Learning Designer

Online Education Services (Oes); Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 450 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A global education company is hiring a Learning Designer in Cape Town to create innovative digital learning experiences. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams, developing course content, and engaging with stakeholders. Requires 5+ years in online learning design and strong communication skills. This hybrid role offers a supportive culture and numerous benefits.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Medical allowance

Commute allowance

Generous annual leave

Paid maternity and paternity benefits

Professional development and mentoring

Company-funded lunch and drinks every 6 weeks

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in online or blended Learning Design.
• Strong consultancy and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to develop and/or design courses for multiple LMSs.
• Proven ability to self-motivate and work autonomously.
• Deep knowledge of best practices for online learning design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Take full ownership of your work and offer coaching.
• Create instructionally sound online learning experiences.
• Design and write learning content in partnership with SMEs.
• Engage with the production team to create course graphics.

Skills

Online or blended learning design experience

Consultancy skills

Communication skills

Course development for LMSs

Leadership qualities

Attention to detail

Tools

EdX

Canvas

Bridge

Job description

Location and Working Practices

Location : Cape Town

Working Practices: Hybrid | Mondays and Thursday in-office, remaining days remote. Contract Type: Fixed-Term. Working Hours: 07:00.

Job Summary

Are you passionate about shaping the future of digital learning? As a Learning Designer at OES, you will have the opportunity to craft world‑class, innovative learning experiences that inspire and engage global learners.

Whether you're designing cutting‑edge MBA programs, developing life‑changing MOOCs, or creating competency‑based job training, your work will directly impact learners around the world. In this role, you'll drive creative and forward‑thinking solutions while ensuring that all learning materials align with best practices and OES's quality framework.

Responsibilities

You will collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, proactively leveraging GenAI technologies to enhance your workflow and deliver top‑tier digital products. While working in a highly supportive environment, you will be expected to:

• Take full ownership of your work, contribute to the supportive environment by offering coaching and peer support, and develop an area of specialisation in which you can provide a high level of coaching to peers and/or external stakeholders.
• Apply advanced learning and design knowledge and skills to create technology‑enabled learning experiences for a range of learners that meet best practice standards.
• Effectively engage in regular interactions with internal role players to translate a course blueprint into a detailed course atlas/storyboard which supports an effective and efficient digital course building process.
• Take a lead in internal OES team initiatives.
• Review course documentation to familiarize yourself with the broader context of the course.
• Collect content aligned to learning outcomes by creating and reviewing content request documents for your clients.
• Create instructionally sound and engaging online learning experiences by presenting content coherently, creating relevant activities, and proposing necessary graphic and video content.
• Design and write grammatically correct learning content in partnership with external subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Populate course atlas/storyboard and write scripts, according to OES's learning and visual design principles.
• Author directly on the LMS or support the learning technologist team as they build the course.
• Regularly engage with the production team to create a course graphics guide and video graphics guide according to OES's design principles.
• Support internal role players through QA processes, e.g., processing client feedback and mapping all design activity to OES's quality standards.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in online or blended Learning Design, or a similar role.

Strong consultancy and communication skills (written and verbal).

Ability to develop and/ or design courses for multiple LMSs (EdX, Canvas, Bridge, etc.).

Proven ability to self‑motivate, work autonomously, and demonstrate leadership qualities with a multidisciplinary team.

Deep knowledge of best practices for online and blended learning design.

Ability to coach peers and external role players on best practices.

Demonstrable interest in and understanding of agile L&D design and delivery, especially technologically enhanced L&D.

Excellent attention to detail.

A passion for great learning and a solutions‑oriented approach to learning and design challenges.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Medical allowance
• Commute allowance
• Flexible work for genuine career‑life fit
• A healthy and supportive company culture
• Generous annual leave
• Paid maternity and paternity benefits
• Study leave
• Professional development and mentoring
• Culture Club events
• Company‑funded lunch and drinks every 6 weeks

Culture & Values

We are a people‑focused organization with a culture built around collaboration, connection, and working together toward one common goal. Our vibrant, values‑led culture is grounded in four core principles:

Passion and Perseverance: We love what we do and take pride in creating transformative learning experiences.

Teamwork: We operate as cross‑functional teams globally with trust and respect, celebrating success.

Agility and Innovation: We are innovative, lateral thinkers who use our skills to do things better for our students.

Integrity: We do what's right, and we say we will do it, every time.

We value a culture of respectful feedback and believe that respect trumps harmony.