Instructional Designer

Clemson University‘s Curriculum Delivery Team is looking for a passionate, experienced Instructional Designer who can create, deliver, and oversee educational materials for the implementation of the new Workday@Clemson ERP system and fulfill the following objectives and responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of high-quality and innovative training content related to the implementation of Workday@Clemson and other business transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with staff, faculty, and subject matter experts to develop content that promotes learner engagement and adoption across Clemson.
• Posses an in-depth understanding of instructional design models that produce impactful, measurable results, such as increased employee engagement and improved retention.
• Incorporate instructional design principles and theories and research and implement new technologies into instruction to maximize learning.
• Create and foster immersive, collaborative, and productive learning environments and educational experiences for target audiences that capture their attention and helps meet their development end goals.
• Develop cohesive, relevant curriculum partnering with organizational leaders.
• Create original learning materials, including courses, training sessions, job aids, technical guides, etc. and distribute these key learning materials to the audience.
• Assess learner progress by revisiting objectives and needs analyses and aligning the content with the campus partner’s needs.
• Maintain projects and course documents and evaluate existing instructional content and keep up to date.
• Other Duties as Assigned.

40% – Essential – Instructional Design:

• Oversees and develops courses, resources, job-aids, technical guides, videos, and other related content. Independently facilitates the design process by developing objectives, completing needs analyses, writing curriculum plans, and other related deliverables. Creates and curates learning content that is accessible, engaging, and promotes active learning. Designs learning activities that promote interactivity with the content and between learners. Builds content using tools, such as Microsoft Office, Camtasia, Articulate Storyline, or Articulate Rise. Aligns with best practices for accessibility, copyright, and fair use. Works with subject matter experts (SMEs) on the planning of media assets, to include video, audio, graphics, and other appropriate media. Recommends appropriate approaches for delivering content that meets the training needs of individuals, teams, and departments. Provides support to the director in the learning design planning and execution processes. Models a commitment to remain abreast of emerging trends in training and development, pedagogy, and tools in the instructional design industry.

25% – Essential – Project Management:

• Applies project management practices to learning design projects from start to completion. Monitors progress, anticipates and troubleshoots roadblocks, recalibrate deliverables and timelines, and communicates frequently with the director about the progress of all assigned projects. Provides support to the director in tracking the activities and progress of all learning design projects. Manages and maintains digital asset library for learning design projects. Updates project plans, schedules, and reports. Tracks, updates, and maintains project requirements, documentation, issues, funding, and risks and supports all other project deliverables. Aligns all created content with established templates and brand guidelines. Manages collaborative relationships with stakeholders through face-to-face, digital, and remote communication channels. Delegates and oversees tasks as appropriate and necessary. Leads internal staff training and development activities under the supervision of the director.

25% – Essential – Training Delivery:

• Designs lessons, including the selection and organization of content, methods, and materials needed to accomplish learning objectives. Presents content in face-to-face, virtual, hybrid, and recorded modalities. Facilitates group problem solving and group processing. Leads curriculum design. Participates in the promotional activities related to training programs. Assists in the strategic planning process of training. Executes specific change management related tasks as assigned.

10% – Essential – Quality Assurance:

• Conducts formative and summative evaluations to assess the effectiveness of instructional materials. Facilitates peer review by both giving feedback and receiving and applying feedback. Analyzes data and metrics to measure learning outcomes and identify areas for enhancement. Collaborates with and leads projects that evaluate and implement processes and quality improvements for learning design processes, policies, and guidelines. Monitors quality assurance across all projects by applying accessibility standards, Universal Desing for Learning principles, and learning design best practices.

Minimum Education:

• Master’s Degree – Education, instructional Design or Related Field

Minimum Experience:

• 5+ Years of experience in curriculum development and instructional design or related experience in K-12 education, higher education, adult learning and literacy, or training and development.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Blended skill set of instructional design, training facilitation, technical writing, and project management.
• Experience in Higher Ed or corporate instructional design, experience with training for Workday or other ERP systems.
• Expert knowledge of instructional design models, learning theories, quality training, and curriculum design.
• In-depth Knowledge of learning or training management systems.
• Proficiency in relevant course development software, such as Adobe Creative Suite, Articulate Rise, Articulate Storyline, etc. as well as proficiency in word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Basic understanding of HTML.
• Familiarity with project management software, principles, and methodologies.
• Ability to clearly and effectively plan and organize work activities, including curriculum planning, and prioritize task completion according to schedules and goals.
• Ability to make presentations, prepare reports, lead discussions, instruct training groups, and stimulate individuals and groups in the learning process.

Job Knowledge

• Firm Job Knowledge – Firm working knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures and ability to use in varied situations

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Acts as Lead – Acts as a Lead by guiding the work of others who perform essentially the same work.

Budgetary Responsibilities

• No Budget Responsibilities – No fiscal responsibility for the department’s budget.

• 30% – Sit (stationary position) for prolonged period
• 25% – Walk or move about
• 40% – Communicate, converse, give direction, express oneself
• 30% – Recognize or inspect visually

• 5% – Overnight Travel

Standard Hrs: 37.5 Hours / Week