CLASSIFICATION: Full Time Staff

DEPT: Department of Online Learning

LOCATION: Remote or Hybrid remote at Grand Rapids, MI campus

The Executive Director of Academic Innovation at Cornerstone University is responsible for aiding in the creation, review, and revision of curriculum for various schools within the University. This position and other Instructional Designers will consult with subject matter experts and applying design and learning theory, craft course designs appropriate for an online platform, instructor manuals, student guides, and other materials required for online courses. This senior role will collaborate with and assist the Assistant Vice President, Online Learning in hiring, leading, and mentoring the team of instructional designers at the university. Project management is an essential skill. Cornerstone University employs a subject-matter centric focus for its modular online curricula and designers are expected to be aligned with that focus.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Project management experience, with Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus
• Mentor and coach more junior instructional designers
• Develops and designs courses and curriculum according to CU design practices
• Edits and develops online learning materials
• Creates learning experiences and environments for the CU LMS platform
• Works with subject matter experts to design learning activities, assignments, and assessments
• Aids subject matter experts in developing learning aids, rubrics, and other teaching tools
• Collaborates with subject matter experts to develop course content including teaching videos
• Analyzes, updates, and refines existing online content
• Trains instructors, students, and employees in how to use learning technologies as needed
• Communicates effectively and frequently with a variety of constituencies
• Creates computer-based training (CBT) modules and storyboards
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Education, Training and Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree required with a minimum of 2 years of instructional design experience
  • Verbal and Written Communication Proficiency
  • Operational knowledge of digital curriculum platforms (ie: Moodle)
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Proficiency in Adobe Premier, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
  • Data collection and organization

• Skills and Characteristics:
  • Strong organizational skills, well disciplined, able to work under pressure of many priorities and meet deadlines
  • Supervisory experience is a plus
  • Exhibits personal initiative
  • Results driven, yet collaborative
  • Stress management/composure
  • Performance management
  • Capable of long-range planning processes
  • Creative problem solver
  • Empathetic and student centered

• Additional Qualifications:
  • This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, etc.
  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• A personal relationship with Jesus Christ and an active Christian commitment.
• A theology and Christian worldview that supports the values and mission of Cornerstone University evidenced by an ability to affirm and exemplify the university’s doctrinal statement, “The Cornerstone Confession.”
• Enthusiastic embrace of the Cornerstone University Identity, Mission and Vision statements.

SALARY AND START DATE

• Salary: $45,000 - $65,000/year. The actual salary will be commensurate with professional credentials, education and experience. A full benefit package including health plans, disability coverage, and retirement is included.
• Start Date: As soon as possible

Review of candidates will begin immediately.

ABOUT CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY:

Cornerstone University is a vibrant interdenominational evangelical university that prepares students for lives of global influence in an academically rigorous, spiritually rich educational community. It is located minutes from downtown Grand Rapids, a dynamic city in Western Michigan that offers a wealth of outdoor and cultural activities. Learn more about Cornerstone at www.cornerstone.edu.