Senior Instructional Designer - AZ -College of Veterinary Medicine

Senior Instructional Designer - AZ
-College of Veterinary Medicine

Job Category: Staff

Requisition Number: SENIO
004420

• Full-Time

Arizona Campus Glendale, AZ 85308, USA

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.

• 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.

The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple financial processes while delivering excellent customer service. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. This individual must have the ability…