Instructional Design

Instructional Designer

Instructional Designer

Location:

Hybrid 3 days a week onsite at Tempe Arizona 85288

Duration: 7-month contract with high possibility of extension

Job Description:

As an Instructional Designer, you create high-quality learning solutions that enable performance, build capability, and support learning in the flow of work. You translate business needs and subject-matter expertise into structured, accessible, and engaging learning experiences using established standards, tools, and design practices.

Instructional Designers collaborate with learning partners, facilitators, and stakeholders to diagnose performance needs, shape learning solutions, and ensure content is accurate, relevant, and ready for delivery. You are responsible for the end-to-end learning lifecycle appropriate to your level, including design, build, quality, accessibility, and consistency across learning assets while continuously improving solutions based on feedback, data, and evolving learner needs. As design tools and technologies evolve, including AI-powered authoring and analytics, you apply them thoughtfully to improve speed, quality, and effectiveness.

Essential Functions:

1) Design and Build Learning Solutions

• Design, build, and update learning assets using approved templates, tools, and standards to ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency.
• Translate SME input, business requirements, and source materials into structured learning experiences, including courses, modules, job aids, and practice activities that address performance gaps, not just content needs.
• Apply adult learning principles, accessibility standards, and inclusive design practices across all deliverables.

2) Collaborate and Partner

• Partner with Learning Consultants, facilitators, and stakeholders to clarify scope, constraints, and align learning solutions to business and learner needs.
• Participate in reviews, quality checks, and refinement cycles to ensure learning solutions meet expectations before launch.
• Support alignment between design intent and delivery by collaborating with facilitation and learning partners.

3) Manage Quality, Process, and Updates

• Maintain clean files, version history, documentation, and tracking in approved systems and workflows.
• Identify content gaps, risks, or improvement opportunities and contribute to solution refinement.
• Review learner feedback, facilitator insights, and available data to continuously improve learning effectiveness.

4) Use Tools and Technology Effectively

• Use authoring tools, learning platforms, and approved AI-enabled design tools to accelerate development, improve quality, and support tagging, updates, and maintenance at scale.
• Apply human judgment and quality assurance to AI-generated outputs to ensure accuracy, accessibility, and alignment with standards.
• Stay current with evolving design practices, tools, and technologies and apply them appropriately to improve outcomes.

5) Contribute to Team Capability

• Share knowledge, insights, and best practices that strengthen design quality and consistency across the team.
• Support onboarding, peer learning, and continuous improvement efforts as needed.

It is the individual responsibility of every employee to maintain a current awareness and understanding of and to fully comply with U.S. Bancorp's "Code of Ethics". Each employee is expected to maintain an awareness of the laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures that are appropriate for his/her position.

Specifications:

This is a general description which covers all levels/grades of the job. Level/grade assignments are determined by the attached leveling guidelines. Minimum qualifications are outlined below:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Experience in instructional design, learning development, or a related field involving structured content creation and learner support.
• Working knowledge of adult learning principles, instructional design methods, and practice-based learning approaches.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear, engaging, and accessible learning assets.
• Proficiency with common authoring tools and comfort learning new technologies, including AI-enabled design and tagging tools.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to follow standards and processes.
• Knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design practices, with the ability to apply them consistently.
• Ability to review feedback, interpret basic data or insights, and apply learnings to improve design outcomes.
• Strong written communication, collaboration, and professionalism.
• Openness to continuous learning, evolving design practices, and faster iteration cycles.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.