Position Overview

The Digital Engagement Specialist plays a key role in fostering a thriving faculty community around online and digitally enhanced education at Butler University. Blending faculty development, digital communications, and learning design support, this role advances teaching excellence, accessibility, and innovation across modalities. The Specialist leads the planning, maintenance, and promotion of faculty-facing spaces and resources—such as the OEET website, newsletter, and professional development campaigns—while supporting inclusive instructional design and ethical digital teaching practices.

Responsibilities

Faculty Engagement & Development:
Provide direct consultation and support to faculty in the use of educational technologies and the development of accessible, high-quality instructional practices. Plan, promote, and facilitate development opportunities including workshops, webinars, short courses, and learning communities. Support the design and delivery of asynchronous training such as Butler’s Online Faculty Orientation (OFO), and contribute to ongoing strategies like Faculty-Led Short Courses (FSLCs) and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) initiatives. Collaborate on efforts that foster faculty connection, recognition, and sustained professional growth.

Digital Communications & Resource Management:
Maintain and update OEET’s website, ensuring clarity, relevance, and alignment with institutional priorities; create and coordinate the distribution of OEET’s monthly faculty newsletter; manage marketing and scheduling for faculty development campaigns and events; develop strategies to promote instructional tools and best practices.

Pedagogical & Technological Integration:
Advocate for accessible learning design, including UDL principles, PDF remediation, and WCAG compliance; promote ethical and responsible use of generative AI in teaching and learning; collaborate with instructional designers and technologists to support implementation of online course quality standards (e.g., QM Essentials); curate and share tools and templates to enhance online and digitally enhanced instruction.

Professional Development & Engagement:
Remain current on educational technologies and trends in digital pedagogy, instructional design, and communications; actively participate in professional development opportunities and contribute to a culture of continuous learning within OEET.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, educational technology, education, communications, or a related field
Demonstrated experience in educational communications, faculty training, or instructional support
Strong written and verbal communication skills across formats (e.g., web, promotional content, strategic messaging)
Familiarity with learning management systems (e.g., Canvas), educational technology, and accessibility best practices
Ability to manage projects collaboratively and independently with strong organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in a related field
Experience designing or facilitating asynchronous learning experiences
Understanding of Quality Matters (QM), UDL, and accessible instructional design standards
Knowledge of generative AI tools and their pedagogical applications
Experience working in higher education, especially with online, adult, or nontraditional learners
Demonstrated interest in faculty recognition, instructional excellence, or scholarship of teaching and learning

BU Benefits and Perks

Please check out Butler’s Total Rewards website to learn more about our benefit offerings, which include:

Paid Time Off and Holidays:
- 20 days of paid time off (vacation and PTO days) per Fiscal year
- 6 Paid Holidays
  - In addition, a paid Winter Break between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day
- Paid Parental Leave (after 1 year of full-time employment)
Health:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans including disability and life insurance programs
Retirement:
- 10% employer contribution after 1 year of full-time employment
Tuition Assistance:
- Tuition Exchange Program for Dependents
- Remission of tuition for classes taken at Butler for employees, spouses, and dependent children.
  - Eligibility after 9 months of full-time employment
  - Employees & spouses- undergraduate/graduate degrees
  - Dependents (under age 26)- undergraduate degree
  - Covers tuition only
Butler Facilities Access, Discounts and Perks:
- Access to Butler’s on-site fitness facility and libraries for full-time staff and faculty
- LinkedIn Learning Courses
- Free premium subscription to the Calm App
- Free subscription to the WSJ, The Economist, and NYT
- Discount at the College Bookstore
- Discount on select Athletic and Arts/Events Center Performances

Butler University is a private, nationally recognized comprehensive university encompassing seven colleges: Arts, Business, Communication, Education, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Pharmacy & Health Sciences and Founder's College. Approximately 4,500 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate and doctoral students are enrolled at Butler, representing 46 states and 24 countries.

Join us at the crossroads of tradition & transformation. A career at Butler University means so much more than a job. Join the dedicated, innovative, and supportive community of faculty and staff that is moving Butler Beyond.

Butler University is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of age, sex, race, religion, color, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other legally protected category.