by Alycia Campbell | Mar 9, 2026 | Blog
The Portfolio Shift Hiring Managers Are Actually Looking For One of the most common portfolio mistakes instructional designers make is this: They build a gallery. Screenshots. Storyline interactions. Rise modules. Canva graphics. Vyond videos. Beautiful work, but no...
by Alycia Campbell | Mar 3, 2026 | Blog
What That Means for Instructional Designers Right Now This week, my co-presenter Christy Tucker and I attended a Training 2026, and she was chatting with a hiring manager about a recent instructional design opening. 70 people applied. Only FOUR had a portfolio....
by Alycia Campbell | Feb 24, 2026 | Blog
If you’re an experienced instructional designer or trainer, you probably don’t struggle with content. You struggle with everything around the content. The formatting. The slide cleanup. The handouts. The small tweaks stakeholders request at the last minute. It’s not...
by Alycia Campbell | Feb 17, 2026 | Blog
I do my best leadership design thinking on the trail. Not because I am escaping from work. When I run, my work comes with me. Client conversations replay in my head. Leadership challenges resurface. Program ideas click into place somewhere between base pace and push...
by Alycia Campbell | Feb 3, 2026 | Blog
Most people can feel the difference between managing and leading long before they can explain it. You know it when your boss checks boxes, tracks hours, and approves requests but never really connects. And you definitely know it when someone inspires you to stretch,...
