- Full-time
- Other
- Walden University
- Columbia
Job description
About Walden University
Walden University, an Adtalem Global Education institution, supports a diverse community of adult learners from across the U.S. and other countries, who seek to achieve their academic goals and make positive, lasting social change in their professions and communities. Walden offers more than 100 online degree and certificate programs, for students pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or certificate. Walden University has graduated more than 174,000 students and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday–Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.
Visit WaldenU.edu for more information, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
The Instructional Designer role is responsible for designing and creating engaging and compelling learning activities and content in conjunction with key stakeholders. With a heavy emphasis on interactive and multimedia technology-driven components, this role requires extensive collaboration between content, course development, and educational technology colleagues and teams to apply best practices of instructional design to create high-quality and innovative courses for our students. The Instructional Designer will also develop and disseminate course design standards, provide course-level and/or project-level management support to development efforts, and measure and analyze course effectiveness and usability across the curriculum.
Responsibilities:
- Blend traditional learning approaches with existing and new technologies in order to create and deliver optimal training programs.
- Work with Subject Matter Experts to develop learning objectives and training content, and ensure that the information is current, accurate, and complete.
- Prioritize, design, and train the trainer on programs and curricula.
- Develop training aligned with the organization’s goals and mission.
- Design and develop interactive learning content including learning objectives, simulation scenarios, graphical art/media, and valid/reliable assessments.
- Develop and maintain assessment processes that monitor and evaluate performance skills based on outcomes tied to organizational effectiveness.
- Maintain and revise materials developed as needed.
- Design training programs and topics that meet the needs of the organization and institutions.
- Develop, promote, and maintain knowledge of adult learning theory and practice.
- Maintain current knowledge of emerging learning systems and current methodologies.
- Use the ADDIE model and innovative, immersive learning methodologies in curriculum design and development, as well as adult learning theory in course/curriculum design.
- Conduct training needs analysis to determine training objectives, instructional strategies, project scope.
- Deliver accurate, high-quality training courses and documentation within a specified timeline and through the application of best practices and standards.
- Determine the best visual communication layout and design for training materials in order to enhance the learning and development of employees.
- Perform quality checks on all deliverables for content accuracy and effectiveness; demonstrate ownership of all instructional materials.
- Completes other duties as assigned.
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Incumbents will be evaluated, in part, based on performance of each essential function. Appropriate reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- BA degree in Instructional Design, Organizational Development, Education or related Business discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
- 2-4 years previous instructional design experience required.
- Must have experience using an e-learning authoring tool, experience using various Learning Management Systems (LMS), Blackboard, Microsoft Office Suite, and use of other Adobe products such as Connect.
- Experience working in and designing for SalesForce Software is desired, but not required.
- Excellent leadership, communication, team participation, team building, and human relation skills.
- Ability to work with individuals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds in a collaborative manner.
- Ability to creatively solve problems.
- Ability to write effectively in both business and academic styles.
- Experience with distance learning preferred.
- Familiar with instructional system design models, such as ADDIE.
- Experience with story boarding creation and review process.
In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $53,520.9 and $93,918.96. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.
Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
- Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
- 12 Paid Holidays
For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.
Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

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