Instructional Designer (Contract)

About the opportunity

Northspyre is seeking an Instructional Designer (Contractor) to partner with our People Ops team and help us build a scalable internal learning framework. This role will focus on capturing institutional knowledge, creating training programs for employees, and building content that supports skill development and career growth across the company.

This is a project-based opportunity to make an outsized impact at a fast-growing SaaS startup. You’ll collaborate closely with subject matter experts and leaders to translate critical knowledge into accessible learning experiences for our teams.

In this role, you’ll get to:

• Build scalable learning content – Translate subject matter expertise into engaging, accessible training modules, guides, and job aids for internal use.
• Support onboarding & upskilling – Create structured training programs for new hires and experienced employees to level up in their roles.
• Capture institutional knowledge – Partner with subject matter experts to document key processes, workflows, and best practices so knowledge lives with the company, not just individuals.
• Design blended learning experiences – Create a mix of self-paced content, live training materials, and toolkits that can be reused by managers and teams.
• Establish templates & frameworks – Build repeatable structures for training design so that Northspyre can continue scaling internal education after the contract engagement.
• Measure and improve impact – Collect feedback, track usage, and refine materials to ensure learning content meets business and employee needs.

We are looking for people who have:

• 3+ years of experience designing and delivering internal training programs (corporate L&D, instructional design, or related field).
• Strong ability to capture and simplify complex processes into easy-to-follow learning content.
• Experience creating content in multiple formats (slide decks, job aids, videos, facilitator guides, e-learning modules, etc.).
• Excellent collaboration and interviewing skills – comfortable extracting knowledge from SMEs and turning it into structured materials.
• A practical, hands-on approach: able to build quickly, iterate based on feedback, and deliver tangible outputs.
• Familiarity with learning management systems or knowledge management platforms.

Engagement Details

• Contract role (initial 3 month engagement with potential extension).
• Remote, flexible hours with availability for live collaboration sessions.
• Scope includes both content development and framework-building to support scale.