Senior Instructional Designer

Summary

Passionate about educational excellence and eager to help advance the future of veterinary medical education? Midwestern University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Glendale, Arizona, invites applications for a Senior Instructional Designer to play a key role in the design, enhancement, and continuous improvement of selected courses within the veterinary curriculum. This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished instructional design professional to join a mission-driven college that values innovation, collaboration, and student-centered learning.

We seek a highly collaborative and experienced professional who excels at partnering with faculty to create thoughtful, engaging, and well-aligned learning experiences. The Senior Instructional Designer will work closely with selected instructors to take a deep dive into one to two courses per quarter, with an initial emphasis on distance education. This role is well suited for a professional who enjoys translating educational best practices into practical solutions, building strong faculty partnerships, and making a visible impact through focused, high-quality course design.

Rather than serving as a general instructional design resource for the entire curriculum, this position will provide targeted, high-value support for strategically selected courses and faculty.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner individually with selected faculty members to design, revise, and improve one to two pre-clinical courses per quarter.
• Provide expert consultation in instructional design, including course planning, backward design, alignment of learning objectives and assessments, and selection of effective teaching strategies.
• Support the design, development, implementation, and refinement of distance education, hybrid, and other strategically prioritized courses.
• Assist faculty in organizing course content, learning activities, assessments, and instructional materials in a clear, student-centered, and pedagogically sound format.
• Review selected courses for quality, consistency, usability, accessibility, and alignment with college and university expectations.
• Advise faculty on evidence-based instructional practices and approaches that support adult learners.
• Support the creation and refinement of assessments, rubrics, learning activities, and instructional resources that promote meaningful student learning and enhanced engagement.
• Assist with implementation, review, and quality control of course materials within the learning management system and related educational technologies.
• Recommend and support appropriate use of digital tools, instructional technologies, and emerging AI-enabled tools to enhance teaching and learning.
• Guide faculty in the thoughtful, ethical, and effective use of artificial intelligence in course design, learning activities, assessment, and feedback, with attention to adult learners, academic integrity, accessibility, and sound andragogy.
• Develop templates, guides, best practices, and other practical resources to support efficient and effective course design for selected courses.
• Provide limited faculty development, consultation, or coaching related to course design, online teaching, instructional best practices, and practical uses of AI in instruction.
• Collaborate with academic leadership and other relevant personnel to identify priorities, scope projects, and support strategic educational initiatives.
• Maintain documentation related to project timelines, course design activities, and outcomes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in instructional design, education, educational technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of four years of relevant experience in instructional design, course development, curriculum support, teaching and learning support, or a closely related area.
• Demonstrated knowledge of instructional design principles, including backward design and alignment of learning objectives, instructional activities, and assessment.
• Experience collaborating with faculty, subject matter experts, or other professional educators.
• Experience supporting synchronous and asynchronous online, hybrid, or technology-enhanced learning.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines.
• Experience working with learning management systems and common instructional technology tools.
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively with faculty, staff, and administrators.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in instructional design or course development in higher education or professional education.
• Experience in veterinary, medical, health professions, or other science-based professional education.
• Experience providing faculty development, coaching, or consultation.
• Experience with course quality review, accessibility, and universal design for learning principles.
• Experience developing synchronous distance education courses from initial concept through implementation.
• Familiarity with multimedia learning principles and engaging interactive educational content development.
• Experience using data, course feedback, or student outcomes to inform course improvement.
• Working knowledge of artificial intelligence as it relates to instructional design, adult learning, course development, assessment design, and faculty support.