Location
Any BBC location, including London

Hours
Full Time

Contract Type
12 Month Fixed-term Contract

Salary
Up to £70,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

About the Role
The Senior Learning Experience Designer for BBC Bitesize will play a key role in leading the transformation of Bitesize into a favoured learning destination platform. This senior position involves significant scope, influence, and accountability, requiring you to identify and frame problems, set direction, and influence decisions beyond your immediate team. While you will continue to design, your impact will extend through leadership, strategic thinking, and raising the quality of work around you.
You will collaborate closely with senior product, engineering, editorial, and delivery partners, often as part of a trio, to ensure the delivery of inclusive, high-quality outcomes aligned with organisational strategy. This role is ideal for designers who lead through judgement, influence, and care for outcomes alongside craft excellence, delivering world-class experiences for all.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to lead design initiatives and contribute significantly to Bitesize's success by applying educational frameworks, approaches, and techniques specific to the education and learning sector. You will create engaging learning experiences aligned with educational goals and product requirements, helping to future-proof Bitesize and the wider design practice in education.

Experience
- Proven experience applying learning theories and frameworks (e.g. Bloom's taxonomy, constructivism) to shape engaging educational experiences
- Examples of iteratively refining designs using audience feedback, analytics, and testing, in collaboration with Learning Scientists
- Experience designing and conducting research for younger audiences (under 18s) with a strong understanding of their needs
- Demonstrated leadership of end-to-end design of complex digital products and services across multiple workstreams
- Strong track record championing accessibility, quality, and best practices, balancing high standards with pragmatic delivery
- Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders, navigate competing priorities, and work within brand and design systems
- Experience leading, mentoring, and coaching designers collaboratively to enhance impact and future-proof strategy

About You
You are a strategic thinker and collaborative leader who cares deeply about educational outcomes and user experience. You lead through influence and judgement, balancing quality with delivery constraints. You are passionate about accessibility and inclusive design and enjoy mentoring others to raise the standard of learning and instructional design practice.

Qualifications
While specific qualifications are not detailed, a strong background in instructional design, educational technology, curriculum development, and digital pedagogy is essential. Relevant experience and demonstrable skills in these areas are expected.