Job Description

Stanford University has an immediate opening for a full-time Learning Experience Designer to join the User Experience & Design Strategy (UXDS) team in Student and Academic Services.

This one-year, fixed-term, hybrid (part on-campus and part remote) position will join the UXDS team supporting senior learning experience designers in their vision to deliver a consistent, user-centered design strategy for learning materials and experiences of SAS systems, processes, policies, procedures, and enhancements.

This role will enhance the team’s vision to deliver high-quality, cohesive learning solutions to student services staff, faculty, and students who utilize SAS’s broad digital portfolio of systems, applications, websites, and services. The ideal candidate will be systems-oriented, technology savvy, user-centric, and comfortable working across multiple projects simultaneously and various subjects and with diverse colleagues.
Inclusion and diversity are integral to Stanford’s commitment to excellence. We are interested in candidates who have demonstrated experience engaging with diversity through activities such as fostering an inclusive environment, working with students and staff from diverse backgrounds, or incorporating diverse perspectives in their work. We seek candidates who can support the vision, mission, and values of the Division of Student Affairs.

Please include a portfolio showcasing previous instructional design projects, including course materials, storyboards, and multimedia content.

In this role, you will:

• Support assessing target audience learning and business needs and tailoring solutions for varied use cases and needs.
• Consult with subject matter experts to identify and formulate learning objectives and content.
• Work collaboratively with Senior Learning Experience Designers to design, develop, deliver, and evaluate learning solutions, including course content, instructor and participant materials, and resources for staff and faculty who support student and academic services across Stanford and across a blend of learning modalities.
• Manage and maintain intranet learning resources.
• Support the development of learning, change management, and communication plans to ensure the appropriateness, effectiveness, and success of learning programs.
• Draft storyboards and prototypes.
• Support the design and implementation of a holistic onboarding program.
• Design inclusive and accessible learning and performance support solutions.
• May participate in extensive user acceptance testing and quality measurement for newly created courses and web materials.
• Support the development and delivery of Train-the-Trainer programs.
• Share best practices through cross-campus collaboration and the instructional design community.
• Identify strategy for production, post-production, and delivery of resources, tools and equipment necessary for developing learning materials.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in consulting with business partners and subject matter experts to assess learning needs and recommend high-impact learning solutions and learning curricula.
• Demonstrated proficiency in applying instructional design theory, models, and best practices.
• Demonstrated proficiency using instructional design tools such as learning project plans, design documents, learning hierarchies, storyboards, prototypes, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with all members of a learning team, vendor partners, and business partners to create a learning environment that is service-oriented, supportive, engaging, and effective for adult and nontraditional learners.
• Demonstrated proficiency and experience in industry-standard authoring tools, digital media, graphics design, audio, animation, and video production tools to create impactful and engaging learning materials.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate the effectiveness of learning materials.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and succinctly convey learning content in a manner that engages learners and improves learning retention rates.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups and individuals at any and all levels of an organization.
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.

In addition, preferred requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Education, or a related field.
• Excellent organizational skills, including an ability to support a wide variety of activities, define pitfalls, propose and implement effective solutions, and pivot between competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop learning materials focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), including experience designing and implementing learning solutions that promote DEI best practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify challenges in creating learning designs and implement creative solutions to overcome them.
• Ability to facilitate workshops or training sessions and effectively communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• High level of energy, flexibility, and the ability to work independently.
• Experience with Articulate 360, including Storyline and Rise.
• Experience with video editing software.
• Experience with Collaborative Tools, such as Slack, Trello, MS Google Suite, and Figma/Miro.
• Background in higher education.
• Basic UX/UI design skills.

The expected pay range for this position is $90,006 to $99,900 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website ( provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

Physical Requirements:

• Frequently stand/walk, sit, use a computer; use a telephone, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
• Occasionally reach/work above shoulders, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds, write by hand, sort/file paperwork.
• Rarely kneel/crawl, operate foot and/or hand controls.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

Working Conditions:

• This is a hybrid position with 2 days of onsite work at Stanford’s Redwood City campus.
• Travel on campus to schools/units.

Working Standards:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, .

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources by submitting a contact form.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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