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Instructional Designer cover letter template
A structured letter with example content specific to this role. Replace the bracketed placeholders and adjust the details to the job you're actually applying for.
How to structure it
Opening
Name the role and, in one line, the strongest reason you're a fit. Skip the throat-clearing.
Middle
One or two paragraphs of real, specific evidence: what you did, and the result. This is where most letters go generic. Yours shouldn't.
Why this employer
One genuine, specific reason you want this job at this company, not any company. Vague enthusiasm reads as a template that wasn't customised.
Close
Thank them, note your resume is attached, and make it easy to reach you.
Re: Application for Instructional Designer
I am applying for the Instructional Designer role at [Company Name]. With experience designing eLearning and blended programs across corporate and vocational settings, I can take a course from an initial brief through subject matter expert interviews, storyboarding, build and LMS launch, and then revise it once the completion data comes in.
In my current role I rebuilt a new-starter onboarding program after managers reported that people were finishing it without being able to do the basics. I sat with four subject matter experts and two recent starters to map the tasks people actually had to perform in their first month, then rebuilt the content as three short Storyline modules with branching scenarios and knowledge checks tied to those tasks. Completion time dropped by roughly half, and first-month support requests to the team fell noticeably, because the course now covered the things people were genuinely getting stuck on rather than restating policy.
The reason I want to work at [Company Name] is [add one genuine, specific reason: a project, value, or market position you can point to].
Thank you for considering my application. My resume is attached, and I would welcome the chance to talk through how I approach a design brief and to show you some recent modules and the data behind them.
Getting it right
- Keep it to one page. A hiring manager spends seconds on this before deciding whether to read your resume.
- Address a named person where you can find one, rather than "To Whom It May Concern".
- Don't repeat your resume line for line. Use the letter to add context a bullet point can't: why this role, why now, why here.
- Match the tone of the job ad. A formal listing calls for a formal letter; a casual one gives you room to write more like yourself.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Make it specific to the actual employer before you send it.