Title: Learning Designer, Sr.

Position Type: Professional Tech Full time

College: Arapahoe Community College

Division: Strategy & Institutional Initiatives

Department: ACC Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning

Campus: Littleton Campus

Location: Littleton

Salary Range: $69,078 - $78,498

Who We Are:

ACC Careers: Where You Can Move Mountains

Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains sits one of the oldest community colleges in Colorado, Arapahoe Community College. With a rich history of educational excellence, ACC embraces a culture that values diversity, individualized support, and unwavering commitment to student success, without exception.

Job Summary:

The Senior Learning Designer provides strategic leadership, consultation, and operational oversight for instructional design initiatives that advance teaching excellence and student success across the College. Serving as the lead for intentional learning experience design, this position partners with faculty, instructors, academic leaders, and other stakeholders to design, develop, and improve courses and programs across in-person, hybrid, online, and accelerated modalities. Through a capacity-building approach, the Senior Learning Designer guides educators in applying evidence-based practices related to learning science, backwards design, assessment, accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, inclusive practices, and educational technology to create engaging, effective, and aligned learning experiences.

As a team leader within the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, the Senior Learning Designer supervises and mentors Learning Designers, establishes and maintains effective processes and resources, oversees instructional design projects and initiatives, and ensures consistent application of evidence-based practices. The role also contributes to institutional priorities through professional development, curriculum and program support, cross-functional collaboration, data-informed decision making, and leadership of initiatives that strengthen teaching, learning, and educator effectiveness across the College.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert consultation, coaching, and guidance to faculty, instructors, educators, and academic leaders on backwards design, course development, assessment, accessibility, inclusive teaching practices, and educational technology.
• Lead and support course and program design efforts using backwards design principles to align learning outcomes, assessments, instructional strategies, and learning activities.
• Supervise, mentor, and support the professional growth and performance of the Learning Designer Team.
• Establish, manage, and improve processes, workflows, templates, project plans, and instructional design resources to ensure high-quality and consistent outcomes.
• Oversee and prioritize course development, program development, and instructional design projects while managing timelines, deliverables, and resource allocation.
• Design, facilitate, and evaluate professional development opportunities, workshops, and resources that build educator capacity and support effective course design practices.
• Collaborate with academic departments, campus partners, community organizations, and industry stakeholders to support curriculum alignment, instructional initiatives, and student success.
• Use institutional and other relevant data to identify instructional needs, evaluate effectiveness, inform decision making, and advance strategic priorities.
• Provide leadership for teaching and learning initiatives, contribute to campus-wide committees and projects, and advocate for evidence-based instructional practices across the institution.
• Maintain expertise in instructional design, faculty development, accessibility, assessment, educational technology, and adult learning principles that support continuous improvement in teaching and learning.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Learning Design, Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Design, Higher Education, or related field from an accredited college or university, OR an equivalent combination of education and/or relevant experience. An equivalency will not count towards the experience requirement below
• Three years of relevant experience in teaching and learning, faculty development, instructional design, curriculum development, educational programming, or related field. Experience must demonstrate the ability to provide consultation, professional development, or other support that advances effective teaching and learning practices  
• Experience supervising, mentoring, or providing formal leadership to employees or project teams.
• Experience applying backwards design and adult learning principles to the design and development of effective courses.
• Experience using learning management systems, such as Desire2Learn (D2L) or similar, and other educational technologies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree, or higher, in Learning Design, Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Design, Higher Education, or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Experience teaching in a higher education environment.
• Experience working collaboratively with faculty, instructors, and academic leaders across disciplines to design and develop courses.
• Experience designing and facilitating faculty development workshops on a range of evidence-based topics.
• Experience applying accessibility standards, including Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA to digital course content and learning experiences.
• Experience with project management.
• Experience using data, assessment results, or other evidence to identify instructional needs and inform course, program, or teaching improvements.

Application Instructions: 

All applicants must submit:

1. Resume
2. Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement. Please include any experiences you may have embedding equity and inclusion in your work, see below.

At ACC, we seek to hire candidates who are committed to fostering respectful, welcoming, and supportive environments for all individuals. In your cover letter, please describe how you have worked to create such environments in your current or previous roles, and share what this commitment means to you in your professional practice

Additional Information/Benefits:

Work is generally performed in a standard office and occasionally in a classroom or lab environment. Travel may be required to perform duties related to this position including, but not limited to, attendance at meetings, trainings, conferences, and other institutional or professional activities as needed.

All benefits information can be found at the Benefits tab on the top of the page.