Instructional Designer

Everspring•Chicago, IL

23d•$70,000 - $75,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Everspring’s Instructional Designer I works on a multidisciplinary course production team to translate university courses into engaging online formats. The role creates and maintains online courses that meet accessibility and quality specifications and align with standards established with university partners. The Instructional Designer collaborates with faculty, Creative Services, and other stakeholders to support course development, production, revision, and continuous improvement. The position reports to the Director of Learning Design and is based in Chicago, Illinois, with a hybrid arrangement requiring at least three office days per week and additional in-office days as business needs arise. The role uses AI tools where appropriate to support instructional design workflows, such as brainstorming learning activities and drafting course elements. AI-generated work must be refined and validated for accuracy, responsible handling of sensitive information, accessibility, partner requirements, and quality standards. The Instructional Designer also provides faculty help-desk support during the workday and occasionally in the evenings and on weekends, and may travel to partner university locations at a supervisor’s request. Everspring provides education technology and services to universities, including instructional design, marketing, faculty support, and online learning solutions. The position’s stated base salary hiring range is $70,000 to $75,000. Everspring describes itself as an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

Requirements

2–4 years of outstanding work experience in instructional design, learning design, or academic technology.
Earned master’s degree required; preferably in instructional design, curriculum and instruction, educational technology, or human-computer interaction.
Demonstrated ability to use AI-enabled tools responsibly in instructional design workflows, including protecting sensitive information, verifying accuracy, and producing polished deliverables aligned with course standards.
Demonstrated expertise in course-design principles and practices.
Experience designing courses using varied delivery models and a broad range of multimedia content-delivery tools and techniques.
Superior ability with computers and software.
Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
Meticulous attention to detail.
Ability to meet challenging deadlines while producing high-quality work.
Experience leading people and/or processes to successful results.

Nice To Haves

Experience with a learning management system; Canvas, D2L, and Blackboard are listed as examples.

Responsibilities

Use AI tools when appropriate to streamline course design and production, then refine and validate deliverables against accessibility and quality specifications.
Design and build assigned courses that meet Learning Design accessibility and quality specifications and partner standards.
Manage concurrent projects, deadlines, priorities, and stakeholder communications.
Communicate with partner-university faculty, guide them in course-development best practices, respect their subject-matter expertise and preferences, and help ensure courses are completed on schedule.
Collaborate with faculty to adapt content to available delivery methods and desired learning outcomes, progressing from high-level course plans to detailed course designs.
Collaborate with Creative Services to produce or source multimedia aligned with course objectives.
Participate in refining course-design frameworks, templates, and prototypes.
Contribute to Instructional Design team development materials on topics such as training, pedagogy, academic technology, multimedia production, accessibility, and research.
Perform term-to-term course maintenance and complete required documentation according to established processes.
Support faculty course revisions through a continual improvement process.
Provide ongoing faculty support through the help desk during the workday and occasionally during evenings and weekends.
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, curiosity, and learning by doing.
Travel occasionally to partner university locations at a supervisor’s request.
Perform other duties as assigned.