Senior Learning Experience Designer, STS

Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

MIT Sloan Technology Services at Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks a Senior Learning Experience Designer to partner with MIT Sloan faculty to design and improve in-person, blended, and online courses grounded in learning sciences.

The role leads course discovery, mapping, prototyping, and design recommendations, guides accessibility and AI-enabled teaching, and oversees development of course sites, videos, simulations, and interactive materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, learning sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum of five years of relevant learning-experience or instructional-design experience.
• Strong knowledge of learning sciences, assessment design, active learning, accessibility, UDL, and inclusive teaching.
• Experience with learning management systems, multimedia development, authoring tools, and educational technology ecosystems.
• Demonstrated project leadership, instructional consulting, stakeholder facilitation, and evaluation skills.
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build trusted faculty relationships, manage competing priorities, and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Master's degree in a related field; or higher-education experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and continuously improve in-person, blended, and online courses.
• Lead instructional discovery, needs analysis, course mapping, prototyping, and design recommendations.
• Advise faculty on active learning, accessibility, and teaching in AI-enabled environments.
• Guide development of course sites, instructional videos, and interactive materials.
• Lead multiple course-design initiatives and evaluate learning effectiveness.

Skills

Instructional design

Learning sciences

Active learning

Accessibility

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Communication skills

Collaboration across teams

Project leadership

Stakeholder facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Learning Management Systems

Multimedia development

Authoring tools

Job description

Senior Learning Experience Designer, STS

Department: MIT Sloan Technology Services, Sloan School of Management

Employment Type: Full-time Temporary (Hybrid)

Pay Range: $79,050 – $106,420

MIT provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the Institute reasonably expects to pay for a full time position at the time of posting. This pay range represents base pay only and does not include any other benefits or compensation.

Posting Description

SENIOR LEARNING EXPERIENCE DESIGNER, MIT Sloan Technology Services, partners with MIT Sloan faculty and academic teams to design, develop, implement, and continuously improve in-person, blended, and online courses; leads instructional discovery, needs analysis, course mapping, prototyping, and design recommendations grounded in learning sciences and human-centered design; aligns learning objectives, activities, assessments, content, media, and technology using evidence-based practices and Universal Design for Learning; advises faculty on active learning, authentic assessment, academic integrity, accessibility, and teaching in AI-enabled learning environments; guides the development of course sites, instructional videos, simulations, visual assets, and interactive materials; leads multiple course-design initiatives; evaluates learning effectiveness; assesses emerging educational technologies; and develops consultations, workshops, and resources that strengthen faculty teaching capabilities.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, learning sciences, educational technology, or a related field;
• a minimum of five years of relevant learning-experience or instructional-design experience;
• strong knowledge of learning sciences, assessment design, active learning, accessibility, UDL, and inclusive teaching;
• experience with learning management systems, multimedia development, authoring tools, and educational technology ecosystems;
• demonstrated project leadership, instructional consulting, stakeholder facilitation, and evaluation skills;
• excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills;
• and the ability to build trusted faculty relationships, manage competing priorities, and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Master's degree in a related field; or higher-education experience.

This is a one-year term appointment with full benefits.

Visa sponsorship is not available.