What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructional Design Intern position at Tactile Medical?
Tactile Medical is offering an internship opportunity for a student who is seeking to accelerate their professional experience and career trajectory in Instructional Design. Join a driven organization that is a compassionate leader in helping people living with chronic illnesses live better lives with at-home therapy devices.
In this 11-week internship program, our Instructional Design intern will join other interns to start out in our corporate headquarters campus in Minneapolis, MN for the first three days to learn from leaders across the entire organization. Our leaders will walk through how each of Tactile Medical's collaborative teams identify patients, provide them with care, and ensure their lives are improved. We will provide an exclusively transparent view on how we at Tactile embrace change by proactively innovating our products, processes, and challenge each other.
After the first three days on campus, the Instructional Design intern is paired with a mentor on the team to dive into their internship focus. You will be given an authentic experience by working through real development of educational content and contributing to meaningful projects. On the final day, all our interns will return to campus to present their accomplishments and celebrate on how they made a direct impact on helping people live a better quality of life.
The Instructional Design Intern will support the development of high-quality, learner centered educational resources that enable operational excellence across the field teams within the organization. The intern will work with the Sales and Patient Education Instructional Design team gaining hands-on experience in content development, SME collaboration, LMS workflow, and adult learning application. This role provides meaningful work, guided development, and exposure to a full design cycle in a corporate medical device environment.
Program Details:
- 11-week program, first three days and the last day at our Minneapolis corporate office (weeks of 6/1/26-8/10/26)
- Full time during normal business hours (40 hours a week, Monday through Friday)
- Tours of different sites and departments (Manufacturing, Sales, Clinical, and others)
- One on one mentorship provided for each intern
- Social and community outreach events
- Team building and career development activities
- Gain industry knowledge from a leading medical device company
- Live our corporate values to help improve peoples' lives
- Networking with our interns and professionals from a variety of departments
- Learn from a personal internship to gain applicable professional skills and experience
- Present internship accomplishments on final day of internship program
- Competitive hourly pay rate
- Possible contribution towards academic credits
Responsibilities
- Assist in the creation of education content in multiple platforms (primarily Articulate Storline & Rise, and Adobe Express)
- Follow established formatting, branding, and documentation standards for all created materials
- Partner with Subject Matter Experts to collect content and confirm accuracy
- Contribute to the drafting of learning objectives, content outlines, and curriculum structure for assigned learning projects
- Conduct quality assurance reviews on draft materials to ensure instructional clarity, consistency and usability
- Support LMS content loading, publishing and basic testing of uploaded courses
- Manage multiple priorities to meet departmental deadlines
- Present project work, experiences, and learnings during final week of internship
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Education & Experience
Required
- Enrollment in an accredited bachelor's degree program as a rising Sophomore, Junior, or Senior pursuing a degree in instructional design, human resources, marketing, communications, or similar discipline
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employment sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
- Strong academic track record (GPA of 3.0 or above)
- Able to commit to the full 11-week internship working 40 hours per week
Preferred
- Relevant instructional design coursework or experience relating to internship
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and others)
- Experience working with Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Proficiency with Articulate Storyline & Rise
- Experience on an employee/department experience team (educational, training, or customer service)
Below is the starting salary range for this position, although offers may differ based on the candidate's location, job-specific knowledge, skills and experience.
$23.00/hr.