Instructional Designer

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $90k - $115k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📚 Learning and Development

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San Francisco Bay University

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San Francisco Bay University is a private higher-education institution based in Fremont, California that provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs (including an MBA Pro+), career-aligned curricula, and student-centered, AI-enhanced learning. The university emphasizes accessibility and affordability—offering scholarships, financial aid, and programs like Startup Scholars (which supports student entrepreneurs with tuition, housing, and project funding)—and maintains regional accreditation (WSCUC). SFBU operates a business incubator, career services, and community partnerships aimed at preparing students for work in Silicon Valley and beyond.

📋 Description

• Plan Pro+ courses across programs using module and lesson blueprints • Map program, course, and module outcomes to activities, resources, assessments, and assignment milestones • Write and edit learner-facing Canvas content, including overviews, lesson pages, and assignment directions • Develop and review assessments, rubrics, quizzes, and formative checks • Design scaffolded preparation for major assignments • Review courses against the course learning model and blueprint, documenting findings and recommendations • Review courses built by external development partners and confirm fixes before release • Test AI coaching activities from confident and struggling learner perspectives • Maintain Pro+ Canvas templates, design guide, and QA checklists • Build and edit Canvas pages and test course packages in sandbox courses and the Canvas Student app • Check accessibility against ADA and WCAG 2.1 AA standards • Review technical and quantitative materials with faculty • Contribute to student onboarding and faculty development, including UDL and AI-pedagogy trainings • Use learner feedback, course analytics, and assessment results to recommend improvements • Provide instructional design support for other SFBU courses • Coordinate timelines, documentation, and communication across multiple program launches • Perform other responsibilities as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Instructional Design, Learning Experience Design, Educational Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience • 3–5 years of experience in higher education instructional design, online learning, or a closely related area • Experience designing and reviewing online courses in Canvas or a comparable learning management system • Experience mapping outcomes to activities and assessments, and developing aligned rubrics and formative checks • Experience applying course-review standards or structured QA processes such as Quality Matters, OSCQR, or an institutional rubric • Working knowledge of Universal Design for Learning, transparent assignment design, and WCAG accessibility • Experience using generative AI in instructional design and critically evaluating AI-generated materials and AI coaching • Ability to turn complex technical or quantitative concepts into sequenced activities and worked examples • Experience collaborating with faculty and subject matter experts on course design • Clear writing and ability to give specific, prioritized feedback • Experience working effectively on a remote team • Ability to manage several connected deliverables and parallel course builds • Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and student success • Preferred: Master’s degree in a related field • Preferred: Experience with DesignPLUS or similar Canvas design tools • Preferred: Experience designing courses for business, professional, or graduate programs • Preferred: Experience reviewing or directing work produced by an external vendor or development team • Preferred: Experience supporting faculty development or UDL training • Preferred: Experience with AI-supported, adaptive, or competency-based learning models • Preferred: Experience launching new online programs or scaling a course design model • Portfolio showing course page design, assessment design, or course review work • Must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae or resume, portfolio link or two work samples, and contact information for three professional references • Finalists must complete a short course-review exercise • Regular availability during Pacific Time business hours

🏖️ Benefits

• Eligible for a remote, hybrid, or on-site work arrangement, subject to University policies and business needs • Full-time, 12-month contract position, renewable contingent upon performance review • Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities

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