Senior Learning Experience Designer, STS

MIT • Cambridge, MA

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About The Position

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. The Senior Learning Experience Designer leads instructional discovery, needs analysis, course mapping, prototyping, and design recommendations grounded in learning sciences and human-centered design. The role aligns learning objectives, activities, assessments, content, media, and technology using evidence-based practices and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

The designer advises faculty on active learning, authentic assessment, academic integrity, accessibility, and teaching in AI-enabled learning environments. The role guides 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, learning sciences, educational technology, or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant learning-experience or instructional-design experience.
• Strong knowledge of learning sciences, assessment design, active learning, accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, 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.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Higher-education experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with MIT Sloan faculty and academic teams to design, develop, implement, and continuously improve in-person, blended, and online courses.
• Lead instructional discovery, needs analysis, course mapping, prototyping, and the development of design recommendations.
• Align learning objectives, activities, assessments, content, media, and technology using evidence-based practices and Universal Design for Learning.
• Advise faculty on active learning, authentic assessment, academic integrity, accessibility, and teaching in AI-enabled learning environments.
• Guide development of course sites, instructional videos, simulations, visual assets, and interactive materials.
• Lead multiple course-design initiatives.
• Evaluate learning effectiveness.
• Assess emerging educational technologies.
• Develop consultations, workshops, and resources to strengthen faculty teaching capabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior