What are the responsibilities and job description for the Learning Design Specialist position at DLR Group?
DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.
Our Learning and Development team has an opening for a Learning Design Specialist. This role can be based in the following cities.
Join the team at DLR Group as a Learning Design Specialist in this impactful, brand-new role for the firm. We’re looking for someone passionate about elevating the human experience through design and helping to foster our culture of lifelong learning. In this role, you’ll collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to maintain, design, and create engaging firm-specific learning experiences that inspire growth and strengthen connection across the firm. You’ll monitor and expand our CEU-accredited offerings while co-owning the day-to-day management, implementation, and continuous evolution of our learning platform.
Learning and Development is part of the HR team which has grown significantly over the past five years and continues to serve as a trusted partner across the firm. You’ll join a collaborative and supportive team that values partnership, brings a sense of fun to our work, celebrates wins, and works together to drive meaningful impact. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your expertise and play a key role in continuing to mature our function while supporting our firm’s most important asset - our people. If this sounds like an environment where you’ll thrive, we’d love to hear from you!
What You Will Do
Pay Range
$63,500 - $98,500 USD
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
Our Learning and Development team has an opening for a Learning Design Specialist. This role can be based in the following cities.
- Austin, Texas
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Dallas, Texas
- Denver, Colorado
- Houston, Texas
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Overland Park, Kansas
- Phoenix, Arizona
Join the team at DLR Group as a Learning Design Specialist in this impactful, brand-new role for the firm. We’re looking for someone passionate about elevating the human experience through design and helping to foster our culture of lifelong learning. In this role, you’ll collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to maintain, design, and create engaging firm-specific learning experiences that inspire growth and strengthen connection across the firm. You’ll monitor and expand our CEU-accredited offerings while co-owning the day-to-day management, implementation, and continuous evolution of our learning platform.
Learning and Development is part of the HR team which has grown significantly over the past five years and continues to serve as a trusted partner across the firm. You’ll join a collaborative and supportive team that values partnership, brings a sense of fun to our work, celebrates wins, and works together to drive meaningful impact. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your expertise and play a key role in continuing to mature our function while supporting our firm’s most important asset - our people. If this sounds like an environment where you’ll thrive, we’d love to hear from you!
What You Will Do
- Design and develop engaging, impactful learning experiences across firm-wide topics such as project management, human skills, ethics, and compliance.
- Partner with Subject Matter Experts to create discipline-specific content for architecture, engineering, interior design, planning, and other specialty areas.
- Develop learning content for various formats—virtual or in-person, synchronous or asynchronous—and transform recorded sessions or documentation into e-learning.
- Ensure courses meet CEU requirements to maximize value for licensed professionals.
- Serve as a primary administrator of the learning platform, including content management, platform maintenance, and implementation of updates.
- Track and report on platform usage metrics, recommend improvements, and promote platform engagement to enhance employee skills and effectiveness.
- Support learners and content curators with day-to-day needs, troubleshooting, and platform guidance.
- Stay current on learning platform, LMS, course authoring, and related software trends to ensure best-in-class solutions.
- Produce and support live learning sessions as needed, including managing recordings, chat moderation, and uploading videos, transcripts, and materials.
- Own and manage technical learning tools to ensure smooth operation and integration with the firm’s learning ecosystem.
- Associates, Bachelor’s, or higher degree in related field of study
- A minimum of 3–5 years of experience in learning design or instructional design.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint or similar software.
- Knowledge of various Learning Management Systems or learning platforms.
- Proficient with course authoring tools (e.g., Articulate, Easygenerator) and video editing software (e.g., Camtasia or similar).
- Strong understanding of learning theories and instructional design models.
- Excellent project management and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize competing tasks effectively.
- Expertise in accessible design guidelines to create inclusive learning experiences.
- Excellent communication skills and a service-oriented mindset.
- Certificate in Instructional Design
- Experience with InDesign and Power BI.
Pay Range
$63,500 - $98,500 USD
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
Salary : $63,500 - $98,500