Instructional Designer

About Us:

We're on a mission to make it possible for every person, team, and company to be able to tailor their software to solve any problem and take on any challenge. Computers may be our most powerful tools, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use on them every day. At Notion, we want to change this with focus, design, and craft.

We've been working on this together since 2016, and have customers like OpenAI, Toyota, Figma, Ramp, and thousands more on this journey with us. Today, we're growing fast and excited for new teammates to join us who are the best at what they do. We're passionate about building a company as diverse and creative as the millions of people Notion reaches worldwide.

Notion is an in person company, and currently requires its employees to come to the office for two Anchor Days (Mondays & Thursdays) and requests that employees spend the majority of their week in the office (including a third day).

About The Role:

As a contract Instructional Designer for Notion Academy, you'll create compelling educational scripts and storyboards for our core product eduction courses. This role is crucial in helping us build foundational curriculum that teaches users how to get the most out of Notion.

This is a 4-month, remote, contract position through Fall 2024, offering compensation up to $10,000 per month.

What You'll Achieve:

• Partner closely with the Notion education team to iterate on curriculum that teaches about Notion's building blocks in a clear, instructional way.
• Write clear, engaging scripts video scripts. Create scripts that break down complex product concepts into digestible, well-structured lessons that resonate with different learning styles.
• Develop detailed storyboards for video production. Create comprehensive storyboards that outline visual elements, screen recordings, and animations needed to support the learning objectives.
• Partner with subject matter experts to ensure technical accuracy and alignment with product positioning.
• Support migration of existing academy content if needed for new LMS implementation.

Skills You'll Need to Bring:

• 3+ years experience in instructional design or educational content creation, preferably in B2B SaaS.
• Strong script writing abilities with experience writing for video content.
• Excellent storyboarding skills with the ability to visualize complex concepts.
• Experience working with technical subject matter experts to create accessible educational content.
• Experience with Notion features like databases and AI

Nice to Haves:

• Experience editing educational videos
• Experience using eLearning authoring tools and Learning Management Systems (Skilljar, Cornerstone, WorkRamp, or similar).
• Experience designing learning paths based on assessment benchmarks

We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

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