"Instructional Designer"

Job Details

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University

Instructional Designer

Posting Number: 2026084

Location: San Marcos, Other - Remote Eligible

Department: TXST Online

Recruitment Type: Open Recruiting

Job Type: Full-Time

Monthly Salary: $4,876.00

Job Category: Exempt

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 1 year of instructional design experience in an online higher education or training environment.
• Ability to work productively on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work effectively independently or as part of a collaborative team with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Efficient and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly developed organizational skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology, Education, Adult Education, or related field.
• 2-4 years of instructional design experience in an online higher education or training environment.
• Online portfolio showcasing applicant’s instructional design work.
• Demonstrated knowledge of instructional design principles and models.
• Demonstrated knowledge of best practices related to the development and delivery of online courses, including knowledge of effective multimedia integration in web-based courses, web-based and multimedia tools and their use in online instructional materials, interface design principles to facilitate instructional effectiveness, and formative evaluation techniques and analyses.
• Experience consulting with faculty or other subject matter experts on the design and implementation of online course materials.
• Proficiency with course management systems, such as Canvas.
• Proficiency with commonly used e-learning authoring tools.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.

Job Description:

The instructional designer will collaborate with faculty on the design and development of online courses and consult on topics related to learning design and technology integration. This position is eligible for part- or full-time telework at the discretion of the division Vice President. Limited travel may be required.

Job Duties:

Share instructional design principles, processes, and effective uses of technology with stakeholders to enhance teaching and learning:

• Collaborate with faculty on the development of objectives aligned to instructional activities and assessments.
• Collaborate with faculty on content generation, including editing and in some cases drafting instructional content.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of design approaches.

Design and develop media-rich instructional materials:

• Perform front-end analyses, develop design documentation, conduct quality assurance reviews, and evaluate learning using formative evaluation techniques.
• Research and appropriately integrate technology into the design of instructional materials.

Effectively manage projects:

• Develop high-level and detailed project schedules, track progress against milestones, and ensure that issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Ensure ongoing communication of project status to team members and management.
• Proactively identify and manage risks to successful project completion and implementation.

Perform other duties as assigned, including:

• Stay current on topics and methodologies that support assigned job duties.
• Collaborate with staff to brainstorm ideas and solve problems, check that specifications are clear and achievable, and ensure that the design intent is realized.
• Identify design or process issues and analyze solutions to inform design standards, templates, and processes.

Additional Information to Applicants: Applicants must submit a link to an electronic portfolio of Instructional Design works.

Job Open Date: 10/09/2025

Job Close Date: 10/24/2025

Open Until Filled: No

Normal Work Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Normal Work Hours Start: 8:00AM

Normal Work Hours End: 5:00PM