[Remote] (4) REMOTE Senior Learning Experience Designer / Instructional Designer (Contract)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CapeTalent is a staffing agency that connects AI-forward Learning & Development professionals with Fortune 100 companies. They are seeking a Senior Learning Experience Designer / Instructional Designer to design and build comprehensive learning journeys that translate complex FinTech and SaaS workflows into engaging experiences for a global audience.ResponsibilitiesMap and build full learning journeys tied to real workflows and the performance outcomes they're meant to moveProduce storyboards and learning flows clear enough that development can run smoothly and at scaleTake tired legacy material and rebuild it into something visual, current, and genuinely learner-firstGrow the shared toolkit — design systems, frameworks, and reusable models others can build onCraft interactive facilitator-led sessions, complete with participant materials and facilitation guidesBuild persona-driven microlearning, simulations, and game mechanics that lift engagement and retentionUse Articulate Storyline as the home base for builds — with AI feedback and interactions living inside the course itself — and design in Rise where clean localization mattersWeave in video, animation, and other media so the finished experience feels cohesive and polishedRework existing templates for better flow and engagement — nothing ships straight out of the boxKeep everything compliant, tracked, and QA'd in DoceboLean on AI (Claude, Gemini, Notebook LM) to speed up outlining, drafting, content development, prototyping, file population, and revision cyclesWork shoulder-to-shoulder with SMEs to keep learning anchored to business goals and metricsJuggle several projects at once without losing speed, quality, or deadlines — and without needing much oversightOperate comfortably against SLAsSkillsPortfolio REQUIREDAt least 5 years designing and developing instructional content, backed by a portfolio of end-to-end journeys, scenario work, and impact you can point to. We weigh the quality and speed of your work over a year countYou already build with Generative AI (Claude, Gemini, Notebook LM) in live production — it's woven into how we work, not a nice-to-haveFast and assured in Articulate 360 (Storyline), Rise, Synthesia, and 7Taps, plus Figma or a comparable tool for quick prototyping and storyboardingComfortable in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Audition) to create and integrate multimediaEnough fluency with JavaScript and Storyline web objects to know how they stretch what a course can doA track record building interactive, facilitator-led and live virtual sessions that are engaging, scalable, and outcomes-drivenA reputation for shipping strong work quickly when volume is highSkilled at turning complicated systems into learning that changes performanceBackground designing for customer-facing teams or product trainingEvidence that your work moves the needle on engagement, adoption, and outcomes (NPS, completion, and the like)Experience creating reusable, scalable content and frameworksGrounded in learning science — cognitive load, Bloom's, the forgetting curve and spaced reinforcement, behavior change and motivation, and microlearning/chunkingAt home in Agile and fast-paced settingsBenefits1099 or C2C (No W2)6-month contract (strong likelihood of extension)100% Remote (U.S. or Canadian candidates only)Standard U.S. business hours (EST/CST/MST/PST)Heavy Slack collaboration + Laptop providedCompany OverviewAt CapeTalent, we are an AI-forward Learning & Development staffing partner specializing in contract placements, project-based engagements, and direct-hire placements for Fortune 500 and high-growth organizations. It was founded in 2022, and is headquartered in Orlando , FL, US, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.CapeTalent.com.