Remote Learning Designer (Contract) - Higher Ed

Jobgether; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 96,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote contract

Part-time 20–30 hrs/wk

Initial 6-month contract

Collaboration with faculty

Meaningful online education

Job summary

Jobgether seeks a Learning Designer (Contract) to design and develop online courses for U.S. higher education.

You will work with faculty and design teams to turn program goals into structured modules, activities, and assessments, ensuring accessibility and high instructional quality. You will lead sessions with faculty, translate content into engaging learning experiences, and oversee storyboarding, multimedia, and LMS builds from initial concept to launch.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of instructional design or learning design in online higher education.
• A portfolio showing end-to-end online course design and development.
• Experience collaborating with faculty and academic stakeholders on design decisions.
• Strong understanding of backward design, learning outcomes alignment, and assessment development.
• Experience with Quality Matters, OSCQR or similar quality frameworks.
• Practical accessibility expertise (alt text, captions, headings, color contrast).
• Hands-on LMS experience (Canvas preferred).
• Excellent writing, editing and communication skills.
• Strong organizational and project management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design and development of online courses with faculty and teams to meet objectives and quality standards.
• Translate program goals into detailed course designs with Learning Architects.
• Host sessions with faculty to define outcomes, content, activities, and assessments.
• Apply backward design to align outcomes, materials and assessments.
• Create interactive and scenario-based learning, including AI-enabled activities.
• Guide faculty through the course design process and provide constructive feedback.
• Develop course content, instructions, rubrics and prompts with a student-centered voice.
• Help subject-matter experts translate knowledge into accessible materials.
• Create storyboards for videos and multimedia resources with media teams.
• Build courses in LMS like Canvas, Brightspace, Blackboard, Moodle or provide clear specs for builders.
• Ensure WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility and Quality Matters alignment.
• Apply EPIIIC framework to evaluate course quality and drive revisions.
• Manage multiple courses and timelines, flag delays to stakeholders.

Skills

Instructional design

Learning strategy

Backward design

Content development

Project management

Writing & editing

Education

Master's degree in Instructional Design

Tools

Canvas LMS

Brightspace

Blackboard

Moodle

Articulate Rise

H5P

Camtasia

Figma

Job description

Jobgether seeks a Learning Designer (Contract) to design and develop online courses for U.S. higher education.

You will work with faculty and design teams to turn program goals into structured modules, activities, and assessments, ensuring accessibility and high instructional quality. You will lead sessions with faculty, translate content into engaging learning experiences, and oversee storyboarding, multimedia, and LMS builds from initial concept to launch.