Apply for the Sr Instructional & Curriculum Designer job opening.Sr Instructional & Curriculum Designer

Location: Lakeland, FL
Job ID: 33727BR
Department: Human Resources
Working Hours: Minimum of 45 hours per week
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Date Posted: Jul 18, 2025

$88 - 132k

Onsite

Full Time - Regular

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Description

The Senior Instructional and Curriculum Designer consults and collaborates with Publix business areas to identify and drive desired behaviors and ensures the execution of the company’s strategic vision through the use of reference, training, and programs.
Additional responsibilities include:

• Manages training program curricula; business and program alignment, maintenance, and evaluation of program curriculum
• Leads, defines, and conducts performance or training needs analysis
• Plans, manages, and coordinates project teams, schedules, and reference and training deliverables for complex training programs and projects
• Designs and oversees the development of educationally sound training solutions
• Measures the success of training deliverables and business operations strategy effectiveness

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in English, Technical Writing, Instructional Technology, Adult Learning, or Instructional Design Psychology with an emphasis or concentration in Industrial Psychology or Organizational Management, Digital Communication or other Communications degrees, or other analytical area or equivalent work experience
• At least two (2) years of experience in analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of blended-adult learning training programs
• At least two (2) years of experience using authoring tools; Captivate, Storyline, or Articulate
• At least two (2) years of experience managing project teams and project implementation oversight
• At least (1) year of experience managing a total employee training program, preferably in a retail, service, food service, or hospitality environment
• Knowledge of adult learning principles and instructional design models
• Strong project management skills
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence others
• Knowledge of web standards, best practices, and browser capability across different environments
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office 365, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro and Creative Cloud and Articulate Storyline
• Basic knowledge of MS Office Outlook, Project, Excel, SharePoint, and Scripting/ programming languages
• Willingness to travel and work a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends

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Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or Adult Learning
• Five (5) or more years of experience in analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of blended-adult learning training programs
• Five (5) or more years of experience using authoring tools; Captivate, Storyline, or Articulate
• Five (5) or more years of experience managing project teams and project management oversight
• Five (5) or more years of experience managing a total employee training program, preferably in a retail or service environment
• Five (5) or more years of experience in providing performance improvement consulting services to an internal customer
• Three (3) or more years of experience working with training analytics and training evaluation and measurement data
• Three (3) or more years of experience working in ETD as an Instructional Content Developer
• Information Mapping Certification
• Instructional Design, Performance Improvement or Human Performance Improvement certifications, e.g, CPLP certification
• Project Management training or certification
• Knowledge of Publix’s business strategy
• Strong business acumen (understanding of the grocery business, such as competitors, as well as Publix-specific business practices and processes)
• Strong knowledge of change management concepts and approaches
• Strong knowledge of Publix audiences, structure, and support department and their specific strategy maps
• Solid knowledge of Information Mapping
• Intermediate knowledge of Learning Management System
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Advanced knowledge of MS Project, Office 365, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Acrobat Pro and Creative Cloud and Articulate Storyline

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Benefits

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost
• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Group health, dental and vision plans plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria
• Visit our website to see all of our benefits: Benefits – Jobs (publix.com)

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Year End Bonus

As a year-end bonus to associates, Publix issues one month’s extra pay (pro-rated in the first year) each year if associate remains employed through issue date of the bonus check that year. This is calculated as a 13th month of pay in the Potential Annual Pay with Bonus line above.

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Additional Information

Your application may have additional steps that you will need to complete in order to remain eligible for consideration. Please be sure to monitor your email, including your spam folder, on a daily basis for critical, time-sensitive emails that could require action within 24-48 hours.

Please do not use your Publix email address when applying. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email.

For this position, Publix does not and will not file a petition or application with the USCIS or Department of State on behalf of any noncitizen for any immigration-related benefit to work and/or to continue to work in the United States, e.g., an H-1B or TN petition or permanent residence.

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