Do you want to be part of the next generation of learning?  Create program level design and custom interactives?  Work closely with university faculty?  Learn and use Canvas?  And collaborate with an in-house multimedia team?  Join Everspring’s instructional design team!  We are looking for instructional designers who are passionate about guiding the design, development, and production of innovative online courses.

This individual works within a small, multi-disciplinary course production team to translate traditional courseware into online formats in innovative and compelling ways.

The ideal candidate:

-Is motivated by a passion to create outstanding learning experiences
-Has a demonstrated track record creating engaging, effective online programs, courseware or products
-Is an excellent and patient communicator, comfortable communicating with university professors, curriculum developers, and academic technologists
-Has experience writing scripts and building story board to communicate multimedia ideas
-Has experience and is comfortable working with a wide range of academic content
-Is a natural collaborator, but is capable and comfortable moving projects forward and driving results with empathy for the needs of multiple stakeholders
-Displays the highest levels of integrity
-Operates with a strong work ethic, requiring minimal supervision
-Interacts with others using sound judgment, good humor, and consistent fairness in a fast-paced environment
-Wants to build and be part of a great team, doing a great thing
-Has a curious and creative mindset – enjoys change!

Responsibilities:

-Design and build assigned courses, creating innovative online courses that meet the quality specifications of our partner faculty and meet the deadlines of the Production Schedule
-Participate in the design and refinement of frameworks, templates, and prototypes for course design
-Communicate with faculty at our partner universities, guiding them in course development
-Collaborate with faculty to adjust content for available delivery methods to support desired learning outcomes, moving from a high level course plan to a detailed course design format
-Collaborate with a team of online course producers to produce and/or source multimedia learning objects (video, audio, interactive objects, simulations, etc.)
-Collaborate to determine course-level assessment models and build appropriate assessment into individual courses
-If assigned, assume an Instructional Design team leadership role, such as training, pedagogy, academic technology, multimedia production, accessibility, etc.
-Perform other duties, as assigned

Requirements:

-Ability to travel 15-30%
-3-5 years’ outstanding work experience in instructional design, learning design, or academic technology
-Bachelor’s degree in English, humanities, education or related field required
-Master’s degree strongly preferred in instructional design, curriculum and instruction, educational technology, or human-computer interaction
-Demonstrated expertise in program and course design principles and practices
-Experience designing courses using varied delivery models and the full range of multi-media content delivery tools and techniques
-Outstanding oral and written communication skills
-Demonstrated meticulous attention to detail
-Demonstrated ability to hit challenging deadlines while creating high quality work