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Senior Instructional Designer

Ethos Contract, part-time Posted 1 week ago US, UK, EU, CA, AU, NZ

Role details

About This Opportunity
We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced senior instructional designers who can help train their latest language model on professional document, spreadsheet, and slide deck tasks.

We're looking for senior instructional designers with 4+ years designing corporate training, onboarding, or learning and development programs to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks across core workflows: new-hire onboarding playbooks, training facilitator guides, learning curriculum outlines, course completion and engagement tracking spreadsheets, manager enablement decks, and skills assessment rubrics.

Compensation:
$70/hour

Commitment:
Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)
Location:
Fully remote, work on your own schedule

Start date:
ASAP

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing corporate training, onboarding, or learning and development programs with direct ownership of facilitator guides and curriculum outlines

• Skilled at building engagement tracking spreadsheets and skills assessment rubrics that hold up to L&D and people-ops scrutiny

• Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail

About Ethos
Ethos is a new expert network built by a McKinsey/SoftBank/DeepMind team and backed by world-leading investors like General Catalyst. We connect experts with investors and consultancies for paid expert calls, speaking engagements, and advisory opportunities.
Key Requirements

• 4+ years designing corporate training, onboarding, or learning and development programs with direct ownership of facilitator guides and curriculum outlines

• Skilled at building engagement tracking spreadsheets and skills assessment rubrics that hold up to L&D and people-ops scrutiny

• Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail

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