Instructional Designer

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For over 75 years, Bob Evans Farms has delivered delicious, quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. We're proud to be the No. 1-selling refrigerated dinner sides*, including many varieties of wholesome, feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese, sold in grocery stores across the country. We're also a leading producer and distributor of sausage and egg products including liquid eggs.

In addition to our flagship Bob Evans® brand, our product portfolio includes Simply Potatoes®, Egg Beaters® and Owens® Sausage. Bob Evans Farms is based in Columbus, Ohio, and is owned by Post Holdings, Inc., a consumer-packaged goods holding company. For more information about Bob Evans Farms, Inc., visit

The Instructional Designer/Developer is responsible for scoping, designing, and developing learning solutions using a variety of modalities to support various corporate functions. This cross‑functional role requires stakeholder coordination and alignment, partnering closely with central L&D and other corporate functions.

Primary responsibilities include learning program design and development, scoping, measurement, and evaluation. Expertise in content authoring software is essential. The role contributes to developing a strong culture of learning at Bob Evans Farms, which includes identifying learning needs, participating in a learning community or practice, and consulting on learning technology, modalities, and content.

Bob Evans Farms is making significant investments in learning and development, and the Instructional Designer/Developer is key to our continued growth. Success in the role will be accomplished through tangible and measurable improvements in skills‑knowledge of employees across the network coupled with visible improvements in operational metrics. The role is in‑person and requires at least 10–15 % travel.

• Leverage adult learning principles and standard design methodology to modify and create high‑impact learning content aligned to business goals.
• Develop learning solutions that create powerful learning experiences using a variety of modalities including instructor‑led classroom, virtual instructor‑led training, eLearning, video, learning programs and pathways.
• Proficient in a variety of content authoring tools and technologies.
• Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders and leadership to identify training needs and define, enable and reinforce clear behavioral expectations for learners.
• Develop and execute methods to measure training effectiveness and contribute to collecting and reporting data.
• Reinforce established standards and best practices.
• Follow and reinforce established standards for content storage, maintenance, updating, and decommissioning.
• Utilize established templates, standards, style guides, and review standards to ensure a consistent learner experience and maintain high content‑quality standards across all locations.

• Responsible for development of multiple simultaneous projects, directing the work of internal and external resources.
• Leverage standard project management practices and tools to ensure projects are delivered on‑time and within budget and scope.
• Partner closely with central L&D and leadership to identify training needs, contributing to curriculum development and content/program design.
• In collaboration with central L&D and in keeping with standards, supervise custom content maintenance and development on an ad‑hoc basis using approved authoring tools (e.g. Articulate).

• Contributes to the development of a long‑term strategy and roadmap for building a stronger learning culture and operating model.
• Partners with cross‑functional stakeholders and executive leadership to define, enable and reinforce clear behavioral expectations for managers and leaders related to building a stronger learning culture.
• Actively participates in and contributes to a thriving Learning Community (ex. ATD) to…