Learning Innovation Designer (Instructional Design)

University of St Augustine for Health Sciences•Dallas, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Learning Innovation Designer creates and delivers university-level course content for graduate degree programs. Working within a collaborative digital learning and design team, the role contributes to teaching and learning innovation through instructional design for blended and online environments, media production, simulation design, interprofessional educational experiences, and integration of health science technologies. The position is responsible for the integrity and quality of the final product and partners with faculty by providing thought leadership, mentoring, and support. Course development should reflect the institution’s quality standards, brand promise, vision, and mission. The position is based at a USAHS campus in San Marcos, Austin, Miami, or St. Augustine. It is hybrid and requires at least three days per week on campus. Periodic travel may be required. The role works with faculty, academic leaders, subject matter experts, stakeholders, and vendors to develop course outcomes, objectives, curricula, instructional content, and media. It manages course blueprints and related planning documents, builds and maintains master courses and LMS components, and ensures courses meet quality and accessibility standards. The Learning Innovation Designer also supports faculty use of teaching technologies, oversees vendor work, helps establish standard course-development processes, and manages projects to meet timelines, budgets, and quality expectations.

Requirements

At least 5 years of online course design, curriculum development, or related experience in a higher education environment.
A master's degree in the field of expertise.
At least 3 years of experience using a learning management system.
Fluency with e-learning content development tools for creating instructional media, such as interactive presentations, video, and multimedia.
Work samples or a portfolio will be reviewed during the interview process.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate, manage time and projects, communicate effectively in writing and orally, and attend to detail.
Ability to manage multiple projects at different stages while meeting deadlines and quality standards.

Nice To Haves

Seven or more years of online course design, curriculum development, or related higher-education experience is strongly preferred.
A terminal degree in instructional design, education, curriculum development, or teaching and learning is strongly preferred.
Experience with Blackboard is strongly preferred; experience with Brightspace, Moodle, or Canvas is also relevant.
Knowledge of ADA accessibility requirements (Sections 504 and 508), digital copyright laws, and implementation standards such as WCAG 2.1 is preferred.
Quality Matters experience is preferred; peer or master reviewer certification is preferred.
Experience training, mentoring, or teaching others is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide exemplary customer service to faculty and stakeholders in support of effective use of teaching and learning technology tools.
Lead faculty, in collaboration with academic leadership, in developing course-level outcomes, objectives, and curricula for all course modalities.
Help faculty understand program-level objectives, instructional models, and positioning for target audiences and markets.
Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders to edit, write, and design instructional content suited to the target audience and institutional learning models and best practices.
Manage course blueprints, course scope and sequence, and media planner documents that outline course objectives and support digital content development.
Build and maintain master courses, ensuring learning materials, activities, and assessments align with learning outcomes and the needs of diverse students.
Plan, design, and develop instructional media elements.
Coordinate media production, including approvals, budgets, schedules, vendor relationships, assembly of final media, and integration into online courses in accordance with accessibility and quality standards.
Create course components in the learning management system and ensure courses meet or exceed quality-assurance standards for navigation, technical functionality, proofreading, and editing.
Facilitate decisions that account for budget, time, and resources; identify potential problems and solutions to complete course development on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
Oversee the quality of work performed by external vendors, including contract instructional designers.
Help develop standard processes across the course-development domain team.
Oversee special projects as assigned.
Perform other duties and responsibilities management may deem necessary.
Travel periodically as required.