Instructional Designer

Huntington University • Huntington, IN

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About The Position

The Instructional Designer is the Office of Academic Effectiveness’ primary specialist in learning design, course development, and faculty partnership. The role collaborates with faculty to create and redesign accessible, engaging, and academically rigorous face-to-face, hybrid, online, and technology-enhanced learning experiences. Particular emphasis is placed on AI-forward course design, assessment practices that make student learning and thinking visible, and faculty development related to responsible AI use.

The Instructional Designer partners with faculty, the Instructional Technologist, and Information Technology to thoughtfully integrate AI into courses, considering learning goals, assessment, accessibility, privacy, and student support.

This is a three-year grant-funded position established through Huntington University’s Lilly Endowment AIHE Implementation Grant. Continuation beyond the grant period may be possible based on institutional need, performance, and available funding. It is a full-time, exempt, 12-month position with work-location flexibility: on campus, fully remote, or hybrid.

Huntington University is an independent Christian liberal arts university. Employees subscribe to the Statement of Faith of the National Association of Evangelicals.

Requirements

• Strong personal Christian commitment and faith in Jesus Christ, with a desire to serve others.
• Commitment to Huntington University's mission as a comprehensive Christian College dedicated to educating students to impact the world for Christ.
• Positive interpersonal skills and ability to work as a team player.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Commitment to continuous process improvement.
• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, educational technology, learning sciences, curriculum and instruction, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience designing or substantially redesigning face-to-face, hybrid, online, or technology-enhanced higher-education learning experiences.
• Knowledge of learning-design principles, including alignment of outcomes, assessments, activities, materials, and technology.
• Fluency with AI tools and their instructional applications, limitations, privacy and security considerations, and implications for assessment and academic integrity.
• Ability to consult with faculty on selecting and implementing AI-supported learning activities and assessment approaches across face-to-face, hybrid, and online environments.
• Knowledge of accessibility and usability principles for digital learning environments.
• Experience consulting, coaching, or facilitating professional learning with faculty or other adult learners.
• Strong project-management, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Facility with learning-management systems and common educational technologies.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of Christian higher education.
• Master's degree in instructional design, educational technology, learning sciences, or a related field.
• Three or more years of instructional-design experience in higher education.
• Experience with Moodle or another major learning-management system.
• Experience with Quality Matters, Universal Design for Learning, WCAG/accessibility practices, or comparable course-quality frameworks.
• Experience designing AI-supported or AI-resilient assignments, assessments, faculty-development programming, or AI-literacy learning experiences.
• Experience collaborating with instructional technologists, information-technology professionals, or other cross-functional academic technology partners.
• Professional portfolio demonstrating successful collaborative course-design work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level