[Hiring] Instructional Designer @Sonoran Desert Institute

Role Description

Please note this remote position is limited to residing in the following states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia.

Help Shape Career-Focused Online Education Through Innovative Instructional Design. We’re Sonoran Desert Institute and we are seeking an experienced Instructional Designer to join our amazing team.

As a key member of the SDI Curriculum Team, the Instructional Designer will:

• Collaborate with other Instructional Designers, subject matter experts, quality assurance staff, and other members of the curriculum team to create engaging and effective online courses.
• Focus on four major areas of production: new course design, course updates, content development, and assessment creation.
• Analyze learning needs and identify appropriate learning objectives/student outcomes for new and revised distance learning courses.
• Create course and program documentation, including course blueprints, project plans, curriculum maps, and other documents.
• Identify and secure digital textbooks and other student resources.
• Storyboard and script video or other multimedia resources.
• Apply instructional design principles, adult learning theories, and accessibility standards to create student-centered content.
• Design and develop engaging and interactive online course materials, including multimedia elements and assessments.
• Develop course shells, syllabi, home pages, modules, interactives, and lessons in the LMS (Canvas).
• Source and secure licenses for external media, citing such resources appropriately.
• Assist with the Academic Quality Assurance process to ensure accuracy and alignment with learning objectives.
• Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in instructional design and distance education.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving faculty and student course access issues.
• Participate in team meetings, training sessions, and professional development opportunities.
• Collaborate with all members of the Curriculum Staff to develop, update, and publish standard operating procedures.
• Perform other work as assigned.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instructional Design or a related subject.
• If college degree is in a subject other than curriculum and instructional design, a certificate or other evidence of formal training in instructional design, eLearning, or a related subject, at least equivalent to 16-credit hours (720 clock hours) of education is required.
• Minimum three years of professional experience in instructional design.
• Minimum of one year of professional instructional design experience at a higher education institution.
• Advanced knowledge of adult learning principles and distance instruction.
• Practical experience with learning management systems and course-authoring software.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills.
• Some travel required (up to 10%).

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation.
• Award-winning culture.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Comprehensive benefits package with 100% company-paid medical option for employee.
• 401(k) with generous company match.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Pet Insurance.
• Company-paid Life insurance.
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, and Volunteer time off!).
• 14 Paid holidays.
• Referral program.
• Education Tuition Benefit program.
• Career development opportunities with a growing company.
• A team who is dedicated to your success!

Company Description

Sonoran Desert Institute (SDI) has been changing lives since 2000. As a DEAC accredited school, our mission is to provide students with current, industry-driven, quality education, delivered through online distance education and practical applications. SDI is an employee-owned company creating a culture with an ownership mentality at the foundation. We believe in rewarding our employees through the success of the institution. We’re proud to be recognized by the Great Place to Work Institute as a Great Place to Work for four consecutive years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.