Job Description

Be the one who makes a difference!

At Vertex Education we are a team of high achievers, courageous leaders, and passionate believers in changing lives through education. As a purpose-led education services provider, our mission is destined to benefit many and yet it starts with just one person inspired to work together with us to make a memorable and meaningful difference for our clients, schools, students, and communities. Be the one who makes a difference—with us.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The instructional designer II understands how people learn and designs experiences to improve learning. The instructional designer collaborates with subject matter experts to design and develop engaging, instructionally sound, learning materials for K-12 courses to improve student learning while maintaining compliance with standards. The instructional designer cultivates and maintains collaborative professional relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, and analyzes learning and performance data to ensure continuous quality improvement.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Note: The essential functions below describe the general requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or most of the primary accountabilities listed below. Specific tasks, responsibilities or competencies may be documented in the incumbent’s performance objectives as outlined by the incumbent’s immediate supervisor or manager.

• Develops partnerships and works collaboratively with subject matter experts during analysis, design, and development to produce quality learning materials within established timeframes while accurately representing content and applying appropriate, sound instructional design principles.
• Creates engaging learning activities and compelling learning content that enhance the learning experience.
• Applies best practices and current research in learning theories and instructional design methodologies.
• Applies an innovative mindset to solving learning design problems.
• Creates supporting materials and media (audio, video, simulations) as necessary.
• Creates storyboards for media production.
• Ensures all designed materials meet compliance and legal guidelines.
• Tracks projects and manages milestone achievements using a prescribed workflow methodology.
• Manages an aggressive schedule of learning content development and curriculum revisions.
• Uses data to inform improvements.
• Ensures diverse student needs are accommodated through an intentional application of universal design and accessibility best practices.

SUPERVISORY AND MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

• N/A

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

Education, Licensure, or Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Educational Technology, Online Learning, eLearning, Cognitive Psychology, Education, or a closely related field with 4 years of related work experience.

OR

• Master’s degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Educational Technology, Online Learning, eLearning, Cognitive Psychology, Education or a closely related field with 2 years of related work experience.

Work Experience or Related Experience:

• Work experience designing and producing high quality and interactive learning content required.
• Experience designing and developing online courses for K-12 learners is strongly preferred.
• Experience using Schoology strongly preferred.

Specialized Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Detailed knowledge of learning, instructional design, multimedia, and distance learning theories and principles.
• Experience applying design strategies informed by learning and behavioral sciences, instructional design, and multimedia principles.
• Skills and knowledge working with educational tools and software including learning management systems, course authoring tools, student information systems, etc.
• Experience using software such as Captivate, Articulate, Camtasia, and Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
• Knowledge of universal design and accessibility best practices preferred.
• Strong critical and analytical thinking skills.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, listening, and written and verbal communication skills.

BACKGROUND CHECKS:

• The incumbent in this position will be required to pass a criminal history background check.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a valid IVP Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card at all times.

PHYSICAL AND TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Travel between campuses is required from time to time.
• This position requires the need to lift objects (up to 25 pounds) on occasion.
• This position may require sitting for long periods at times, talking on the phone, standing, kneeling, stooping and long periods of concentration.
• Local and in-state travel required.

Be excited to be a part of our team and grow your career with us!

Be the one who enables us to positively impact over 258,000 students across multiple states while driving our growth forward so we can enrich even more lives. Be the one who helps us achieve excellence for over 226 schools that we support with academics, finance, technology, human resources, communications, marketing, facilities, construction, and food services. Be the one who is a diverse thinker, a team player, a smart risk taker, an innovator, and a difference maker by encouraging others to climb higher and reach farther to further education.

• Be yourself surrounded by wonderful people who care about you, value your unique skills, and lift you up.
• Be supported in your work by caring leaders and team members who want you to succeed.
• Be empowered to make a difference and climb higher and reach farther to change lives through education.
• Be well in all aspects of your life from your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing to your finances.
• Enjoy industry-leading pay, rewards, referral bonuses, with unlimited flexible paid time-off for performance.
• Be able to care for your health and your family with comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits and invest in your future with 401(k) plans with a 6% employer match on your contributions.
• Enhance your growth and development with mentoring and money to take training classes.
• Thrive in a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment where we treat others with fairness and respect, celebrate diversity, and elevate equality and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer.

Be the one who makes a difference!

With an innovative mind, a hungry heart, and engaging spirit you can change lives through education. Be a part of Vertex Education and let’s make a difference together. Apply Today!

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