- Littleton, Colorado, United States
- Opening on: Oct 27 2026
- Closing on: Nov 10 2026
Title: Learning Designer, Sr.
Position Type: Professional Tech Full time
College: Arapahoe Community College
Division: Strategy & Institutional Initiatives
Department: ACC Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
Campus: Littleton Campus
Location: Littleton
Salary Range: $69,078 - $78,498
Who We Are:ACC Careers: Where You Can Move Mountains
Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains sits one of the oldest community colleges in Colorado, Arapahoe Community College. With a rich history of educational excellence, ACC embraces a culture that values diversity, individualized support, and unwavering commitment to student success, without exception.
Job Summary:The Senior Learning Designer provides strategic leadership, consultation, and operational oversight for instructional design initiatives that advance teaching excellence and student success across the College. Serving as the lead for intentional learning experience design, this position partners with faculty, instructors, academic leaders, and other stakeholders to design, develop, and improve courses and programs across in-person, hybrid, online, and accelerated modalities. Through a capacity-building approach, the Senior Learning Designer guides educators in applying evidence-based practices related to learning science, backwards design, assessment, accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, inclusive practices, and educational technology to create engaging, effective, and aligned learning experiences.
As a team leader within the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, the Senior Learning Designer supervises and mentors Learning Designers, establishes and maintains effective processes and resources, oversees instructional design projects and initiatives, and ensures consistent application of evidence-based practices. The role also contributes to institutional priorities through professional development, curriculum and program support, cross-functional collaboration, data-informed decision making, and leadership of initiatives that strengthen teaching, learning, and educator effectiveness across the College.
Key Responsibilities: - Provide expert consultation, coaching, and guidance to faculty, instructors, educators, and academic leaders on backwards design, course development, assessment, accessibility, inclusive teaching practices, and educational technology.
Lead and support course and program design efforts using backwards design principles to align learning outcomes, assessments, instructional strategies, and learning activities. Supervise, mentor, and support the professional growth and performance of the Learning Designer Team. Establish, manage, and improve processes, workflows, templates, project plans, and instructional design resources to ensure high-quality and consistent outcomes. Oversee and prioritize course development, program development, and instructional design projects while managing timelines, deliverables, and resource allocation. Design, facilitate, and evaluate professional development opportunities, workshops, and resources that build educator capacity and support effective course design practices. Collaborate with academic departments, campus partners, community organizations, and industry stakeholders to support curriculum alignment, instructional initiatives, and student success. Use institutional and other relevant data to identify instructional needs, evaluate effectiveness, inform decision making, and advance strategic priorities. Provide leadership for teaching and learning initiatives, contribute to campus-wide committees and projects, and advocate for evidence-based instructional practices across the institution. Maintain expertise in instructional design, faculty development, accessibility, assessment, educational technology, and adult learning principles that support continuous improvement in teaching and learning. Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Learning Design, Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Design, Higher Education, or related field from an accredited college or university, OR an equivalent combination of education and/or relevant experience. An equivalency will not count towards the experience requirement below
- Three years of relevant experience in teaching and learning, faculty development, instructional design, curriculum development, educational programming, or related field. Experience must demonstrate the ability to provide consultation, professional development, or other support that advances effective teaching and learning practices
- Experience supervising, mentoring, or providing formal leadership to employees or project teams.
- Experience applying backwards design and adult learning principles to the design and development of effective courses.
- Experience using learning management systems, such as Desire2Learn (D2L) or similar, and other educational technologies.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Preferred Qualifications: - Master's degree, or higher, in Learning Design, Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Design, Higher Education, or related field from an accredited college or university.
- Experience teaching in a higher education environment.
- Experience working collaboratively with faculty, instructors, and academic leaders across disciplines to design and develop courses.
- Experience designing and facilitating faculty development workshops on a range of evidence-based topics.
- Experience applying accessibility standards, including Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA to digital course content and learning experiences.
- Experience with project management.
- Experience using data, assessment results, or other evidence to identify instructional needs and inform course, program, or teaching improvements.
Application Instructions: All applicants must submit:- Resume
- Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement. Please include any experiences you may have embedding equity and inclusion in your work, see below.
At ACC, we seek to hire candidates who are committed to fostering respectful, welcoming, and supportive environments for all individuals. In your cover letter, please describe how you have worked to create such environments in your current or previous roles, and share what this commitment means to you in your professional practice
Additional Information/Benefits:Work is generally performed in a standard office and occasionally in a classroom or lab environment. Travel may be required to perform duties related to this position including, but not limited to, attendance at meetings, trainings, conferences, and other institutional or professional activities as needed.
All benefits information can be found at the
Benefits tab on the top of the page.
Reasonable Accommodation/Additional DetailsArapahoe Community College provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process and/or during the course of employment, please contact Angela Johnson, Vice President of Human Resources, at 303.797.5715 or
Angela. Johnson@arapahoe.edu.
For information regarding Arapahoe Community College Security, including Clery Act / Crime Statistics for the campuses and surrounding area, please see the Arapahoe Community College Annual Security Report. For a hard copy report, please contact the ACC Campus Police Department at (303) 797-5800,
campus.police@arapahoe.edu, or Room M2600 at 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80120.
Notice to all Applicants - Final candidate will be subject to successful completion of a background check, and, if applicable, a motor vehicle record review.
- Former employees of the Colorado Community College System, or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information in their application material.
- Final candidate may be required to submit unofficial transcripts to verify education.
- Direct deposit of payroll is a condition of employment.
- All ACC employees, except student employees, contribute to Colorado PERA at a fixed percentage of their earnings and do not contribute to Social Security.
- Finalist must be willing to make Colorado their primary workplace.
