Instructional Designer

RNGD•Metairie, LA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

RNGD is a rapidly scaling organization emerging as a nationally recognized leader in construction through our unique Renegade mindset focused on innovation, creativity, and culture. The team is made up of a highly engaged group of seasoned professionals and emerging leaders. We are creators who believe that what we build drives the growth of our cities and that to fulfill our mission, we must constantly challenge the old way of doing things. Headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, we thrive on building communities, building teams, building leaders, and growing the business throughout the Southeast region with additional offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. We’re looking for a Instructional Designer that will design and develop practical, engaging learning experiences that help RNGD employees build and apply the capabilities needed to perform their work successfully. Working across all Renegade Academy development portfolios, this role partners with Learning Managers and subject matter experts to translate business knowledge, technical expertise, processes, and defined development needs into scalable learning solutions. The Instructional Designer supports instructor-led, virtual, digital, hands-on, and on-the-job development while ensuring Academy learning is consistent, accessible, and grounded in real-world applications.

Requirements

Experience designing and developing instructor-led, virtual, digital, blended, hands-on, or on-the-job learning solutions.
Working knowledge of adult-learning principles, instructional-design methodologies, curriculum development, and assessment design.
Experience using eLearning authoring tools, learning management systems, presentation software, video or multimedia tools, and other learning technologies.
Strong writing, editing, visual communication, and information-organization
Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical or business information into practical, learner-friendly content.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, design projects, and stakeholder
Experience supporting learning within construction, skilled trades, operations, or another field-based environment preferred.
A portfolio or work samples demonstrating instructional-design and content-development capabilities preferred.
Exemplifies RNGD’s core values: Renegade Mentality, Sweep Floors, Build Together, Honor Promises
Applies adult-learning and instructional-design principles to create practical learning experiences aligned with defined capability and performance needs.
Demonstrates a Renegade Mentality by challenging conventional training approaches and identifying more effective ways for employees to learn and
Produces clear, accurate, engaging, and visually consistent learning materials across multiple formats.
Demonstrates the Sweep Floors mindset by taking ownership of content details, usability, accessibility, functionality, and quality.
Translates complex technical, business, and institutional knowledge into clear, teachable, and learner-friendly content.
Builds Together by collaborating closely with Learning Managers, subject matter experts, facilitators, Learning Operations, and business partners.
Develops assessments, practice activities, reinforcement tools, and performance-support resources that help employees demonstrate and apply capability.
Honors Promises by keeping learning solutions focused on defined objectives, real-world application, and measurable performance needs.
Uses learning technology effectively while managing multiple projects, priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
Combines a Renegade Mentality with Honor Promises by exploring better solutions while delivering accurate, functional learning experiences within agreed timelines.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, education, training and development, communications, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be

Responsibilities

Translate defined capability, development, and performance needs into practical learning
Design courses, programs, learning paths, workshops, and blended learning
Develop clear learning objectives, activities, assessments, application opportunities, and reinforcement strategies.
Recommend the most effective learning method based on the audience, content, work environment, and desired outcome.
Apply adult-learning and instructional-design principles while keeping the learner experience practical, engaging, and easy to navigate.
Develop instructor-led and virtual training materials, eLearning, facilitator guides, participant workbooks, job aids, assessments, videos, presentations, and performance-support
Create practical learning experiences using scenarios, case studies, simulations, exercises, and real-world applications.
Organize complex information into clear, concise, and learner-friendly
Create and maintain reusable Renegade Academy templates, tools, and content-development
Review and update existing content as business needs, processes, systems, and requirements
Partner with Learning Managers and subject matter experts to identify the knowledge, skills, and behaviors employees need to perform successfully.
Lead content-development conversations that capture technical, business, and institutional knowledge and translate it into effective learning.
Help stakeholders distinguish between information employees need to understand, resources they need to reference, and skills they need to practice and demonstrate.
Equip instructors, facilitators, and subject matter experts with the materials and resources needed to deliver learning effectively.
Incorporate stakeholder feedback while maintaining sound instructional-design and Academy
Develop knowledge checks, assessments, practice activities, and application tools aligned with established learning
Partner with Learning Managers and subject matter experts to determine how capability and proficiency should be demonstrated or verified.
Design reinforcement and performance-support resources that help employees transfer learning to their work.
Use learner feedback and available participation, assessment, and performance data to improve learning solutions.
Recommend updates that strengthen learner engagement, knowledge retention, and on-the-job
Manage multiple learning-design projects from initial discovery through development, testing, implementation, and improvement.
Use learning technologies and content-authoring tools to develop and maintain digital and blended learning experiences.
Test and quality-check instructor-led, virtual, and digital materials before launch for accuracy, functionality, consistency, and accessibility.
Partner with Learning Operations to configure, test, publish, and maintain learning within Renegade Academy.
Support development needs across New Hire Success, Cultural and Professional Development, Leadership Development, Trades and Craft, and Operational
Manage priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations based on Academy