Senior Instructional Designer II

Committee for Children • Seattle, WA

6d • Remote

About The Position

Committee for Children (CFC) is seeking a purpose-driven Senior Instructional Designer II to lead the design and development of high-quality digital human skills learning programs for K-12 students and educators. This role is responsible for the end-to-end content development process, translating learning science and user needs into engaging and effective learning solutions. The Senior Instructional Designer II will act as a program-level leader, guiding content direction, ensuring quality and alignment across experiences, and fostering a collaborative team environment. CFC is a social enterprise dedicated to advancing children's well-being through essential human skills development.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience developing digital educational programs, learning experiences, educational applications, or educational games or simulations, in the K-12 marketplace.
• Developing curriculum using Understanding by Design learning framework, culturally responsive teaching practices, and conditions for learning as identified by PERTS.
• Demonstrated experience in writing and developing high-quality instructional content for both students and educators, including implementation supports and professional learning materials.
• Experience designing curriculum and instructional materials for K–5 learners, including early childhood education contexts.
• 5+ years of experience working as an educator in a traditional school setting.
• Master’s Degree in Learning Sciences, Educational Technology, Instructional Design or related field of study.
• Proven ability to lead, coach, or mentor others while managing multiple workstreams.
• Advanced ability to apply current and innovative learning and instructional design theories and techniques to analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate, and modify learning programs.
• Experience collaborating with researchers and using qualitative/quantitative data to iterate curriculum.
• Experience designing and facilitating professional development for educators, including PLC-aligned learning experiences and resources.
• Advanced ability to manage ambiguity, identify creative solutions, respond to changing work or product needs, and ideate ways to surpass constraints.
• Knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Miro, Slack, Asana, and Jira.
• Ability to investigate and learn new digital technologies related to work or design.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with or supporting K–5 and/or early childhood classrooms strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Apply a learning-first mindset by identifying educator and student needs, defining instructional problems, and designing for scale, reuse, and maintainability across products.
• Lead and guide work as a program expert and leader by establishing ID team processes, reviewing education criteria, directing relevant workstreams, and providing constructive feedback.
• Lead content development and writing of curriculum, including drafting, revising, and finalizing student-facing and educator-facing instructional materials.
• Design and develop implementation materials and professional learning experiences to support educators in classroom delivery, including guides, tools, and embedded supports.
• Collaborate with researchers and subject matter experts to conceptualize and develop digital learning curriculum that extends into the physical classroom and related program supports.
• Lead backward planning using Understanding by Design or similar planning methodologies.
• Ensure instructional quality, alignment, and coherence across K-12 programming, accountable for final sign-off of the educational criteria.
• Collaborate with visual designers, media production team, and others to design and deliver aligned, on-time assets.
• Analyze data and synthesize feedback from a variety of sources to develop and implement action plans for improvement.
• Manage, coach, and mentor less experienced instructional designers, independent contractors, and content experts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 50% premium coverage for dependent’s medical and dental premiums.
• Retirement plan + company match up to 3%.
• Flexible work subsidy: $100 per month for phone and internet costs, office supplies, or commuting costs.
• 16 paid holidays (including winter break and 1 floating holiday).
• 3 weeks' vacation in your first year.
• Separate sick leave accrual.
• Monthly contribution to childcare and/or dependent expenses.
• FSA account.
• Parental leave.
• Sabbatical leave.
• Employee assistance program.
• Annual wellness reimbursement.
• Growth and development opportunities.
• Disability and life insurance.

What This Job Offers

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