Job Posting Title:
Instructional Designer
Hiring Department:
Center for Teaching and Learning
Position Open To:
All Applicants
Weekly Scheduled Hours:
40
FLSA Status:
Exempt
Earliest Start Date:
Jul 14, 2025
Position Duration:
Expected to Continue
Location:
UT Main Campus
Job Details:
General Notes
The Center for Teaching and Learning has supported the educational mission of UT Austin for over 50 years. We inherit a distinguished legacy of collaborating with instructors at all stages of their careers to design transformative learning experiences that challenge and inspire both students and faculty. We are committed to working with instructors, staff, and students to advance a campus culture that values and rewards effective teaching.
Must be eligible to work in the US on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.
Purpose
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is seeking an established Instructional Designer to support the design and development of transformative educational experiences and to build capacity for evidence-based teaching and learning practices with internal and campus-wide stakeholders. The person in this role will work on all aspects of strategic pedagogical design for online and in-person programs including but not limited to: development of course content, supporting materials and documents, interactive experiences, course assessment techniques, and knowledge retention strategies. In conjunction with a dynamic and highly skilled team of education developers, the Instructional Designer will contribute a solutions-oriented mindset to the holistic effort of equipping UT Austin instructors across the career life cycle.
This role will be responsible for programs developed within CTL and the Academic Affairs portfolio and for programs developed in collaboration with other campus units. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and demonstrated ability to balance multiple programs with various objectives and audiences.
Responsibilities
- Provide expertise in the planning, development, and delivery of high-quality learning experiences. Build and maintain course content in the learning management system when applicable, including multimedia content. Write effective copy, instructional text, and audio and video scripts. Partner with subject matter experts and other key stakeholders to identify learning needs, target audience, measurable objectives, and desired outcomes.
- Responsible for planning and managing course development and design projects to ensure all tasks are completed within established deadlines and budgets. Utilize project management principles to develop a basic project plan to manage project timelines/deliverables, quality assurance, communication, and coordination with other departments and key stakeholders.
- Keep abreast of new developments in pedagogy and technology concerning subject areas and research on how adults learn. Analyze and apply trends in learning technologies and instructional design.
- Review learner, staff, and faculty feedback for quality control issues and opportunities to improve learning experiences.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of existing instructional materials to ensure that objectives are accomplished. Ensure that content is being effectively presented for the audience and goals.
- Pursue mastery of relevant tools and digital technologies in the campus ecosystem through connections with colleagues and available training materials.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in education, curriculum design, instructional design, or closely related field with at least two years of experience.
- Proficient in optimizing designs within the available features of the learning management system (LMS) and available digital technologies such as Articulate Rise/360.
- Experience developing curriculum, preferably for non-academic audiences.
- Ability to balance multiple disparate projects at once.
- Ability to communicate complex information to non-academic professional audiences, whether in a written, interactive, or visual format.
- Ability to understand learning objectives and create programs and supporting materials to achieve stated objectives.
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in education, curriculum design, instructional design, or closely related field.
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining online courses within the Canvas LMS.
- Professional experience developing courses using a wide variety of eLearning authoring and collaboration tools.
Salary Range
$70,000 + depending on qualifications
Working Conditions
- Work to be completed in typical office environment.
Required Materials
- Resume/CV
- 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
- Letter of interest
Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.
Employment Eligibility:
Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.
Retirement Plan Eligibility:
The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
Background Checks:
A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
Pay Transparency:
The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
Employment Eligibility Verification:
If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.
E-Verify:
The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:
Compliance:
Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.
The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.
