Remote Learning Designer — AI & Data Science

Learning Sandbox; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Learning Sandbox, based in Cape Town, seeks a skilled learning designer for online learning in data science and AI. You will lead a cross-functional team, translate objectives into engaging experiences, and leverage AI tools while maintaining high pedagogical standards.

The role focuses on new content development, interactive formats, and educator resources for classroom integration, with remote work encouraged and a commitment to inclusive STEM education.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of work or teaching experience in relevant fields.
• 4–5 years of learning design or instructional design experience.
• Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated content with original pedagogical judgement.
• Willingness to work remotely and must be eligible to work in South Africa.
• Comfort with emerging technologies and how they reshape content development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Take ultimate ownership of projects from concept to final production-ready delivery.
• Brainstorm and develop proposals and scripts for interactive learning experiences on data literacy and AI.
• Direct a cross-functional team to deliver cohesive learning experiences.
• Design experiences grounded in learning science and pedagogy connecting data literacy and AI.
• Translate learning objectives into engaging experiences, scripts, and assessments.
• Leverage AI-powered tools to support ideation, scripting, and prototyping, with critical evaluation.
• Analyse user feedback and usage data to improve materials and design strategies.
• Collaborate with product design and engineering on new formats and content for data science learning.
• Stay current with developments in learning design, data science, and AI; contribute to internal practice.

Skills

Learning design

Pedagogical judgement

AI tools

Data literacy

Collaboration

Communication

Time management

Education

Post-secondary education in data science, analytics, statistics, engineering, or science

Tools

Generative AI

Job description

Learning Sandbox, based in Cape Town, seeks a skilled learning designer for online learning in data science and AI. You will lead a cross-functional team, translate objectives into engaging experiences, and leverage AI tools while maintaining high pedagogical standards.

The role focuses on new content development, interactive formats, and educator resources for classroom integration, with remote work encouraged and a commitment to inclusive STEM education.