Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Academian Inc is focused on creating engaging learning experiences for Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses. The Instructional Designer will translate subject matter expertise into structured learning experiences and collaborate with experts to ensure instructional quality and coherence.
Responsibilities
- Develop course outlines, learning objectives, lesson structures, and instructional activities
- Create blueprints and storyboards that guide course production
- Ensure instructional alignment between objectives, learning activities, and assessments
- Support backwards design where required, particularly for certification-aligned courses, mapping objectives, assessments, alignment with state standards, and learning activities to exam criteria
- Work closely with subject matter experts to translate technical content into learner-centered instructional experiences
- Incorporate industry-relevant examples and applied learning opportunities into course content
- Produce instructional documentation such as course blueprints, lesson structures, and assessment plans
- Ensure instructional artifacts provide clear guidance for production teams
- Design learning activities and assessments that align with the capabilities of the client’s digital learning platform
- Ensure course designs incorporate appropriate interaction types and learner engagement patterns
- Create and revise AI prompts to develop instructional content
- Review and refine AI-generated instructional content to ensure instructional coherence and alignment with learning objectives
- Collaborate with prompt engineering teams as needed to improve AI-assisted outputs
Skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Instructional Design, Education, Educational Technology, or a related field
- 3–7 years of experience designing digital learning experiences or curriculum
- Strong understanding of instructional design principles and learner-centered design
- Experience creating course outlines, blueprints, and instructional documentation
- Experience designing CTE or workforce development curriculum
- Experience designing content for digital learning platforms or LMS environments
- Experience supporting AI-assisted course development workflows
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