Learning Experience Designer

Akkodis is seeking a Learning Experience Designer role is a Contract opportunity with a client located in Chicago IL 60606. We’re ideally looking for applicants to have a solid background in the hospitality and travel industry domain. Title: Learning Experience Designer Address: Chicago IL 60606 Contract: 6+ Months Pay Rate: $60 to $68/hr. (The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.) PURPOSE: The Learning Experience Designer designs and delivers performance-based learning experiences that strengthen capability, culture, and business outcomes across Clients global enterprise. Reporting to the Global Learning & Capability team, this contract role partners with HR, operational SMEs, and learning technology teams to translate enterprise priorities into scalable, learner-centered solutions. This is a hands-on role requiring both strategic design capability and rapid execution. The Learning Experience Designer leads end-to-end efforts-from needs analysis and journey design through development, deployment, measurement and refinement-supporting prioritized global initiatives at Client. The ideal candidate combines strong instructional design expertise with an agile, learner-centered mindset and the ability to navigate matrixed stakeholder environments. They are equally comfortable conducting discovery conversations, shaping scalable learning journeys, building digital experiences in modern authoring tools, and managing multiple concurrent priorities with clarity and accountability. What success looks like in the role: • Learning solutions clearly align to defined performance outcomes. • Stakeholders view the Learning Experience Designer as a thought partner, not an order taker. • Digital experiences are intuitive, modern, and aligned with Clients culture of care. • Migration efforts preserve and enhance learning quality while improving learner experience. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: • Lead end-to-end design and development of learning experiences that build critical capabilities across Clients global enterprise, including digital, instructor-led, blended, and performance-support solutions. • Conduct learning needs analysis in partnership with SMEs and stakeholders to translate business priorities into performance-based learning outcomes and scalable learning journeys. • Design and rapidly develop high-quality learning assets (storyboards, eLearning modules, facilitator guides, toolkits, videos, practice activities), balancing speed, rigor, and learner experience. • Partner with operational SMEs, facilitators, and HR & business stakeholders to transform complex business concepts into intuitive, behavior-focused learning experiences that are operationally relevant. • Manage work intake, prioritize deliverables, and provide clear updates to stakeholders across multiple concurrent initiatives, ensuring alignment and on-time delivery. • Build and publish digital learning using modern authoring tools (Articulate Storyline strongly preferred), owning development through testing, quality assurance, and deployment within Clients learning ecosystem. • Ensure learning solutions are accessible, globally inclusive, and aligned with Clients brand standards, design guidelines, and learning frameworks. • Support content migration and modernization initiatives (e.g., compliance content transitions, LMS migrations) while maintaining learning integrity and user experience. • Define and incorporate appropriate evaluation methods to assess learning effectiveness and inform continuous improvement. • Contribute to the evolution of Clients learning practices by introducing innovative design approaches, tools, and methodologies that elevate the colleague learning experience. EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: • 5+ years of experience in learning experience design, instructional design, or enterprise capability development within complex, matrixed organizations. • Demonstrated expertise in performance-based instructional design, adult learning principles, and blended learning architecture. • Proven ability to conduct learning needs analysis and translate business priorities into clear performance outcomes and scalable learning solutions. • Advanced, hands-on experience developing digital learning using modern authoring tools (Articulate Storyline strongly preferred; experience with Rise or equivalent tools required). • Experience designing both digital and instructor-led learning for diverse, global audiences. • Working knowledge of LMS deployment workflows (uploading, testing, publishing, metadata tagging), with the ability to independently manage quality assurance through launch. • Experience applying human-centered design, rapid prototyping, or agile development methodologies in learning environments. • Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills; ability to partner effectively with SMEs, HR partners, and business leaders at multiple levels. • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, prioritize work, and communicate progress clearly in fast-paced environments. • Strong attention to detail, accessibility standards, and inclusive design principles. Preferred: • Experience supporting compliance learning, brand training, or operational capability programs. • Familiarity with learning analytics, evaluation frameworks, or data-informed learning improvement. • Familiarity with basic programming logic, variables, or xAPI concepts. If you feel this is not something that you are currently interested in, but know of someone, that might be, please share the details with them or let me know their details so I can reach out to them! Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client. To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit https://www.akkodis.com/en/privacy-policy. The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable: · The California Fair Chance Act · Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance · Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers · San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance