Senior Learning Experience Designer

The role

The Senior Learning Experience Designer manages a team of designers and oversees the creation of high-quality curricula. You will act as a coach and project manager to ensure programs are scalable, practical, and aligned with strategic goals.

What you will do

• Oversee the design of new programs to ensure they are practical, scalable, and industry-relevant.
• Ensure curricula and assessments align with learning design principles and desired competencies.
• Collaborate with industry subject matter experts and institutions to co-create program content.
• Lead and coach Learning Experience Designers through feedback and professional development.
• Manage design workflows, sprints, and retrospectives.
• Oversee staffing allocations, project plans, and delivery calendars.
• Establish review processes for content quality, accessibility, and pedagogical rigour.
• Incorporate learner, facilitator, and partner feedback into design iterations.
• Experiment with new tools, technologies, and media formats including AI.
• Use learner performance data and feedback to iteratively improve course design and delivery.

Required qualifications

• Proven track record in instructional design, learning experience design, or curriculum development.
• Experience leading teams of designers or educators.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale program development projects.
• Experience working with or integrating AI-powered learning or assessment tools.
• Expertise in instructional design methods, curriculum frameworks, and learner-centred design.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to design learning experiences balancing pedagogy, technology, and operations.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to translate research and feedback into actionable program improvements.
• Familiarity with authoring tools (e.g. H5P) and learning management systems.
• Strong storytelling, writing, and editing skills.
• Drive and ethic to succeed working in small teams physically but working independently virtually.

Nice to have

• Exposure to creative industries, digital media, or emerging technology fields.
• Prior experience working in accredited or competency-based education programs.

About the company

ALX Africa is a non-profit organisation under the ALX Foundation dedicated to unlocking the potential of Africa's digital future. It provides tech skills training and career acceleration programmes to empower Africans to secure sustainable tech careers.