Principal Learning Experience Designer

About the role

Our partner is looking for a Principal Learning Experience Designer based in the United States. As a Principal Learning Experience Designer, you will shape the instructional vision for an adolescent literacy intervention program serving students in grades 3–12. You will combine deep expertise in literacy, reading intervention, and learning experience design to create impactful teacher-led and student-facing experiences. The role focuses on applying current science-of-reading research to help students reading below grade level develop comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, knowledge, and confidence. You will work across print and digital environments, designing cohesive, differentiated, and evidence-based learning experiences. As a senior instructional leader, you will influence product direction while mentoring other designers and establishing standards for instructional quality. You will collaborate closely with product, research, assessment, design, engineering, accessibility, and editorial teams to solve complex learning challenges. This is an opportunity to shape innovative literacy experiences at scale while keeping student needs and instructional effectiveness at the center of every decision.

Responsibilities

• Partner with content and product leadership to define and develop evidence-based adolescent literacy instruction and contribute to the evolution of the intervention program.
• Apply current research in the science of reading, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, morphology, knowledge building, motivation, and intervention to instructional and product decisions.
• Design cohesive teacher-led and adaptive student experiences incorporating explicit instruction, meaningful practice, differentiation, and responsive support.
• Ensure instructional approaches address the cognitive, academic, and social-emotional needs of diverse adolescent learners, including multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and students with varied reading profiles.
• Develop instructional models, lesson architectures, component specifications, design standards, and reusable structures that support consistent learning experiences.
• Write, edit, and revise lessons, instructional routines, student activities, teacher resources, and digital learning experiences for clarity, engagement, and instructional effectiveness.
• Lead the selection, development, and refinement of student-facing texts and multimedia resources that support knowledge building, reading engagement, and instructional coherence.
• Evaluate the alignment between texts, instruction, practice, assessment, and adaptive learning pathways.
• Review content produced by internal teams, contractors, vendors, and other contributors, providing clear and actionable feedback.
• Maintain high standards for instructional accuracy, consistency, accessibility, inclusivity, and overall quality.
• Use student and teacher feedback, research findings