noodle - Learning Designer (Contract)

• 6+ years of instructional or learning design experience, mostly in higher education online programs. • A portfolio of online courses you designed end to end, ideally for graduate or professional programs. • Experience working directly with faculty, including senior faculty, and guiding them toward strong design decisions. • Fluency in backward design, outcomes alignment, and assessment design. • Working knowledge of Quality Matters, OSCQR, or similar quality frameworks. • Hands-on accessibility skills: alt text, captions, heading structure, color contrast, accessible documents. • Strong LMS experience, with Canvas preferred. • Comfort managing several courses and deadlines at once with little supervision. • Master's degree in instructional design, learning sciences, educational technology, or a related field. • Quality Matters Peer Reviewer or Applying the QM Rubric certification. • Experience using generative AI in course design or student learning activities. • Familiarity with authoring and media tools such as Articulate Rise, H5P, Camtasia, or Figma. • Background in a professional field such as health, business, education, or public policy. • ## Engagement details • Type: 1099 contract, renewable based on course pipeline • Commitment: [20–30] hours per week, for an initial [6]-month term • Typical load: [2–3] courses in development at a time, each built over about [12–16] weeks • Location: Remote within the U.S., with some meetings during U.S. business hours • This position is based in the United States, and applicants must be legally authorized to live and work in the United States. Employees are required to reside within the United States for the duration of their employment. • At Noodle, we hire people who will help us change the future of online education. Even if you don't think you check off every bullet point on this list, we still encourage you to apply! We value both current experience and future potential.