"Learning Experience Designer Senior"

Learning Experience Designer Senior

Posted: 06-Nov-25

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Categories: Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 270535

A cover letter and resume are important submissions for the hiring team to get a sense of your experience. In the cover letter, in two pages or less, please let us know how you will align with your career aspirations and skills. Submit both a cover letter and resume as one file (because of system limitations).

Online Course Design

• Lead complex course design projects with a focus on pedagogical approaches that result in engaging online learning experiences by advocating for learner-centered instructional strategies, and aligning learning outcomes with activities and assessments to ensure continuity between outcomes, course content, and design goals
• Collaborate with faculty, program leaders, Learning Experience Designers, Design Managers, and Media Designers at the Center for Academic Innovation (CAI) to design high-quality online and hybrid courses
• Apply a range of instructional design methods and learning theories to learner-centered course design. Implement inclusive design approaches, considering diverse audiences of learners, and foregrounding issues of equity and accessibility throughout the design process
• Support partner and team member relationships, process management, and project success
• Define a scope of work in response to affordances and constraints introduced by program requirements and project partners while ensuring a high-quality course design
• Operate within parameters established by different types of school units, meeting the individual expectations of each varied stakeholders
• Oversee the development of learner personas for primary and secondary audiences, ensuring that diverse groups of learners are represented
• Provide course teams and faculty collaborators with inspirational examples to spark ideas and promote creative solutions
• Develop and integrate practices that follow regulatory and compliance norms for credit-bearing and non-credit bearing education offerings, including practices related to credit hour guidance, regular and substantive interaction, and accessibility
• Work with academic unit support staff and CAI team members to develop or retrofit course materials including media to make them more accessible for all students
• Apply templates, checklists, and guidelines to assist faculty in the development and iteration of online and hybrid learning experiences
• Propose technical solutions to pedagogical design challenges through the thoughtful integration of educational technologies
• Review course designs to ensure that activities, media, and resources are aligned with targeted learning goals and specified course and program outcomes
• Provide feedback on assessment creation, including multiple-choice quizzes, rubrics, and peer-graded assignments
• Document course design decisions and support hand-off of course development notes to ensure seamless support and iteration of projects
• Evaluate the efficacy of course design to make research- and evidence-based recommendations for iteration and improvement
• Provide formal mentorship and professional modeling for student fellows and student residents through guidance on internal and external projects.
• Explores emerging trends in pedagogy, learning design, and digital innovation, such as generative AI, evaluating their implications for higher education and identifying applications that align with the Center's commitment to excellence and access.

Applied Research

• Support research planning and protocols that collect data necessary to help academic unit partners understand instructor and learner needs in online and hybrid learning
• Use data where available to inform course improvements and iterations
• Support research projects that improve understanding of online learning design
• Contribute to the discipline of learning experience design and educational technology through diverse formats and outlets (e.g., conference proceedings, journals, blogs, and webinars)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, curriculum and instruction, learning sciences, instructional design, educational technology, or information science or an equivalent combination
• 3-5 years of experience (or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience) in instructional computing, educational technology or instructional design
• Demonstrated vision and experience creating learning experiences that place a high value on diversity, equity, and inclusiveness
• Working knowledge of standards for online non-credit and for-credit course design, including copyright and accessibility
• Understanding of integrating learning theories, instructional design methods, and learner-centered design principles into online learning experiences
• Exhibits a forward-thinking mindset by investigating emerging developments in learning innovation, such as generative AI, evaluating their potential, and identifying strategic opportunities for integration
• Experience in leveraging the use of instructional technology to most effectively support course goals and learning objectives.
• Demonstrated expertise in applying a learner-centered approach to online course design
• Demonstrated expertise in assessing project outcomes and making recommendations for improvement and iteration
• Experience working in learning experience design teams in higher education settings
• Experience using online education platforms (e.g., Canvas, Coursera, and edX)
• Demonstrated experience working in a team environment
• Demonstrated initiative and customer service-oriented attitude

Please Note: This is a 5 year term limited position with the possibility of renewal depending on funding.

Candidates must have legal authorization to work in the United States.

The mode of work for this position is Hybrid with a minimum of 4 days in the office per week, Monday through Thursday, with an option of remote work on Fridays. On occasion, you may be required and must be available to work onsite on Fridays if necessitated by our center's policy and domain leadership or by your job requirements.

The salary for this position will be based upon the selected candidate's education and experience.

Excellent benefits are available, for details, see http://benefits.umich.edu/

Salary Information

The general salary range for this position is $75,000-$80,000. You can expect to be paid a great compensation package. Factors used to determine salary include education level and experience for the position and internal equity within the unit. You are encouraged to discuss salary questions to honor agreement and transparency throughout the recruiting process.