Lead Instructional Designer (Contract) (Fully Remote)

Alchemy; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Alchemy is a learning design company that creates online courses and learning experiences for clients. The role focuses on ensuring accessibility and design quality across LMS-driven content, collaborating with instructional designers and SMEs, and managing project-based design reviews.

Contract designers will align with templates, review processes, and AI-assisted workflows, delivering timely feedback and maintaining high standards throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Review course plans, course guides, and LMS builds against client standards and checklists before submission.
• Provide substantive design feedback on assessability, assessment validity, and activity mix.
• Ensure each course team completes review checklists and hold the line on accessibility and design standards.

Responsibilities

• Attend client calls as the design voice, presenting decisions and explaining trade-offs.
• Participate in ID and SME calls when needed, especially for complex subjects or new SMEs.
• Coordinate with project managers on sequencing, risks, and realistic dates.
• Coach designers new to the project or client, including those inheriting partial work.
• Onboard contract designers to templates, review processes, and standards.
• Keep review status visible in project systems to support project manager visibility.

Skills

Instructional design

Accessibility standards

Client communication

Design feedback

AI tooling

LMS systems

Tools

LMS platforms

Project management tools

Job description

• Review course plans, course guides, and LMS builds against client standards and checklists before submission.
• Provide substantive design feedback on assessability, assessment validity, and activity mix.
• Ensure each course team completes review checklists and hold the line on accessibility and design standards.

Meetings and Client Contact:

• Attend client calls as the design voice, presenting decisions and explaining trade-offs.
• Participate in ID and SME calls when needed, especially for complex subjects or new SMEs.
• Coordinate with project managers on sequencing, risks, and realistic dates.

Team and Project Coaching:

• Coach designers new to the project or client, including those inheriting partial work.
• Onboard contract designers to templates, review processes, and standards.
• Keep review status visible in project systems to support project manager visibility.

Engagement and Expectations:

• Contract per project with defined scope, paid at milestones; no timesheet required.
• Expect a recurring weekly commitment with review turnaround within stated windows.
• Use AI tooling and judge where AI-generated content meets standards; respond to email/Slack within one business day.

Alchemy

Alchemy is a learning design company that creates online courses and learning experiences for clients. They work with instructional designers and leverage AI tooling to deliver high-quality educational content, focusing on design standards and accessibility.