Job Description
Learning Experience Designer Job #: 040993
Location Syracuse, NY
Pay Range: $60,450 - $65,000
Hours: Standard University business hours:
8:30am - 5:00pm (academic year)
8:00am - 4:30pm (summer)
Hours may vary based on operational needs.
Job Type: Full-time
Job Description: Are you one of those learning design thinkers and doers who constantly push boundaries by bridging learning science with technological solutions? Are you enthusiastic and passionate about reimagining digital learning experience for online students? The Center for Online and Digital Learning at the College of Professional Studies of Syracuse University is seeking a Learning Experience Designer (LXD) to join our dedicated team. The team is committed to promoting the success of learners by expanding access to Syracuse University's educational opportunities. The LXD supports the mission of the Center to develop engaging, rigorous, and inclusive experiences to a diverse student population. The LXD will be someone with strong design expertise and technical skills either in programing, visual/graphic design, or gaming experience. The candidate should be self-motivated, out-of-the-box thinker, and thrives in challenging situations where continuous learning and collaboration are expected. The person will collaborate with colleagues, faculty developers, program directors to create highly engaging learning assets via problem-based learning, simulation, story telling, or gaming, to name a few. At the same time, the candidate is capable to identify options to scale and is also willing to carry it out when necessary.
Qualifications: Job Specific Qualifications: Responsibilities: - Identify appropriate pathways of design and development and carry it through. Manage design and development collaboratively and reflectively. Provide mentorship to colleagues on using learning experience design techniques.
- Lead design ideation, development, test, and implementation. Collaborate with project stakeholders to align efforts with quality standards, learning theories, expected learning outcomes, and required timelines. Design and develop immersive digital experiences that are meaningful, engaging, and learner-focused via emerging technologies and methodologies. Work across functional groups to achieve shared goals of projects. Support quality course design by implementing quality design rubrics. Track and report frequently the statuses of projects throughout the development process.
- Document design and development processes. Keep up-to-date with emerging technologies.
- Other duties as assigned.
About Syracuse University: Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University's 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit
About the Syracuse area: Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.
Application Deadline: Full Consideration By: Open Until Filled: Priority Consideration: To apply, visit Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law to the extent prohibited by law. This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs, services, and activities. Syracuse University has a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The University's contemporary commitment to veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.
Syracuse University maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural, and international worldview. The University community recognizes and values the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. At Syracuse, we are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in an inherently diverse country and world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. To do so, we commit ourselves to promoting a community that celebrates and models the principles of diversity and inclusivity.
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About Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a place where talent, desire, and opportunity thrive. In 12 different schools and colleges that span the liberal arts and professional disciplines, students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds come together to learn, create, and break boundaries.
The University is also a vital part of the community, providing services as well as being a leader in employee benefits, work-life and organizational development, training, student employment, staff relations, and workforce diversity.
Syracuse itself is located at the crossroads of New York State, and offers a lush landscape of seasons. From fun-filled summers in the Finger Lakes to snowy winters that thrill outdoor sports enthusiasts, the area truly has something for everyone.
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