Instructional Designer resume example

Instructional design roles get filtered on tool names before anything else — Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and the LMS a team runs on all need to appear in plain text, not buried in a portfolio link.

Beyond tools, hiring managers want proof the ADDIE process led somewhere: a completion rate, a time-to-competency drop, a course adopted beyond the pilot. This example builds both in.

Priya Anand

Instructional Designer

Austin, TX priya.anand.id@email.com +1 (512) 555-0173 priyaanand-portfolio.com

Summary

Senior Instructional Designer (M.Ed.) with 6+ years of experience designing and developing interactive, asynchronous e-learning courses and corporate training curricula. Expert in the ADDIE model, Articulate 360, and Canvas LMS, scaling digital training to 5,000 learners, cutting onboarding time-to-competency by 30%, and achieving an 89% course completion rate.

Experience

Instructional Designer
Horizon Learning Solutions · Austin, TX
Feb 2022 — Present
  • Designed and developed 15 interactive e-learning modules annually in Articulate Storyline and Rise 360 for enterprise corporate clients.
  • Conducted comprehensive training needs analyses with 20 subject matter experts (SMEs), defining measurable performance learning objectives over 18 months.
  • Elevated average course completion rates from 68% to 89% by restructuring scenario-based branching assessments and micro-interactions.
E-Learning Coordinator
Cedar Grove Community College · Round Rock, TX
Jun 2019 — Jan 2022
  • Migrated 45 corporate certification courses from Moodle to Canvas LMS, maintaining 100% SCORM and Section 508 accessibility compliance.
  • Built a modular microlearning video library of 20 interactive modules, cutting employee onboarding time-to-competency by 30% over 12 months.
  • Trained 25 university faculty members on digital storyboarding and universal design for learning (UDL) principles across 2 academic semesters.

Skills

ADDIE Model · Articulate Storyline · Adobe Captivate · Canvas LMS · Moodle · SCORM / xAPI · Storyboarding · Needs Analysis · Instructional Strategy · Course Evaluation · Articulate 360 · Curriculum Development

Education

University of Texas at Austin
M.S. in Learning Technologies
2017 — 2019
Focus on adult learning design
Texas State University
B.A. in Communication Studies
2013 — 2017

Certifications

Articulate Storyline Certified Professional

Instructional Designer · Editorial Serif template · single-column, ATS-safe.

ATS keywords for a Instructional Designer resume

Applicant tracking systems match your resume against the job description's vocabulary. Mirror the terms below that are true of you — ideally with a metric attached.

ADDIEE-Learning DevelopmentArticulate StorylineAdobe CaptivateLMS AdministrationCanvasMoodleSCORMStoryboardingNeeds AnalysisLearning ObjectivesMicrolearningInstructional StrategyxAPI

What recruiters look for

  • Named authoring tools (Storyline, Captivate).
  • ADDIE or a comparable framework named explicitly.
  • Measurable completion or engagement metrics.
  • LMS platforms worked in.
  • Evidence of SME and stakeholder collaboration.

Before & after: one bullet

Weak

Created training materials for employees.

Strong

Designed a 6-module Articulate Storyline onboarding course that lifted new-hire completion from 64% to 91% within two quarters.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Describing work as generic 'training' without naming tools.
  • No measurable learner outcome attached to any project.
  • Omitting the LMS platforms used.
  • No portfolio link for a visual, deliverable-based field.