Instructional Designer

Zane State College•Zanesville Campus, OH

15d

About The Position

The Instructional Designer supports Zane State College faculty in integrating artificial intelligence into teaching, assessment, and student support, and in designing assignments that equip students with required AI competencies. The position provides comprehensive instructional design services to help faculty design, develop, and improve online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses consistent with quality, accessibility, and adult-learning standards. It also serves as the academic administrator for the Blackboard learning management system and manages the institution-wide Concourse syllabus management system. This is a grant-funded position that will be institutionalized at the conclusion of the grant. It is a full-time, twelve-month, exempt professional staff position. The hiring range is $51,000–$58,000 annually, with a maximum potential salary of $95,000 within the pay band. Salary is commensurate with education and experience within Salary Band 4.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
Minimum of two years of related experience in instructional design, faculty development, educational technology, or online/blended course design.
Working knowledge of instructional design models such as ADDIE and Backward Design, adult learning theory, and course quality standards such as Quality Matters.
Experience with learning management systems, including course-shell setup, content management, templates, roles and permissions, and third-party tool integrations.
Working knowledge of generative AI tools and applications in higher education, AI literacy frameworks, and pedagogical strategies for AI integration in teaching and learning.
Knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and digital-accessibility standards such as ADA, Section 504/508, and WCAG.
Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to explain technical concepts clearly and patiently to faculty with varying levels of comfort with technology.
Strong organizational and project-management skills to meet recurring term deadlines, including course-shell readiness and syllabus publication, with accuracy and follow-through.
Ability to build productive working relationships with faculty, academic leadership, and Information Technology staff.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in instructional design, educational technology, curriculum, or a related field preferred.
Experience with Blackboard preferred.

Responsibilities

Consult one-to-one with faculty across disciplines to design, develop, and evaluate online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses using backward design, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and evidence-based pedagogical practices.
Facilitate faculty professional development cohorts, workshops, and Communities of Practice on teaching, learning, course design quality standards such as Quality Matters, and the ethical, discipline-specific integration of generative AI in coursework.
Serve as the College's academic administrator for the Blackboard Learning Management System, managing term course-shell setup, template maintenance, user roles and permissions, academic tool integrations, and tier-1/2 faculty troubleshooting in coordination with Information Technology.
Manage the Concourse syllabus-management system College-wide, maintaining institutional templates, monitoring completion compliance, coordinating curriculum alignment with academic leadership, and ensuring term publishing deadlines are met.
Support distance education compliance and digital accessibility standards, including ADA, Section 504/508, and WCAG; guide faculty on accessible course materials, media captioning, and regular and substantive interaction requirements.
Collaborate with the Assessment Committee and academic leadership to configure outcome alignments, common rubrics, and shared assessments in Blackboard, and pull and organize course and program assessment data.
Support faculty and student use of institutional AI sandboxes, pilots, and emerging educational technology tools, contributing pedagogical expertise to institutional AI competency frameworks and working groups.
Perform other duties as assigned.