Senior Instructional Designer - Remote Online Education

Sonoran Desert Institute; Tennessee; Remote; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Company-paid health benefits for员工

Job summary

Sonoran Desert Institute seeks an experienced Instructional Designer to join the Curriculum Team. The role focuses on designing, updating, and delivering engaging online courses for higher education students and faculty.

You will collaborate with subject matter experts, create multimedia resources, and ensure alignment with learning objectives, accessibility, and quality standards. This is a remote role with limited state eligibility.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instructional Design or related field.
• 3+ years of professional instruction design experience.
• Experience in higher education instructional design.
• Advanced knowledge of adult learning principles and distance instruction.
• Practical experience with LMS and course-authoring software.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with subject matter experts to design and update online courses.
• Create course shells, syllabi, modules, and LMS pages.
• Develop multimedia elements and assessments to measure learning outcomes.
• Source and secure external media with proper citations.
• Support QA processes and troubleshoot course access issues.

Skills

Instructional design

Distance learning

Adult learning

Course authoring

LMS (Canvas)

Education

Master’s degree in Curriculum & Instructional Design

Certificate/training in instructional design (720 clock hours)

Tools

Canvas

CidiLabs

Design Plus

Canva

Job description

Sonoran Desert Institute seeks an experienced Instructional Designer to join the Curriculum Team. The role focuses on designing, updating, and delivering engaging online courses for higher education students and faculty.

You will collaborate with subject matter experts, create multimedia resources, and ensure alignment with learning objectives, accessibility, and quality standards. This is a remote role with limited state eligibility.