About Flatiron School

As a leader in the tech industry, Flatiron School believes that education is the best investment you can make in your future. We’re committed to helping change lives and the world for the better. Our courses provide an immersive, outcomes-driven curriculum for students looking to launch a career in Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Game Design. In addition to student programs, we also offer targeted education solutions for organizations.

Our Mission: Enabling the pursuit of a better life through education

Our Values:

• Make No Little Plans - Build for scale, create for the future, execute short-term goals in view of long-term strategy
• Radiate Positivity - Be kind, have fun, find what to love
• Strive for Excellence - Drive results, hold yourself and each other accountable to our shared goals
• Be a Lifelong Learner - Embrace a growth mindset, be curious, get comfortable with being uncomfortable
• Work Together - Collaborate, embrace transparency, empower others to succeed
• Nurture Difference - Seek to understand, notice who or what is missing, actively seek out different opinions, create space for other voices to be heard

About the role

We are seeking a Instructional Designer to work closely with our Senior Manager of Curriculum Product and Content Development team to develop learning and practicing experiences for students. In this role, you will be an integral part of the curriculum product instructional design authoring process. You will ensure that educational products meet Flatiron School’s technical curriculum framework and that the informational content is aligned with applied learning and assessments. Please note that this is a part-time (up to 29 hours per week) and fixed-term opportunity. The expected duration is 16 weeks.

What you'll do

• Authoring 3-4 modules per week. 1 course every 2.5 weeks.
• Integrate instructional design best practices in content authoring processes for technical courses.
• Develop content in accordance with accessibility standards, WCAG AA.
• Integrate backwards design methodology into the curriculum authoring process, considering applied learning and assessments to measure the effectiveness of technical modular courses.
• Design learning content within a templated structure that reflects an understanding of the diversity of career-changing adult learners, including the demonstrated knowledge of cognitive and/or cultural differences that may apply.
• Integrate adult learning theory and cognitive load theory to develop interactive content pages into practical, application-based learning strategies.
• Edit generated learning content to proofread and edit learning materials (e.g., learning modules documentation) for clarity, grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of instructional design experience. 
• Strong Canvas LMS experience.
• Expert Level Cidi Labs DesignPLUS new sidebar update experience.
• Experience as a copy editor
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Nice to Have: experience in a technical discipline - software engineering, product design, cybersecurity, or data science.

Requirement

You will need to provide evidence of your work product, specifically authoring courses using CidiLabs within Canvas, this can be a screen-share video, screen-shot images in a shared document, screen share within a synchronous meeting, or public course link. The course items should include different content module pages, assignments, quizzes, and discussions. 

Expected Compensation

• $40-45/hour up to 29 hours/week

Please note, we are only set to up hire in applicants residing in the following states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI