Director, Learning Design

Overview

Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation (MLFC) at Arizona State University seeks a Director of Learning Design to join the Office of Design and Learning, a team dedicated to designing and developing learning environments, experiences, and pathways that provide access to the knowledge core of the university.

The Director will serve as a member of the Office of Design and Learning leadership team and work alongside faculty members, staff, administrators, and external partners to advance teaching and learning excellence across a wide range of educational contexts. From degree programs and online learning experiences to professional learning, microcredentials, and emerging educational opportunities, the Director will help shape how learning is designed, delivered, and continuously improved for learners and communities.

This includes helping the college navigate the opportunities and challenges created by generative AI and other emerging technologies as they reshape teaching, learning, assessment, and educational practice.

This role is ideal for a collaborative, people-centered, and systems-minded leader who values both people and process. The Director will lead and support a talented team of learning design professionals while actively contributing to the design, improvement, and advancement of learning experiences, organizational systems, and partnerships across the college. Working closely with colleagues throughout the university, the Director will help build the conditions that enable innovative, learner-centered, and evidence-informed work to thrive at scale.

• Partner with the Office of Design and Learning team, faculty members, and academic leaders to advance learning design strategies that support excellence, access, and impact across academic and learning enterprise offerings.
• Lead and support the instructional design team in designing, developing, implementing, and continuously improving learning environments, experiences, and pathways for learners and audiences.
• Lead implementation of initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness and support the adoption of innovative practices, technologies, and approaches to teaching and learning.
• Lead, support, and develop a team of learning design professionals through coaching, mentoring, performance management, and professional learning opportunities.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and people-centered culture that values inquiry, innovation, shared ownership, and continuous growth.
• Promote scholarly inquiry, reflective practice, and the dissemination of knowledge related to learning design, teaching innovation, and organizational improvement.
• Advocate for learner-centered design, teaching excellence, and continuous improvement across educational contexts.

• Minimum Qualifications:
  
  Bachelor’s degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including two (2) years managerial experience; OR, any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
• Master’s degree or higher in instructional design, learning design, learning sciences, educational technology, higher education, organizational learning, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams responsible for learning design, instructional design, educational innovation, faculty support, or related functions.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with faculty members, academic leaders, and subject matter experts to design, develop, and improve learning experiences across multiple educational contexts or delivery modalities.
• Demonstrated experience developing or improving organizational systems, processes, or practices that support effective and scalable educational design and delivery.
• Demonstrated experience exploring, evaluating, or implementing generative AI and other emerging technologies in teaching, learning, learning design, or knowledge work environments.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills.
• Ability to manage and adjust to changing priorities, including handling time-sensitive tasks and…