E-learning designer vs senior instructional systems designer

The differences between e-learning designers and senior instructional systems designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an e-learning designer and a senior instructional systems designer. Additionally, a senior instructional systems designer has an average salary of $73,730, which is higher than the $65,312 average annual salary of an e-learning designer.

The top three skills for an e-learning designer include learning objectives, instructional design and training programs. The most important skills for a senior instructional systems designer are subject matter experts, instructional design, and smes.

E-learning designer vs senior instructional systems designer overview

	E-Learning Designer	Senior Instructional Systems Designer
Yearly salary	$65,312	$73,730
Hourly rate	$31.40	$35.45
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	51,006	104,227
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

E-learning designer vs senior instructional systems designer salary

E-learning designers and senior instructional systems designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	E-Learning Designer	Senior Instructional Systems Designer
Average salary	$65,312	$73,730
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $90,000	Between $53,000 And $100,000
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Differences between e-learning designer and senior instructional systems designer education

There are a few differences between an e-learning designer and a senior instructional systems designer in terms of educational background:

	E-Learning Designer	Senior Instructional Systems Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Curriculum And Instruction
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Harvard University

E-learning designer vs senior instructional systems designer demographics

Here are the differences between e-learning designers' and senior instructional systems designers' demographics:

	E-Learning Designer	Senior Instructional Systems Designer
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 61.9% Female, 38.1%	Male, 58.9% Female, 41.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% Asian, 5.5% White, 63.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 13.0% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.7% Asian, 5.3% White, 61.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between e-learning designer and senior instructional systems designer duties and responsibilities

E-learning designer example responsibilities.

Manage complex e-Learning projects involving SME s and reviewers from multiple levels and departments in the organization.
Develop SCORM compliant eLearning courses, assessments and acknowledgments.
Create storyboards, scripts, course content for eLearning solutions.
Design and code monthly newsletter broadcast using Photoshop, HTML, CSS.
Implement and publish AICC and SCORM compliant online courses to the LMS.
Edit and update for large complex websites using HTML, CSS and JavaScript on JSP pages.

Senior instructional systems designer example responsibilities.

Lead, facilitate, and report on the progress of the ISD process for the training academy.
Manage the company SharePoint and information distribution program.
Contribute to the proposal efforts for multiple DoD training development projects.
Praise by DoD for delivery of just-in-time training for iraq-deploy warfighters.
Work closely with CMS provide SMEs on front-end and training needs analyses for content development.
Coordinate and facilitate meetings between SMEs, clients and development group to make key project decisions.

E-learning designer vs senior instructional systems designer skills

Common e-learning designer skills

Learning Objectives, 13%
Instructional Design, 12%
Training Programs, 11%
Addie, 10%
Captivate, 10%
Blended Learning, 9%

Common senior instructional systems designer skills

Subject Matter Experts, 9%
Instructional Design, 6%
SMEs, 6%
ISD, 6%
Learning Objectives, 5%
Instructional Systems, 5%

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