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Job Description
Job Description
Are you passionate about creating impactful learning experiences? Join the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) as a Instructional Designer and use your skills and expertise to help a large audience of healthcare professionals make a difference in their patients’ lives. This remote, work-from-home position offers a competitive salary, outstanding benefits, and a collaborative work environment. If you are passionate about education and ready to take the next step in your career journey, we would like to hear from you.
Position Summary
The Instructional Designer serves as a member of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) Learning Development team, supporting the SDMS’ continuing medical education (CME) activities and sonographer professional development. The Instructional Designer will implement a holistic and learner-centric approach to help promote and support effective learning experiences for SDMS Learning Center users. The Instructional Designer will work in close collaboration with the SDMS Learning Director, Senior Instructional Designer, staff, volunteers, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to manage and support various tasks, projects, and initiatives to generate creative learning experiences across a wide range of learning solutions. The Instructional Designer is expected to have and demonstrate a high-level of experience in project management, user experience and interface design, instructional design, and learning science.
Portfolio Required
Please have a portfolio available upon request.
Location
This is a remote, work-from-home position requiring that the candidate reside in Texas, Oklahoma, or Illinois only.
Examples of Duties & Responsibilities
- Support Learning Development projects while working in conjunction with other SDMS staff members to analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate, and manage learning products.
- Identify target audiences, design storyboards, and prototype learning products that align with best practices in user experience and interface design.
- Collaborate with SMEs to design and develop learning products.
- Utilize eLearning design, development software applications, and generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and / or Large Language Models (LLMs) to develop learning products.
- Help with the design and development of interactive elements for prototyping, testing, and supporting new learning strategies and methodologies.
- Ensure and apply universal design solutions that also support accessibility standards in learning experience design.
- Manage applicable content databases to ensure that data is complete, current, and accurate.
- Demonstrate knowledge of educational principles and stay up to date on new learning methods and techniques.
- Collaborate with the SDMS Learning Development team and other staff members on strategic initiatives by offering technical, creative, and logistical recommendations on the design and production of learning content.
- Gather and analyze user feedback and learning metrics to assess the effectiveness of learning products.
- Maintain departmental documentation to ensure data is current, complete, and accurate.
- Comply with and contribute to departmental policies, procedures, and auditing / quality assurance processes.
- Support volunteers, committees, and task forces as assigned.
- Assist with other projects as assigned.
Education / Certifications / Licenses
Skills & Experience
Job Type : Full-time
Pay : $70,000.00 - $72,000.00 per year
Work Location : Remote
Benefits :Company Description
With over 23,000 members, the SDMS is the largest association of sonographers and sonography students in the world. Our achievements are directly attributable to the teamwork of the Society’s talented staff and dedicated volunteers. The SDMS values our staff and provides a remote working environment with an exceptional benefits package ( -we-are / staff / open-sdms-positions).
The SDMS is committed to promoting and implementing ongoing improvements to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the diagnostic medical sonography profession and in the SDMS' membership, leadership, volunteers, and staff. The success of the SDMS’ mission depends on members, leaders, volunteers, and staff who provide diverse backgrounds, experiences, ideas, perspectives, and opinions, without regard to the characteristics outlined above.
Company Description
With over 23,000 members, the SDMS is the largest association of sonographers and sonography students in the world. Our achievements are directly attributable to the teamwork of the Society’s talented staff and dedicated volunteers. The SDMS values our staff and provides a remote working environment with an exceptional benefits package (). The SDMS is committed to promoting and implementing ongoing improvements to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the diagnostic medical sonography profession and in the SDMS' membership, leadership, volunteers, and staff. The success of the SDMS’ mission depends on members, leaders, volunteers, and staff who provide diverse backgrounds, experiences, ideas, perspectives, and opinions, without regard to the characteristics outlined above.
Salary : $70,000 - $72,000
