Part-time (~20 hrs/week)

• Estimated project duration: 3 months

• Remote work

Key Deliverables

• 3-5 comprehensive online learning modules

• Updating Academy course content

• Supporting educational materials and learning pathways

• Recommendations for learning content strategy

Let’s talk about what you need to excel:

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Instructional Design, or related field

• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle

• Proven experience in customer education and instructional design

• Strong understanding of adult learning principles and instructional strategies

• Strong understanding of software development practices and tools

• Excellent communication and content creation skills

• Experience with learning management systems (LMS), and authoring tools (Articulate) is a plus.

A list of job experiences and qualification requirements is great, but humility, a performance-driven attitude, and a team-player approach are most important to us. We love to have fun and win in the process. We only hire people who have a passion for building great companies in an environment where a sense of humor is a must.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Let’s talk about us!

This is all about you, but you want to know a little about us. Jellyfish was started in 2017 as a team of three with one big idea: engineering is the core of modern business, so let’s create and manage it that way! With the help of our customers, we have built the first Engineering Management Platform, providing visibility into engineering organizations, their work, and how they operate. We enable leaders to align engineering decisions with business initiatives and deliver the right software efficiently and on time.

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