Instructional Course Designer

Your Mission


The MASY Group is a growing Nunn Perry award-winning government service company providing intelligence analysis, educational services, and operational support to federal agencies like the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. We offer our team members a competitive salary as well as competitive benefits, such as 5% matching 401k with no vesting period, family leave, and Healthcare/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts -- just to name a few!


The U.S. Naval Community College (USNCC) advances the Navy's warfighting advantage and operational readiness by providing world-class, naval-relevant education to a globally deployed force. USNCC delivers online academic programs that include the Naval Studies Certificate as well as general education courses in areas such as English, Math, and Science.


Your mission is to work with USNCC faculty and Subject Matter Experts to design, develop, and maintain engaging, accessible online courses and learning experiences. You will help transform academic expertise into high-quality asynchronous and competency-based instruction that supports student engagement, persistence, completion, and success.


Your Responsibilities

• Collaborate with USNCC faculty and Subject Matter Experts to design online curriculum aligned with course and program learning outcomes


• Apply evidence-based instructional design and adult-learning principles to asynchronous and competency-based education


• Develop course design maps, storyboards, course syllabi, instructional content, and related design documentation


• Design instructional activities and assessments that align learning objectives, instructional content, and expected student outcomes


• Develop and maintain text, video, graphics, animations, interactive activities, simulations, games, and other multimedia learning assets


• Develop formative, summative, authentic, and peer assessments and associated assessment rubrics


• Build, migrate, and maintain course content within the designated Learning Management System


• Support development and maintenance of faculty and student community sites, including orientation, faculty development, LMS training, and online-learning best practices


• Ensure instructional materials meet accessibility requirements, including WCAG 2.1 AA, and incorporate Universal Design for Learning principles


• Conduct usability and quality reviews for course functionality, accessibility, mobile responsiveness, accuracy, and completeness


• Perform routine course maintenance, including correcting broken or inaccurate content, updating links and resources, and implementing approved course revisions


• Incorporate faculty, student, stakeholder, and quality-review feedback into course updates


• Participate in planning, review, and project-status meetings and provide progress updates on assigned work

Your Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years experience designing and developing online asynchronous or competency-based learning


• Knowledge of instructional design methodologies and adult-learning/andragogical principles


• Experience collaborating with faculty, instructors, or Subject Matter Experts to translate expertise into effective online instruction


• Experience developing learning objectives, instructional content, activities, assessments, and rubrics


• Experience working within a Learning Management System such as Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, or a comparable platform


• Knowledge of accessibility and Universal Design for Learning principles


• Strong written communication skills and the ability to develop clear, academic, factual, and learner-centered content


• Experience with multimedia, interactive learning, microlearning, scenario-based learning, or simulations preferred


• Experience supporting undergraduate higher education, adult learners, military-affiliated education, or government training preferred


• Familiarity with SCORM/xAPI standards preferred; Experience with LMS operations/maintenance


• Must be able to successfully complete required background investigation requirements and obtain a contractor CAC, as applicable


• Must meet applicable U.S. citizenship or permanent residency requirements


• Position is fully virtual; no travel is required