Learning Experience Designer

The Home Depot

99d • $90,000 - $120,000

About The Position

At The Home Depot, we help doers get more done. In order to do this, our Learning Design & Development team creates simple, relevant, and effective learning experiences for our orange-blooded associates, and we’re looking to add to the team. The Learning Experience Designer (LXD) provides strategic design thought leadership to learning strategies and programs through a blend of technical, creative, and interpersonal skills. The LXD collaborates with learning strategy teams to drive learning strategies across multiple design teams leveraging user-centered, design thinking methodologies, and helps to measure the effectiveness of the solutions. The LXD operates ahead of the rest of the team like a scout in an exploration team: a scout moves ahead of the main group to survey the landscape, identify obstacles, and find the best path forward. The LXD proactively anticipates challenges, identifies opportunities, and guides the team's approach, ensuring it is as smooth and successful as possible. The LXD mentors and builds the capabilities of the instructional design team and acts as a catalyst for innovation. The ideal LXD will be adept at combining business strategy with design methodologies to execute ideas into simple, relevant, and effective learner experiences.

Requirements

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• 5+ years of previous related work experience.
• 1+ year of previous leadership experience.
• Advanced and proven experience applying instructional design and adult learning principles to create learning experiences and programs.
• Proven project management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, UX design, I/O Psychology, or related field preferred.
• Experience in corporate learning field or similar work experience.
• Experience creating training deliverables for retail organizations across multiple modalities.
• UX or related experience (such as journey mapping, persona creation, prototyping, visual design, information architecture, user research methodology, etc.).
• 2+ years of leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Learning Strategy Senior Managers and other partners to create and drive user-centric learning strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Drives vision and purpose by clearly articulating the vision for the learning experience to gain buy-in.
• Conducts research to identify opportunities and inform the learning approach.
• Ensures solutions are designed from a learner-first perspective and advocates for the learner when needed.
• Creates and drives best practices and reusable templates to drive efficient development and a consistent learner experience.
• Creates learning strategy artifacts (learner experience maps, program frameworks, proposals/charters, prototypes, etc.) aligned with business objectives.
• Design learning experiments that help guide the team forward.
• Facilitates group activities to drive alignment and direction.
• Validates implemented solutions to ensure they were meeting the mark.
• Serves as a design mentor, supports the team's upskilling to build capability across the team, and advises on current L&D industry trends.

Benefits

• The pay range for this position is between $90,000 - $120,000.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees