Learning Experience Designer - CONTRACTOR

BTS Group; Toronto; Remote; CAD 41,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

BTS Custom Digital Learning is seeking a Learning Experience Designer (Contractor) to craft self-paced digital experiences grounded in learning design science. You’ll translate client needs into engaging, pedagogically sound content.

Working with the learning strategy and design teams, you’ll write client-facing materials, scripts for media, and collaborate with visual designers. Remote, 15–25 hours weekly with Toronto-based work base.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years in Learning Experience Design or similar role (e.g., Instructional Designer).
• Understands UX/UI principles and digital self-paced experiences.
• Strong understanding of learning modalities and delivery formats.
• At least 1 year direct client-facing experience.
• Familiar with modern authoring tools.
• Experience using AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Translate client needs into self-paced digital experiences using learning design science.
• Write client-facing presentations and scripts for audio/video content.
• Collaborate with the visual design team to create learning solutions.
• Lead client discovery sessions and feedback cycles.
• Apply generative AI tools strategically in context.

Skills

Learning design

UX/UI design

Client-facing

Authoring tools

AI tools

Tools

Articulate Storyline

Rise

Vibe-coding tools

Job description

Learning Experience Designer - CONTRACTOR

Working with the Principal Learning Strategist and the learning design team, you’ll turn client needs into creative, pedagogically sound self-paced digital experiences that add value to the customer’s business challenge. This includes:

• Learning design – Take a client need and apply learning design science, principles and methodologies, plus digital learning best practices, to our self-paced digital experiences.
• Writing for multiple mediums – Write client-facing presentations and communications, copy for digital experiences, and scripts for audio and video content.
• Creative collaboration – Work with the visual design team to develop creative learning solutions.
• Client partnership – Help clients uncover their needs and validate the solution. You’ll join discovery with client stakeholders and subject matter experts, and lead working sessions and feedback cycles.
• Generative AI – Use generative AI tools strategically and intentionally, in context.

Key deliverables and activities

• Design documents
• Client presentations
• Digital copy and scripts
• Collaboration with visual design
• Client working sessions

What we are looking for

Location and hours

Office is based in Toronto and candidates must reside within the Ontario or British Columbia provinces; however candidates are able to work fully remote.

This is a contract role with an average commitment of 15–25 hours per week.

A Learning Experience Designer at BTS Custom Digital Learning develops creative learning solutions that go beyond the traditional boundaries of instructional design. This role sits at the crossroads of learning, technology and design.

What you’ll need

• Experience – 1–2 years as a Learning Experience Designer or similar role (for example, Instructional Designer).
• Digital design – You understand the principles of UX/UI and have designed digital, self-paced experiences.
• Modalities – You have a strong understanding of different learning deliveries and modalities.
• Client-facing experience – At least 1 year working directly with clients.
• Authoring tools – You know modern-day authoring tools.
• AI tools – You have experience using AI tools.

Nice to have

• Authoring tools, hands-on – First‑hand experience with industry‑standard authoring tools (Articulate Storyline, Rise).
• Vibe‑coding tools – Experience with, or exposure to, vibe‑coding tools.