What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rollins Instructional Designer position at Atlanta Speech School?
The Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School
The Rollins Center for Language & Literacy is a professional development center founded in 2004 at the Atlanta Speech School, with the singular purpose of breaking the cycle of illiteracy for children who have been denied access to educational opportunity. Rollins does this by extending the science-based instruction each child receives at the Atlanta Speech School to every child through facilitation and coaching in regional schools and, globally, through the free online Cox Campus.
Cox Campus (www.coxcampus.org) democratizes the sciences of healthy brain development, language, and literacy – making accredited professional coursework, content, and community free to all. We are committed to literacy and justice for all. We do this through an equity-based learning platform where together we build the expertise and agency needed so that every adult can play a role in helping each child find their voice and live boldly to reshape the world.
The Instructional Designer & Digital Media Specialist (“Designer”) is responsible for writing and developing instructional materials for Cox Campus, including video-based courses and other resources as needed. Working closely with Instructional Content Developers, subject matter experts, internal and external teams, and implementation staff, the Designer is responsible for supporting the design, development, and evaluation of engaging learning experiences that support organizational goals. The Designer must bring experience in LMS learning experience, adult learning principles, Media Asset Management, and video editing/production.
Essential Job Duties
Instructional Content Development & Quality Assurance:
The Rollins Center for Language & Literacy is a professional development center founded in 2004 at the Atlanta Speech School, with the singular purpose of breaking the cycle of illiteracy for children who have been denied access to educational opportunity. Rollins does this by extending the science-based instruction each child receives at the Atlanta Speech School to every child through facilitation and coaching in regional schools and, globally, through the free online Cox Campus.
Cox Campus (www.coxcampus.org) democratizes the sciences of healthy brain development, language, and literacy – making accredited professional coursework, content, and community free to all. We are committed to literacy and justice for all. We do this through an equity-based learning platform where together we build the expertise and agency needed so that every adult can play a role in helping each child find their voice and live boldly to reshape the world.
The Instructional Designer & Digital Media Specialist (“Designer”) is responsible for writing and developing instructional materials for Cox Campus, including video-based courses and other resources as needed. Working closely with Instructional Content Developers, subject matter experts, internal and external teams, and implementation staff, the Designer is responsible for supporting the design, development, and evaluation of engaging learning experiences that support organizational goals. The Designer must bring experience in LMS learning experience, adult learning principles, Media Asset Management, and video editing/production.
Essential Job Duties
Instructional Content Development & Quality Assurance:
- Contribute to evolving frameworks (e.g., transitioning from age-specific to continuum models of instruction across age groups).
- Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) to define learning goals and develop narratives aligned with research and instructional intent (e.g., the Alliance project, webinar-based courses).
- Write clear, engaging content for Cox Campus
- Use authoring tools such as Articulate 360 (Storyline, Rise), or similar software to build digital learning assets.
- Edit video footage into video-based and/or webinar-based courses that communicate Rollins' overall message of literacy and justice for all and align with organizational goals.
- Write engaging narratives by using pacing, rhythm, and visual flow to hold viewers’ attention and support learning outcomes.
- Capture audio and video of subject matter experts in various locations to be featured in eLearning content published on the Cox Campus platform.
- Develop, in collaboration with Instructional Designers, the master video plan across all courses in development
- Implement the master video plan with assigned videographers
- Identify and coach talent
- Coordinate logistics for video shoots
- Oversee filming days across projects
- Develop and manage a Media Asset Management (MAM) system to support accurate filing/storage
- Serve as the team lead on MAM to support Instructional Designers with video selection
- Collaborate regularly with external partners or SMEs, and internal teams, including other members of the content team, field teams (B-5 and K–5), Tech Ops team, and leadership.
- Provide information, guidance, or support to external partners and/or SMEs.
- Respond to external inquiries or help resolve service-related issues.
- Work closely with external and internal stakeholders (e.g., webinar-based courses, arts integration courses, and podcasts development),
- Have a working knowledge of literacy, child development, and reading science research through newsletters, podcasts, and other media.
- Attend professional conferences that provide support in developing digital assets (e.g., writing workshops, technology conferences).