Instructional Designer II (Educational Technology)

Location: College Station, Texas, United States

Company

Texas A&M University supports faculty recruitment, development, retention, and professional development across the university.

What you will do

• Administer Faculty Affairs websites, publish and maintain content, and perform front-end quality assurance.
• Improve website navigation, usability, accessibility, information architecture, SEO, and content quality.
• Design and deliver online, hybrid, and face-to-face learning resources for faculty and academic leaders.
• Develop instructional strategies, activities, scenarios, case studies, assessments, workshops, and multimedia materials.
• Evaluate learning resources and websites against accessibility, usability, accuracy, and higher-education quality standards.
• Manage instructional design projects from needs assessment through development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, instructional technology, education, communications, digital media, web design/development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least two years of related professional experience in instructional design, instructional technology, faculty or professional development, website administration, content management, or digital communications.
• Knowledge of adult learning, instructional design principles, digital accessibility, ADA, Section 508, WCAG, and Universal Design for Learning.
• Experience creating and maintaining digital learning resources and web content using content management systems.
• Strong writing, editing, communication, collaboration, organization, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Ability to work with faculty, academic leaders, subject matter experts, administrators, communications professionals, and technical partners.

Nice to have

• Master’s or doctoral degree in instructional design, instructional technology, education, UX/UI design, communications, digital media, or a related field.
• Five or more years of relevant professional experience, especially in higher education, faculty development, training, or web content management.
• Experience with WordPress, Cascade, Canvas, Google Analytics, Siteimprove, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and contemporary learning technologies.
• Experience developing multimedia assets and facilitating workshops or professional development in online and in-person settings.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance, with university contributions toward employee health and basic life premiums.
• 12–15 days of annual paid holidays, paid sick leave, and paid vacation.
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
• Free exercise programs, wellness support, LinkedIn Learning training, webinars, tuition assistance, and educational release time.
• Employment is contingent on credential verification and completion of a criminal history investigation because the position is security-sensitive.