The Summer ID Studio
Develop an AI-Powered Articulate Storyline Sample for Your Portfolio
A 9-week sprint to develop the portfolio piece that gets you noticed by employers, learn the AI skills hiring managers are looking for, and use AI to boost your productivity, motivation, and focus. Step by step. Week by week. With me. No advanced tech background required.
- A fully polished, portfolio-quality Articulate Storyline sample
- ID Fundamentals: adult learning theory, content mapping, learning objectives, scenario-based assessment questions
- Scaffolded Articulate Storyline training that gets you to an 8 out of 10 expert-level skill (hard to reach on your own)
- In-demand AI skills you can put on your resume
- AI productivity system to keep you on track all 9 weeks
- 2+ rounds of expert feedback until your sample wins our stamp of approval
Registration closes June 14 • Starts June 15
What it actually takes to get hired in ID
If you're new to all this, here's the lay of the land. In ID hiring, a portfolio isn't optional. Hiring managers care way more about seeing real work than they do about your resume, and the single most important piece is a polished Articulate Storyline sample built on solid ID Fundamentals.
ID Fundamentals + Articulate Storyline Skills
Before you ever open Storyline, you're learning how to actually design learning. Adult learning theory, content mapping, learning objectives, scenario design. That's the foundation. Then you bring it to life in Articulate Storyline, the tool that shows up in the majority of ID job postings.
By the end of the Studio you'll have a complete content map plus 18 hours of beginner and advanced Storyline training, including accordion interactions, custom drag-and-drops, branching scenarios, variables, and conditional logic. Real design skills and 8 out of 10 expert-level Storyline skills.
AI Skills
Roughly 13% of ID job postings currently ask for AI skills, but that number is climbing fast. AI fluency isn't required to get hired, but it makes you more marketable for the jobs that do ask for it, and it's the skill set most career changers think they need because it's the hot topic right now.
In the Studio you'll use AI in specific, practical ways: generating learner personas, drafting assessment questions, creating custom course visuals, generating professional voiceover, and documenting your workflow. You'll develop all of it while developing your sample.
Another summer is right in front of you.
Maybe you've tried this before. You told yourself last summer was going to be the summer, and then the school year rolled back around and nothing happened. Or maybe this is the first summer you've had space to even think about it.
Either way, here's what's true. Without a clear plan telling you exactly what to do and in what order, summer slips away. Family. Work. The mental load of everything on your plate. "I'll start next week" turns into "I'll start next summer."
That changes this year.
"Summer is your runway. Do the heavy lifting now, when you have more flexibility, so when life picks back up in the fall you're already ahead. Not scrambling to develop what you should have developed in June."
The Summer ID Studio was designed for this exact window. I'd love to walk through it with you.
Ready to make this summer count?
9 Weeks. Week by Week. No Guessing.
This is a sprint, not a course you buy and forget. Every week has a clear focus, real deliverables, and AI woven in from the very first day. Here's exactly what we're doing together.
Set Up Your AI Productivity System
Before you write a single learning objective or open Storyline, you set up your AI accountability partner customized to your goals and schedule, develop a realistic 9-week plan that accounts for real life, and learn the full AI tool stack. This is the system that keeps you moving all summer.
Plan Your Sample with ID Fundamentals
Most people skip this and regret it. Week 1 is where you apply real ID thinking. You choose a strategic topic, define your audience, write learning objectives grounded in adult learning theory, and develop your full content map. This is the design work that separates samples that get interviews from samples that don't. AI helps you at every single step.
Content Map Feedback + Beginning Storyline
You get professional feedback on your content map, make revisions, then start Storyline from absolute zero. No assumed knowledge. Interface, slides, layers, states, triggers. Office hours are there when you need a real human to get unstuck.
Develop Draft 1 of Your Sample
This is the heart of the development phase. Three weeks of actually developing.
Week 3: Generate custom course images with AI, establish your visual style, and start the Storyline development.
Week 4: Write and generate professional-quality voiceover with ElevenLabs and add it to your slides.
Week 5: Use AI to batch-draft supporting course text, run a self-review checklist, and submit Draft 1 for professional feedback.
Draft 1 Feedback + Advanced Storyline + AI Avatar Video
You receive and process expert feedback on your draft, then level up to advanced Storyline: accordion interactions, custom drag-and-drops, branching scenarios, variables, and conditional logic. You'll also create an AI avatar video to add to your sample.
Upgrade Your Sample with Advanced Features
Week 7: Implement accordion interactions, drag-and-drops, and branching scenarios. Add variables and conditional logic that respond to learner choices.
Week 8: Refine visual and instructional consistency. Use AI for a thorough self-review. Submit your final draft for the second round of expert feedback.
Final Feedback and Publish
Incorporate final expert feedback. Run AI-assisted proofreading. Publish your sample to Google Cloud and generate your shareable link. Compile your personal prompt library. You walk out with a portfolio piece and the story behind it.
After the portfolio review portion of my interview, they decided that was all they needed to see. They were blown away. The step-by-step process I went through to develop my portfolio was so beneficial. They give you everything you need. The rigorous review ensures whatever goes in your portfolio is a top-notch example.
The AI Tools You'll Use and Why They Matter
Your Accountability Partner and ID Assistant
From building your 9-week schedule to brainstorming topics, writing assessment questions, troubleshooting Storyline, and proofreading your final sample.
Research Synthesis You Can Actually Use
Upload your research sources and let NotebookLM identify key themes and create an audio overview you can listen to while you work. Huge for the content map phase.
Custom Course Visuals Without a Graphic Designer
Generate on-brand illustrations, icons, and imagery for your sample. Consistent, professional, and completely custom to your course. No stock photos, no design software skills required.
AI Avatar Video for Your Sample
Create a professional AI avatar presenter for your course without ever stepping in front of a camera. Avatar video is one of the most in-demand production skills right now and you'll have it in your portfolio.
Professional Voiceover Without a Microphone
Write your narration scripts and generate professional-quality voiceover in a voice that matches your audience and content. Real narration, no recording studio required.
Content Creation That Feels Like Talking, Not Writing
Talk through your content ideas instead of staring at a blank screen. Drop the transcript into AI, and it organizes and refines your words into structured, polished course content.
In every single interview, one thing was consistent: "Your portfolio really stood out to us. Can you tell us more about your work?" I was able to explain not only how I put together the work, but the thought process behind it. I know just from hearing that feedback that the portfolio truly did help me stand out. I've since been promoted to Director of Learning and Development.
The Support Structure That Actually Keeps You Moving
Self-paced programs have a reputation. People buy them and don't finish them. The Summer ID Studio is designed differently, because the accountability structure is the whole point.
3 Office Hours Calls Per Week
Three weekly office hours sessions so you're never stuck for long. Storyline questions, AI tool help, design feedback, anything goes. You don't have to wait days for an answer or figure it out alone.
2+ Rounds of Expert Portfolio Feedback
At Draft 1 and again at the end, your sample is reviewed by an experienced Instructional Designer who knows what hiring managers actually want to see. We go back and forth with feedback as many times as it takes until your sample wins our stamp of approval. You don't get left hanging.
An Amazing Community
You're in a cohort of people doing the same thing at the same time. The community space is there for peer feedback, accountability, questions, and the kind of support that only comes from people who get exactly what you're going through.
Scaffolded Storyline Training
18 hours of training broken into a step-by-step scaffold that takes you from absolute zero to an 8 out of 10 expert-level skill set. No leaps. No assumed knowledge. Just one layer on top of the last, so you build real skill without ever feeling buried.
A note from Jill
I want to be clear about what this is. The Summer ID Studio is not a brand new experiment. It's the heaviest, most critical piece of my comprehensive program, AIDA, lifted out and offered as a focused summer sprint.
Over 1,200 transitioning IDs have gone through AIDA, and the Storyline portfolio piece is consistently the part they say made the biggest difference in getting hired. If you're not ready to join the full program right now, this gives you that exact piece, with the same support structure: office hours, expert feedback rounds, and a cohort doing it alongside you.
With 22+ years in ID and time spent on the hiring side of the table, I know what's getting people hired in this market and what's not. This summer, I'm walking it with you step by step.
Spots are limited. Registration closes June 14.
My team members kept asking me: "How did you get this so quickly?" And I told them: it was the program. It overprepared me for that job. The storyboards I had to write were so much less complex than what I'd been trained for. I've since been promoted to Manager of Instructional Systems Design and I've hired five program graduates myself. They are my highest performers, every single one.
What Happens When You Have a Plan and Real Support
Their words. Their results. This is what working with Jill's guidance and framework makes possible.
I was constantly surprised at how amazing it was at every step of the way. It prepared me not just to enter ID, but completely changed how I approach job searching, talking about my skills, marketing myself. The skills I gained are unquantifiable. I am more confident than I ever was.
I had assignments to do with feedback and a whole community I could lean on when I needed support. I found it was flexible and attainable. I started applying for jobs and got an offer. Now I have a team I literally look forward to working with every day.
I was hesitant, but I'm so glad I did it. It gave me a solid foundation, the skills and know-how, the confidence, and a wonderful supportive community. I started in September and by April I was in my current full-time role. I feel like my voice is heard and I'm always working on something creative.
After hundreds and hundreds of applications over a year and a half, I got two interviews and neither led anywhere. I knew I had transferable skills, but I didn't know how to show them. What I needed was the structure. The program walks you through every piece of the puzzle — every part you need, including preparing for jobs, which I clearly wasn't doing well enough. After joining in May 2023, less than a year later I was hired full-time. I'm now happily thriving in ID and I'm so grateful.
What does waiting actually cost you?
Move the sliders, pick your state, and see what another summer in your current job actually costs you in real dollars.
Entry-level ID salary data by state: Salary.com — May 2026. Figures are averages; individual results vary.
Sign Up Early and Get These Too
1:1 Call with Jill
Sign up within the first 48 hours and you get a private 1:1 call with me personally. Not office hours. Not a group session. Just you and me. Use it however you need it: map out your specific 9-week plan, get a head start on your sample topic, or talk through anything in your ID transition. This alone is worth showing up early for.
AI ID Job Search Toolkit
Interactive apps plus a library of prompts to help you optimize your resume to fit specific job postings, build your interview examples in the STAR format, sharpen your LinkedIn profile for ID roles, and more. Real tools for the job search, not just a list of prompts.
Registration closes Sunday, June 14 at 11:59pm CST. The Studio starts June 15.
Ready to Join the Studio?
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9 weeks of guided sprints, expert feedback, and a portfolio-ready sample.
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Doors close June 14. Studio kicks off June 16.
Good questions, real answers
Yes. Complete beginners are welcome and the program is designed with you in mind. You don't need coding or anything advanced, but you should be comfortable with technology in general (think: comfortable with the advanced functions in PowerPoint or Google Slides). Beginning Storyline training starts from absolute zero. You'll have 10 hours of pre-recorded beginner lessons and three office hours sessions per week where you can jump on and get unstuck with a real human. You don't have to figure it out alone.
Plan for 25 hours per week. This is designed as an intensive program. If you have less time some weeks, that's okay, but you'll need to make it up elsewhere to stay on pace. The AI productivity system in Week 0 helps you map this out around your actual life before you ever start developing.
You will not be lost. Every AI tool in the program has a clear purpose, a prompt, and a specific outcome. You're not studying AI theory. You're using it to develop something real, like generating images, creating voiceover, and building your accountability system. Learning AI in context is much less overwhelming than learning it in the abstract.
Week 1 solves this. You use AI to brainstorm 10 potential topics, then work through a process to choose the one that's most strategic for your background and career goals. By the end of Week 1 you know exactly what you're developing and why. You don't go into the development phase guessing.
That's exactly why expert portfolio feedback is built into the program. We go back and forth with feedback as many times as it takes until your sample wins our stamp of approval. You're not guessing whether your work is ready, and we don't leave you hanging. You won't go into the job market with a sample nobody has looked at.
The Summer ID Studio gets you into the conversation with employers. It's designed as Step 1 of a complete ID transition. AIDA covers everything else: needs analysis, design documents and storyboards, working with subject matter experts, the ID project management process, additional authoring tools, a full resume and LinkedIn review, employer connections, job search strategy, and interview prep. Studio payments apply toward AIDA enrollment within 60 days of completing the program.
You'll need Articulate Storyline access for the Studio. A few paths to get there:
Free trial: Articulate offers a 30-day free trial. The Studio runs 9 weeks, so the trial won't cover the full program, but Articulate may let you extend if you ask (not guaranteed).
Buy a license: On your own, Storyline is $1,449 a year, with a 25% discount if you qualify as an educator or student.
Enter the giveaway: There's a giveaway running through June 14 for a free 3-month Articulate Storyline license. The giveaway is points-based (you earn entries by completing activities), and joining the Studio earns you extra entries. Enter the giveaway here.
Registration closes Sunday, June 14 at 11:59pm CST. The Studio starts June 15. Early enrollment bonuses close sooner: the 1:1 call with Jill is for the first 48 hours only, and the AI ID Job Search Toolkit goes away Friday night. Don't wait if you want those.
Let's talk it through
If you have questions or want to talk through your specific situation before enrolling, book a Clarity Session with me. We'll walk through your goals, your timeline, and whether the Studio is the right fit for you right now. No pressure either way.
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9 weeks. A polished Articulate Storyline sample. ID Fundamentals you can actually apply. AI skills hiring managers want to see. And feedback until your sample wins our stamp of approval.
Registration closes June 14. Studio starts June 15.