Instructional Designer

About the Role We are seeking a highly creative Instructional Designer to help design and build modern, engaging ethics and compliance learning products. This role is ideal for someone who goes well beyond basic eLearning development and thinks deeply about adult learning, scenario-based design, and real-world decision-making. Our Compliance Education programs are practitioner-built and grounded in how employees actually experience ethical dilemmas at work. This position will focus primarily on customer customization projects, while also supporting the development and launch of new learning products. What You’ll Do Design high-quality digital learning experiences using Articulate Storyline and Rise. Build scenario-based, decision-driven learning grounded in real workplace ambiguity. Apply adult learning best practices focused on judgment and behavior change. Thoughtfully incorporate gamification techniques such as decision challenges, scoring, simulations, and feedback loops. Design highly customizable training adaptable to different organizations and risk profiles. Collaborate actively as a vocal, engaged team member. Explore responsible uses of AI-enabled tools to support storyboarding, prototyping, iteration, and accessibility. Tools & Design Systems Articulate Storyline (required) Articulate Rise Elucidat Chameleon Creator Adobe Captivate Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Camtasia, Vyond or similar What Cutting Edge Means to Us Highly customizable learning designs that scale across organizations and risk profiles. Scenario-based, ambiguity-driven experiences grounded in real workplace pressure. Adult-learning-informed approaches focused on judgment and behavior. Thoughtful use of gamification without undermining seriousness or credibility. Modern, practitioner-built ethics and compliance training that feels realistic and defensible. #LI-SM1 #LI-Hybrid About Us Diligent is the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions, faster. At Diligent, we're building the future with people who think boldly and move fast. Whether you're designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI, you'll help us unlock entirely new ways of working and thinking. Curiosity is in our DNA, we look for individuals willing to ask the big questions and experiment fearlessly - those who embrace change not as a challenge, but as an opportunity. The future belongs to those who keep learning, and we are building it together. At Diligent, you’re not just building the future - you’re an agent of positive change, joining a global community on a mission to make an impact. Learn more at diligent.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook What Diligent Offers You Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients We care about our people. Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programs to name a few We have teams all over the world . We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney. Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding. Diligent created the modern governance