Remote Instructional Design Specialist: Careers & AI Tools

AIR; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AIR is seeking an Instructional Design Specialist to create engaging learning resources, multimedia products, and performance support tools to support workforce development and employment-focused education.

The role focuses on career pathways, adult learning, and AI-enabled practices; remote work within the U.S. is possible, with office options in the U.S. supporting collaboration with internal and external partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, learning technologies, education, communications, or related field; Master's preferred.
• 2+ years of experience developing digital learning resources, instructional materials, multimedia assets, or performance support tools for organizational adult learners.
• Experience using learning and design tools such as Articulate Storyline, Rise, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Camtasia, Synthesia, or similar platforms.
• Experience creating multimedia assets, including videos, graphics, job aids, templates, or interactive learning products.
• Familiarity with learning technologies, design tools, and AI-enabled productivity tools.
• Knowledge of instructional design principles, adult learning theory, and accessibility standards.
• Familiarity with learning evaluation practices and methods, including approaches for assessing learning transfer and the effectiveness of learning products.
• Experience collaborating with subject matter experts and cross-functional project teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and curate engaging learning resources, knowledge-sharing products, and performance support tools, including instructional videos, job aids, toolkits, playbooks, infographics, guides, templates, modules, and digital learning products.
• Create multimedia learning assets using a range of authoring, design, and video production tools.
• Maintain, update, and enhance existing learning materials to ensure they remain accurate, accessible, relevant, and aligned with evolving learner and project needs.
• Support the development and application of AI-enhanced learning solutions and workflows that improve content development, learner engagement, efficiency, and knowledge transfer.
• Research and analyze learning needs, emerging practices, and new technologies; test and evaluate promising approaches to strengthen learning products and development processes.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders to design, test, and refine learning experiences and resources.
• Apply evidence-based instructional design principles, accessibility standards, and adult learning practices to all products and deliverables.
• Coordinate assigned project activities and contribute to the successful implementation of learning and innovation initiatives.
• Define appropriate measures of learning success and gather and analyze user feedback and other data to assess usability, engagement, learning transfer, and intended outcomes.
• Use evaluation findings to continuously improve learning products and experiences.

Skills

Instructional design

Adult learning

Multimedia production

Learning technologies

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Articulate 360

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Camtasia

Synthesia

SharePoint

Microsoft 365

Job description

AIR is seeking an Instructional Design Specialist to create engaging learning resources, multimedia products, and performance support tools to support workforce development and employment-focused education.

The role focuses on career pathways, adult learning, and AI-enabled practices; remote work within the U.S. is possible, with office options in the U.S. supporting collaboration with internal and external partners.