Contract Instructional Designer

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Contract Instructional Designer | 12-Month Assignment

📍 Troy, MI | Competitive Salary: $70,000 - $80,000 USD

Hybrid position (3 days a week physically in the Troy, MI facility)

Are you a talented Instructional Designer who excels at transforming complex business concepts into engaging learning experiences? Ready to make a global impact?

Join Magna in a high-visibility 12-month contract opportunity where you'll lead the design and development of a global training program supporting Procurement strategy, standards, and best practices across our international organization. Your work will help build consistent capabilities, strengthen commercial performance, and empower teams around the world.

🌟 Why You'll Love This Opportunity

✅ Highly visible project with global reach and executive exposure
✅ Opportunity to collaborate with worldwide business leaders and subject matter experts
✅ Modern workplace with onsite parking, EV charging stations, and motorcycle parking
✅ Discounted onsite café featuring hot meals and fresh salad bar options
✅ Inclusive, collaborative culture that values respect, recognition, and innovation
✅ Potential pathway to permanent employment based on business needs and performance

🎯 What You'll Be Doing

As a Contract Instructional Designer, you'll be responsible for creating a scalable, world-class Procurement training curriculum by:

• Partner with Procurement leaders, business SMEs, and Learning & Development professionals to identify critical role-based learning needs.
• Conduct training needs assessments and define global learning pathways for key Procurement roles.
• Design and develop engaging learning solutions.
• Leverage modern learning technologies such as Articulate 360, virtual classrooms, simulations, adaptive learning tools, video, graphics, and multimedia solutions.
• Create and manage a Procurement intranet and communication hub to support knowledge sharing.

✅ What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Adult Education, Instructional Design, or a related field.
• 5+ years of Instructional Design experience in a corporate environment.
• Proven experience designing curriculum, eLearning, and performance support materials.
• Strong expertise with content authoring and creative design tools

Ready to Make a Global Impact?

Apply today and help build the next generation of Procurement talent.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.

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