Learning Experience Designer 1 - Fixed Term - 2 Years

The Church News; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church News is seeking a Learning Experience Designer 1 to lead instructional design for defined learning projects in Salt Lake City. This hybrid role partners with stakeholders, project teams, and vendors to deliver clear, structured, and effective learning experiences from definition through delivery.

The position emphasizes applying instructional design principles to develop high-quality content, coordinating across multiple disciplines, and guiding vendors with expert feedback to meet

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and developing instructional content.
• Knowledge of and experience with eLearning and media development tools.
• Demonstrated ability to apply instructional design principles to learning solutions.
• Strong communication, collaboration, organization, and project coordination skills.
• Ability to identify issues, recommend solutions, and manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality.

Responsibilities

• Work on defined learning projects with stakeholders, project teams, and vendors to ensure products and experiences are clear, structured, aligned, and effective.
• Support instructional projects from beginning to end and coordinate with scope, schedule, objectives, and other project requirements.
• Guide the design and development of high-quality instructional content, courses, and learning experiences by providing vendors with instructional design expertise.
• Establish learning strategies and translate objectives into clear instructional approaches.
• Coordinate work across project teams that may include writing, editing, visual design, development, and other disciplines.

Skills

Instructional design

Project coordination

Communication

Tools

Articulate 360

Storyline

Job description

Learning Experience Designer 1 - Fixed Term - 2 Years

Salt Lake City, UT, United States (Hybrid)

To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Job Description

The Learning Experience Designer 1 works on defined learning projects with stakeholders, project teams, and vendors to ensure products and experiences are clear, structured, aligned, and effective. This role applies instructional design and project coordination skills to support learning solutions from definition through delivery.

This position is a strong fit for someone who enjoys turning learning needs into practical solutions, building alignment across partners, and helping projects move forward with clarity and purpose.

Responsibilities

Success in This Role

• Work is clearly defined and aligned to minimize rework.
• Stakeholders have the information they need to make informed decisions.
• Projects progress smoothly and remain aligned with objectives.

Scope, Stewardship, and Accountability

• Identify and communicate risks early.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with stakeholders, project teams, and vendors.
• Document lessons learned and apply them to improve future work.

Learning Strategy and Solution Design

• Apply instructional design principles to support solution design within the defined scope.
• Recommend learning solutions aligned with stakeholder needs, audience needs, and desired outcomes.
• Partner with stakeholders to define needs, audience, learning or performance objectives, and success criteria.
• Guide the design and development of high-quality instructional content, courses, and learning experiences by providing vendors and project partners with instructional design expertise, direction, and feedback.
• Establish learning strategies and translate objectives into clear instructional approaches.

Project Coordination and Execution

• Support instructional projects from beginning to end.
• Support project coordination and alignment with scope, schedule, objectives, and other project requirements.
• Develop project briefs and track progress to ensure alignment with goals and success criteria.
• Work with project and product managers to define scopes, schedules, and budgets as appropriate.
• Facilitate stakeholder and vendor alignment, **escalate** risks, and engage needed resources to support delivery.
• Coordinate work across project teams that may include writing, editing, visual design, development, and other disciplines.

Vendor Collaboration and Oversight

• Provide input on vendor fit for projects.
• Direct vendor work through clear guidance, expectations, and feedback.
• Monitor vendor performance and recommend improvements when needed.

Quality Assurance and Delivery

• Ensure deliverables are clear, aligned, effective, and appropriate for the intended audience.
• Identify issues and support resolution with practical recommendations.
• Define review expectations to help stakeholders and project teams provide effective feedback.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience designing and developing instructional content.

Knowledge of and experience with eLearning and media development tools.

Demonstrated ability to apply instructional design principles to learning solutions.

Strong communication, collaboration, organization, and project coordination skills.

Ability to identify issues, recommend solutions, and manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality.

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.

• Job Identification 377487
• Job Category CM - Communications, Public Relations & Marketing
• Locations 50 E North Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT, 84150, US (Hybrid)
• Job Schedule Full time
• Regular or Temporary Regular
• Worker Type Employee
• Number of Openings 1
• Worthiness Qualification Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
• Posting Notice/More Info Please note that this job posting may close at any time without prior notice. Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at https://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org.