Instructional Designer
STATUS: Full time
DIVISION: Educational Technology and Innovation
REPORTS TO: Director of Educational Technology and Innovation
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
SUPERVISES: N/A
Position Summary
Join our dynamic team at the College for Creative Studies (CCS), a beacon of creativity and innovation located in the vibrant heart of Detroit. This position offers the unique opportunity to influence how art and design education is delivered; ensuring that it not only meets but also exceeds the demands of today’s digital age. You will be part of a supportive community that values creativity, continuous learning, and the development of cutting-edge educational experiences.
CCS is seeking a dynamic, versatile, and experienced Instructional Designer skilled in designing and supporting online and blended learning environments. This individual will play a critical role in enhancing the educational experiences of CCS students, faculty, and staff. The Instructional Designer will assist in the planning, design, and maintenance of online training resources, collaborating closely with faculty to develop high-quality online courses and ensure effective instructional practices within our Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
Position Accountabilities and Essential Functions
Course and Program Design
- Design, develop, and implement online programs, courses, and short courses in collaboration with faculty and other subject matter experts, adhering to college standards of engagement, accessibility, technology, and rigor.
- Advance the institutional strategy for online pedagogy and ensure all course development adheres to ADA guidelines.
- Collaborate with the instructional design team to develop, edit, and maintain courses, incorporating best practices and current instructional design theories.
Supporting Online Environments and Professional Development
- Support and advise faculty on online pedagogy, helping them to create engaging and effective online learning environments.
- Develop and facilitate professional development activities for faculty and staff, focusing on the effective use of Canvas and best practices for online teaching.
- Write and customize content and job aids for various training modalities, including online learning, live classroom sessions, virtual workshops, video, audio, and mobile.
- Provide quality assurance support, including course reviews and testing, to ensure courses are effective and meet institutional standards.
- Enhance learning and teaching through strategic use of the LMS (Canvas), ensuring it meets user needs and enhances educational outcomes.
Additional Responsibilities
- Participate and present at both internal and external meetings, workshops, and training events as directed by supervisors, contributing to project discussions and representing the Office of Educational Technology + Innovation (ET+I).
- Contribute to internal projects that enhance the core offerings and infrastructure of ET+I.
- Represent ET+I at key college events such as New Student Orientation, New Faculty Orientation, Staff Assembly, and Faculty Assembly.
- Perform additional duties as needed to support the department’s goals and initiatives.
Qualifications and Experience
- A graduate degree in an appropriate discipline
- Proven experience of instructional design for online learning – minimum two (2) years
- In-depth knowledge of innovation in online pedagogy, with a broad understanding of new and emerging technologies
- In-depth knowledge of learning, teaching, assessment methods and pedagogical practices in higher education, art and design preferred
- Demonstrable experience in planning/scheduling project work in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrable experience facilitating and delivering training to an academic audience
- Working knowledge of learning management systems, Canvas preferred
- The ability to manage the balance between deadlines, quality, and shifting priorities
- Excellent and delightful interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as a team leader and colleague
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office and college campus environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to maintain a stationary position, use a computer and other office equipment, and communicate effectively in person, by phone, and virtually. Frequent interaction with others, including staff, faculty, students and third parties is required. The employee may occasionally be required to move files or other objects weighing up to 25 pounds, including from low and high places. The ability to move around within the office and between buildings on campus, attend off-site meetings and events, and travel between Ford Campus site to Taubman Center site are required. CCS will make reasonable accommodations that will allow individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Application Procedure/Additional Information
Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. The search will close when a suitable candidate is hired. Interested candidates should submit the following in PDF format: Resume and a letter of application should be submitted to: hr@collegeforcreativestudies.edu
About CCS
The College for Creative Studies (CCS) is a nonprofit, private college authorized by the Michigan Education Department to grant Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. CCS, located in midtown Detroit, strives to provide students with the tools needed for successful careers in the dynamic and growing creative industries. CCS fosters students’ resolve to pursue excellence, act ethically, engage their responsibilities as citizens, and learn throughout their lives. With world-class faculty and unsurpassed facilities, students learn to be visual communicators who actively use art and design toward the betterment of society. The College is a major supplier of talent to numerous industries, such as transportation, film and animation, advertising and communications, consumer electronics, athletic apparel, and many more. Its graduates are exhibiting artists and teachers, design problem solvers and innovators, as well as creative leaders in business.
Founded in 1906 as the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, CCS plays a key role in Detroit’s cultural and educational communities. A private, fully accredited college, CCS enrolls more than 1,400 students, pursuing Master of Fine Arts degrees in Color and Materials Design, Interaction Design, Systems Design Thinking, and Transportation Design and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Advertising Design, Art Education, Communication Design, Crafts, Entertainment Arts, Fashion Accessories Design, Fine Arts, Illustration, Interior Design, Photography, Product Design, and Transportation Design. The College also offers free art education for more than 4,000 Detroit youth annually through its Community Arts Partnerships program. In addition, the College’s University Prep Art & Design is a public charter middle and high school enrolling more than 800 students in a high-performance academic curriculum with a special focus on art and design.
The College for Creative Studies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
posted on April 22, 2024 at 12:01 pm