Instructional Designer, Gamified
EEOC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Lorton • District of Columbia • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $69,400 - $158,000 per year
About the role
- Develop training that will transform warfighter performance
- Work with SMEs, scientists, instructors, product designers, and engineers to capture training needs
- Advise on the right learning solutions to help accomplish their mission
- Design synchronous and asynchronous material or performance support tools
- Build training material with multimedia specialists, graphic artists, developers, and engineers, following the ADDIE model
- Use technical skills, creativity, and experience to develop engaging learning experiences onscreen or in a classroom
- Recommend multimedia technologies and strategies, including blended learning, screen casting, and gamification
- Collect and analyze results using evaluation methodologies such as the Kirkpatrick Model
- Share expertise through leadership and mentoring
Requirements
- Experience designing and developing gamified learning, including serious games, branching scenarios, simulations, challenges and quests, points, badges, and levels for adult learners in high-consequence environments
- Experience building blended learning solutions, including instructor-led, eLearning, microlearning, and performance support such as job aids, checklists, and in-app guidance
- Knowledge of gamification mechanics and ethical design, including progression, feedback loops, mastery, and balancing extrinsic rewards with intrinsic motivation
- Ability to create high-quality storyboards, scripts, and interaction specs that developers and multimedia teams can execute cleanly
- Ability to rapidly prototype interactive learning such as clickable prototypes and short pilots and iterate based on usability and testing results
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in instructional design, learning sciences, game design, interactive media, HCI, or UX, OR Master’s degree and 3+ years of experience in instructional design, learning sciences, game design, interactive media, HCI, or UX
Benefits
- health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
- paid leave
- professional development
- tuition assistance
- work-life programs
- dependent care
- recognition awards program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
instructional designgamificationblended learningeLearningmicrolearningstoryboardingprototypingevaluation methodologiesKirkpatrick ModelADDIE model
Soft Skills
creativityleadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingadaptabilityattention to detailuser-centered design
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeSecret clearance