Instructional Design/Content Creator, Chicago, IL (Hybrid) Temporary
Location: Chicago; Industry: Various
The Instructional Design/Content Creator brings learning to life by designing and delivering dynamic digital training experiences through the company’s Learning Management System (LMS). This role turns complex ideas into engaging, easy-to-digest content by collaborating closely with subject-matter experts and key stakeholders. With a sharp eye for design, storytelling, and learner engagement, the Instructional Content Creator ensures every training asset is on-brand, instructionally sound, and aligned with the company’s strategic goals, making learning impactful, accessible, and memorable.
Responsibilities
- Design, produce, and maintain high-quality multimedia learning assets, including video, audio, interactive presentations, and job aids for exempt and salaried employees, ensuring consistent alignment with approved company branding.
- Own the end-to-end production workflow, partnering with subject-matter experts to gather raw content, storyboard concepts, edit using tools such as Clipchamp, VideoBolt, and Canva, publish to the LMS, and regularly update courses to keep content relevant.
- Build and manage a centralized digital asset library (logos, intro stingers, folder icons, branded templates, and “LMS Champion” swag) to enable company-wide content creators to stay on-brand and work efficiently.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with HR and SMEs to prioritize learning requests and ensure accurate representation of company-specific systems and platforms, including Oracle, Intelex, and ADP.
- Advise on content optimization, offering recommendations to SMEs and final approvers to enhance clarity, engagement, and learner experience.
- Support a hybrid work schedule, balancing on-site collaboration with remote productivity.
Ideal Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, communications, digital media, or equivalent hands-on experience, curriculum development, or parallel field of study.
- Experience designing or producing training material, with a portfolio or demo reel of video/interactive work.
- Proven proficiency with Clipchamp, VideoBolt, Canva, and Microsoft 365 or other editing software is required.
- Demonstrated ability to translate SME input into engaging, brand-aligned training without creating technical content from scratch.
- Strong communication and organizational skills; comfortable operating as the sole instructional designer.
- Experience with Microsoft products.
- Familiarity with mining, manufacturing, construction, or other parallel industries.
Up to $40 per hour (based on experience)
