Instructional Designer

REPORTS TO: Director of Instructional Design

DEPARTMENT: Online Education

STATUS: Full Time, Exempt

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED: 0

The Instructional Designer will work with faculty to design, develop and teach media-rich courses that provide a student-centered and authentic online learning experience for students at The Los Angeles Film School. The position requires full time in-office hours. Candidates that currently reside in the Orlando area are given the highest consideration.

Essential Job Functions:

• Work with academic leadership and faculty to design and implement innovative and effective online learning techniques.
• Work with faculty to create new courses and revise existing courses for online delivery.
• Coordinate efforts with and report progress to the Director of Instructional Design.
• Advise and train faculty on the appropriate tools, media, and instructional strategies to achieve course learning objectives.
• Assist faculty with developing appropriate assessment tools and strategies to align with course learning objectives.
• Submit and coordinate media asset generation requests to the Media Team.
• Manage the course development process to ensure deadlines are met.
• Perform LMS administrative duties such as enrolling faculty in courses and copying course content to new terms.
• Perform course content quality checks
• Attend and participate in required departmental meetings.
• Maintain awareness of Instructional Design trends, techniques, and related software.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, educational technology, or related academic discipline. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in instructional design focused on distance learning, educational technology, preferably within higher education.
• Excellent communication abilities, both verbal and written.
• Strong computer skills, primarily Mac OS based.
• Strong skills using common Instructional Design software such as ScreenFlow, Camtasia, Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Docs, and other Google Suite software.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to handle creative differences and resolve conflict.
• Proficiency using LMS software such as Moodle, Campus, Blackboard, etc.
• Proficiency using common instructional design software tools.