Learning & User Experience Designer - Humanities

The Learning & User Experience Designer is a key member of the Faculty of Humanities Digital Projects Team, partnering with academic and professional staff to design, develop, and continuously enhance high-quality digital learning experiences. Aligned with Curtin’s Strategic Plan 2030 and the Humanities Learning Futures Platforms, the role integrates learning design and user experience practices to create accessible, inclusive, and engaging learning environments for diverse student cohorts. This position combines evidence-informed pedagogy, universal design principles, and emerging technologies—including generative AI—to support contemporary teaching practices across the Faculty.

You will lead discovery and design activities, translating stakeholder needs into practical, scalable learning solutions. Working collaboratively across projects, you will ensure digital products are intuitive, effective, and aligned with user and institutional goals. Through iterative design, evaluation, and continuous improvement, you will strengthen the Faculty’s capability to deliver consistent, student-centred learning experiences across digital platforms. This includes applying UX methodologies—such as user research, journey mapping, prototyping, and usability testing—to inform design decisions and enhance the effectiveness of learning resources and tools.

The role contributes to fostering an innovative, inclusive, and technologically enabled learning environment that supports improved student engagement and success.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Apply user experience (UX) principles to design intuitive, accessible, and engaging digital learning experiences that support positive learner outcomes.
• Lead the design and delivery of complex digital courses, using effective project management practices to ensure timely, high-quality outcomes.
• Design and facilitate training programs, and develop resources to build digital capability across the Faculty, enabling staff to confidently use learning technologies.
• Monitor emerging trends in digital education and learning design, and apply innovative approaches to enhance course design and delivery.
• Partner with academic staff to conduct needs analysis, define learning outcomes, develop assessment strategies, and select instructional approaches aligned with best practice pedagogy.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to produce high-quality, media-rich learning resources, including interactive content, video, and audio materials.
• Work autonomously while contributing to a collaborative team environment, building strong relationships and maintaining clear, effective communication across the University.
• Demonstrate professionalism and integrity, consistently modelling the University’s values and expected behaviours.
• Undertake additional duties as reasonably required, consistent with the scope and responsibilities of the role. 

Curtin University proudly stands among the top one percent of global universities according to the ARWU 2024 rankings. We are an energetic, dedicated team of academics and professionals working together to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research. Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence, and impact are essential to everyday life. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page - https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-curtin/  

What We Offer You:
Situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country, our vibrant Bentley campus includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, bus station, accessible parking and endless food options including a supermarket. Aside from the vibrant campus life, we offer more than just a job. Curtin offers a wide range of generous benefits, including additional leave, salary packaging, health and wellbeing services and an array of discounts for retail, travel and much more.
For more reasons to work at Curtin, please visit https://staff.curtin.edu.au/discover-curtin/  

Join Us!
If this sounds like your next role, please click APPLY NOW ensuring to attach the following documents:

• Up to date resume 
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and demonstrating how your background meets the position – 1 – 2 pages max

If you have any queries in relation to this opportunity or the application process, please contact our careers team on CurtinCareers@curtin.edu.au or 08 9266 9000 (option 3,1), quoting the reference number. Please note applications will not be accepted via this email address.  

Applications close: 8.30pm (AWST) Wednesday 15th of April 2026.

Late applications or applications received via email will not be considered, and only successful candidates will be contacted.
Please note we are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies at this time. 
Curtin reserves the right at its sole discretion to withdraw from the recruitment process, not to make an appointment, or to appoint by invitation, at any time. We reserve the right to remove the advert earlier than the date on the advert.