Learning Experience Designer, Internal

WGU; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

WGU is seeking a Learning Experience Designer, Internal, to craft engaging learning experiences that develop employees and align with the university's mission. You will work with People Development and university partners to identify needs and deliver inclusive, outcome-aligned learning solutions.

The role emphasizes agile thinking, AI-enabled design, and experience with large-scale institutional learning, with responsibilities spanning project management, design delivery, and effectiveness

Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale institutional learning.
• Experience with ADDIE design model.
• Ability to apply AI-enabled design to learning deliverables.
• Strong collaboration with stakeholders and teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates cross-functionally with business leaders and departments to identify learning needs, build stakeholder alignment, support learning initiatives, implement solutions, and enable change management.
• Applies learning design methodologies such as ADDIE, solicits stakeholder input, and defines project deliverables.
• Creates deliverables aligned to quality standards and learning outcomes (job aids, eLearning, simulations).
• Applies AI-enabled design practices to improve analysis, ideation, and development efficiency, while ensuring accessibility and quality.
• Manages learning design projects with timelines and milestones, coordinating two-week sprints and prioritization with leadership.
• Identifies metrics to measure learning effectiveness and conduct curriculum revisions as needed.

Skills

Adult learning theory

AI-enabled design tools

Technical writing

Interpersonal communication

Job description

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade: Professional 308

Pay Range: $75,200.00 - $112,700.00

Job Description

The Learning Experience Designer, Internal designs learning experiences that inspire and develop employees. This individual collaborates with partners in People Development and across the University to define learning needs, align stakeholders, and deliver inclusive, outcome-aligned solutions that support the university's mission and strategic goals. This individual applies tested theories along side emerging technologies such as AI-enabled design to create effective and innovative learning deliverables.

Success in this position requires agile and innovative thinking, the ability to embrace change, and a desire to continuously learn and develop. Competitive candidates typically have experience with large-scale institutional learning, including job-specific and technical learning topics.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborates cross-functionally with business leaders and departments to identify learning needs, build stakeholder alignment, support operational and organizational initiatives, implement learning solutions, and enable effective change management.
• Applies learning design methodologies such as ADDIE, presents design recommendations, facilitates stakeholder input, and cultivates consensus and shared decision-making to define project deliverables.
• Creates project deliverables aligned to quality standards and learning outcomes, which may include job aids, scenario-based learning, eLearning or hybrid learning, assessments, and simulations.
• Applies AI-enabled design practices and appropriate learning technologies to improve analysis, ideation, prototyping, development efficiency, personalization, and measurement while upholding quality, accessibility, and responsible use standards.
• Manages learning design projects by establishing project roles and timelines, facilitating stakeholder meetings and communication, aligning expectations, identifying milestones, deliverables, and dependencies, mitigating project risks, and ensuring quality learning products are ready for project team review.
• Adapts project management strategies to client and stakeholder needs, including more complex clients and projects, with support from a leader as needed.
• Provides accurate time estimates for deliverables and effectively allocates time to achieving goals. Organizes and plans work on multiple projects in two-week sprints. Consults with leader on prioritization or time allocation when appropriate.
• Identifies and builds ways of measuring learning effectiveness, including outcome-based metrics and assessment effectiveness.
• Conducts curriculum review by analyzing data, making recommendations for improvement, and implementing revisions.
• Performs analysis in concert with stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Develops a comprehensive understanding of employee functions across the University, including measures of success, skills, behaviors, and knowledge necessary to perform. Uses this knowledge to identify and solve for gaps in existing curricula.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to apply theories and best practices to support achievement of adult learning outcomes, including competency-based educational strategies, instructional design, assessment methodologies, inclusive design, and eLearning best practices.
• Skilled in applying AI-enabled design tools and workflows to support learning analysis, content development, prototyping, accessibility, quality review, and continuous improvement.
• Advanced written communication skills, including technical writing, editing, and adapting content to the needs of the target audience.
• Strong interpers