Learning Experience Designer

Learning Experience Designer

Partner with faculty and academic teams to create innovative, engaging, and accessible learning experiences that support student success across all programs. Deliver high-quality courses that reflect best practices in teaching, accessibility, and learner engagement by blending instructional design, media development, and educational technology expertise.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities

Instructional and Media Design - 40% Provide instructional and media design services to the University through the development and revision of courses and media. Provide project management services for the design work in assigned courses. Consult with faculty on course design, directly develop courses, and develop/maintain high-quality assessment rubrics.

Learning Experience Design - 35% Collaborate with instructional designers, media designers, and technologists to plan strategic, high-impact learning experiences. Create engaging, interactive, and media-rich learning experiences that integrate various instructional methods and tools to create immersive learning experiences that support diverse learning styles.

Technology and Accessibility - 15% Monitor and share emerging trends, tools, best practices, and innovations in learning experience design. Audit and adjust design practices to ensure alignment with accessibility standards, creating equitable learning opportunities for all students. Evaluate, recommend, and advocate for the adoption of interactive instructional tools and technologies. Support the implementation of new interactive instructional tools by creating and testing prototypes, training team members, and sharing best practices with faculty.

Faculty Education and Training - 10% Partner with faculty and subject matter experts to strengthen course and media design strategies. Deliver consultations and conduct workshops to build faculty expertise in instructional design and technology. Create user-friendly guides, resources, and media that support faculty development and effective teaching practices.

Bethel's mission is to educate and equip students to lead lives of impact through transformative academics in a Christ-centered community. Bethel's employee community plays a central role in developing our students as whole and holy persons. To carry out this mission, Bethel uses the foundation of our guiding documents, the Affirmation of Faith, Community Covenant, and Key Policies. Bethel expects all employees to actively participate in creating our Christ-centered community by agreeing with and abiding by our core beliefs in the Affirmation of Faith and supporting all other beliefs as Biblical, responsible, and thoughtful approaches while avoiding dissension and divisiveness. Employees teach and mentor students and help one another uphold our Community Covenant commitments.

Other Duties: The essential functions, tasks, and responsibilities of this position may change from time to time. Bethel University reserves the right to add or omit duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the University or its leadership. Additional tasks or duties required of the position will be communicated to the incumbent with specificity to ensure the employee may perform their role with complete understanding.

Required Skills

Working knowledge of and experienced in course or curriculum design. Working knowledge of and experience with education software and learning management system(s) with the ability to learn and master new systems and technologies. Self-motivated, collaborative, team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Adaptable, able to learn and navigate quickly when faced with new, unfamiliar, or ambiguous situations. Innovative thinking, action oriented. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, superior communication, design, and writing skills. Creative, organized and detail oriented. Ability to work on a team and individually. Experience 3+ years of related experience. Education Bachelor's degree.

Bethel seeks to recruit, retain, develop, and support a diverse workforce who contributes to our educational and Christ-centered mission. Bethel encourages candidates to apply who can assist the University to develop a faculty that reflects the diversity of people in God's kingdom through a variety of ethnicities, cultures, and lived experiences. Bethel employs qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, familial status, and status with regard to public assistance. Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.