Senior Instructional Designer

Job Profile:

Instructional Technologist 3

Job Family:

Instructional Design and Technology

Time Type:

Full time

Max Pay - Depends on experience:

$90,000.00 USD Annual

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:
Monitors the assessment, design, implementation, and instructional design support for one or more units to develop intermediate to complex resources and materials to support teaching and learning.

Job Description:

Position Salary Range: $70,000 - $90,000 per year; offer dependent on experience

Under general direction, the Senior Instructional Designer supports the university's AI Presidential Priority and Accessibility initiatives by translating the Provost's vision into actionable learning design strategies, tools, and faculty-facing resources. This role coordinates complex, multi-stakeholder efforts across the Learning Design (LD) Suite, AI Literacy initiatives, and AI Course Assistants, ensuring progress toward timelines, quality, accessibility, and alignment with institutional priorities.

Essential Duties:

Learning Design, AI, and Accessibility Initiatives 

• Organize and facilitate learning design sessions related to AI and accessibility, synthesizing stakeholder feedback and monitoring implementation across LD Suite tools.

• Support roadmap planning for AI Literacy course development across academic units. 

• Guide discussions with academic units on adoption and refinement of AI-enabled and accessibility-focused learning design tools. 

• Assess AI Course Assistant tools and coordinate feedback to support continuous improvement. 

Training Development & Emerging Technologies 

• Design and develop training content using Articulate Rise, Canvas, and other instructional authoring platformsto support faculty, staff, and academic leaders.

• Independently create scalable learning assets, including self-paced modules, microlearning, job aids, and guides. 

• Stay current on emerging educational technologies, including AI-enabled tools, and translate them into practical, faculty-ready training experiences. 

Project Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with project managers to establish timelines, track progress, support assessment activities, and contribute to impact reporting.

• Facilitate meetings with cross-functional teams producing faculty-facing resources (e.g., videos, guides, workshops), ensuring quality, accessibility, and alignment with stakeholder perspectives. 

• Develop and lead workshops and workgroups; produce concise summaries, recommendations, and surfaced concerns for the Provost team and senior leadership.

Quality, Accessibility, and Resource Alignment 

• Monitor and recommend improvements to the LD Suite website with a focus on accessibility, usability, and faculty experience. 

• Co-create templates and guidance to ensure consistency across Enterprise Technology and EdPlus training resources. 

Professional Practice 

• Model strong communication, organization, and collaboration in a high-visibility environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. 

• Serve as a collaborative partner to the Director of Learning Technology, with opportunities for mentorship and leadership growth.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working in a central academic unit, or a university-level unit, especially within ASU. 

• Experience leading teams of faculty and/or staff for curriculum alignment or change.

• Experience supporting institution-wide AI, accessibility, or educational innovation initiatives. 

• Demonstrated success coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder projects. 

• Experience developing and facilitating faculty-facing professional learning.

• Preferred Master's degree in a related field.

Working Environment:

• Office Setting: Work is performed in a climate-controlled office setting, primarily in a stationary position, utilizing standard office productivity machinery and specialized instructional design tools. 

• Technology Use: Constantly operates a computer to design and develop training content using platforms such as Articulate Rise, Canvas, and AI-enabled tools. 

• Communication: Requires the ability to clearly communicate and exchange accurate information to facilitate meetings, workshops, and workgroups with cross-functional teams and senior leadership. 

• Pace and Adaptability: This role operates in a high-visibility environment with competing priorities. The candidate must be flexible and adaptable to fast-paced multiple changes and the evolving needs of the team. 

• Collaboration: Expected to model strong collaboration and organization while building effective working relationships across academic and administrative units.

Department Statement:

Each year since 2016, ASU has been named the most innovative school in the nation, recognizing the university's culture of groundbreaking research and partnerships, as well as its commitment to helping students thrive in college and beyond. U.S. News and World Report has named ASU as the most innovative university. 

The Office of the Provost Learning Technology Team supports the university's initiatives by translating the Provost's vision, especially within the AI Presidential Priority and Accessibility projects, into actionable learning design strategies, tools, and faculty-facing resources. We coordinate complex, multi-stakeholder efforts—including the Learning Design (LD) Suite, AI Literacy initiatives, and AI Course Assistants—to ensure quality, accessibility, and alignment with institutional priorities. We support and facilitate professional development opportunities through the FOLC Fest and Learning Design Summer Camp to create quality and change within emerging technologies and digital learning. We are dedicated to building an inclusive, solutions-oriented team, and encourage those with unique backgrounds to apply.

Working at ASU has additional perks and OUTSTANDING benefits, which include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; ASU/UA/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to ASU recreation and cultural activities; and more.

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Campus: Tempe

Funding:

No Federal Funding

Instructions to Apply:

Current Employees and Students should apply directly within Workdayusing the Jobs Hub. Use this link and log in using SSO:

https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/1$9925/9925$16963.htmld

To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

• Cover letter
• Resume/CV

Note: Multiple documents can be submitted into the attachment box. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position. Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position. NOTE: GA and Intern positions are counted as .5 for job experience (ie. 1 year equals 6 months experience equivalency). Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

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