Learning Experience Designer (TEMP)

MasterClass • Full-time • Hybrid in Los Angeles, California, United States • $60 - $80 / hour • 1w ago

Fast Facts

Join MasterClass as a Learning Experience Designer and create high-impact courses for business executives, merging education with entertainment.

Responsibilities: Lead course design from strategy to content delivery, collaborate with instructors, and manage revisions based on learner feedback.

Skills: Strong editorial and storytelling abilities, experience with various media formats, and understanding of learner-centered design principles are essential.

Qualifications: 5+ years in content development or learning design, exceptional writing skills, and experience with high-profile subject matter experts preferred.

Location: Los Angeles, CA, New York, San Francisco, CA, United States

Compensation: $60 - $80 / Hourly

Who we are:

MasterClass is the streaming platform where the world’s best come together so anyone, anywhere, can access and be inspired by their knowledge and stories. We put you in the room with the creators, thinkers, makers and leaders who have changed the world, so that you can change yours.

Members get unprecedented access to 150+ instructors and classes across a wide variety of fields, including Arts & Entertainment, Business, Design & Style, Sports & Gaming, Writing and more. Step into Nas’ recording studio and Gordon Ramsay’s kitchen, and go behind the big screen with James Cameron. Design your career with Elaine Welteroth, get ready to win with Lewis Hamilton, perfect your pitch with Shonda Rhimes and discover your inner negotiator with Chris Voss.

If you want to help make an impact on our members' lives – we want to hear from you!

About the Opportunity:

We’re looking for a Learning Experience Designer to craft a premium, high-impact course for business executives—one that both educates and entertains. Unlike typical instructional design roles, this position calls for a creative producer and strategic thinker who can shape the vision, strategy, and narrative of a course from concept through execution.

You’ll collaborate closely with instructors, subject matter experts, and internal teams to design a transformative learning journey, and you’ll be responsible for writing much of the final course content—so strong editorial, storytelling, and copywriting skills are essential.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, thinks like a systems designer, and brings a writer’s precision to educational storytelling.

This is a temporary full time role - 40 hours per week. 4-6 month engagement.

What You Will Do:

Lead the end-to-end design of the course, from initial strategy to final content delivery
Guide the course narrative in partnership with the Executive Producer & Supervising Producer
Own scripting, copywriting, and the creation of educational assets (e.g., learning modules, assessments, reflection prompts, supplemental materials)
Act as a strategic partner to instructors and the Executive Producer —collaborating across research, insights, video production, product, and design to shape cohesive learning experiences
Conduct desk and user research to inform course goals, learner personas, and curriculum structure
Translate a complex, high-level topic into clear, engaging, and outcome-driven learning journey
Iterate on the course using learner data, feedback, and performance metrics
Manage the feedback and revision process across internal and external stakeholders
Collaborate with visual designers and product teams to ensure learning content is visually compelling, cohesive, and engaging

About You:

5+ years of experience in content development, learning experience design, or instructional storytelling, ideally within media, publishing, edtech, or agency environments
Exceptional writing skills—you’re a strong editorial thinker with experience producing high-quality content for external audiences
Proven ability to design engaging learning experiences across diverse media formats (video, written content, assessments, interactive assets, etc.)
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working independently to shape structure and direction with limited inputs
Strong grasp of learner-centered design principles and the ability to think systematically about how people learn
Experience collaborating with external stakeholders, clients, or high-profile subject matter experts

Please include your portfolio and relevant writing or content samples.

Hourly Range: $60-$80 USD

The hourly range listed is for NYC/CA/WA. As a company, we have a location based strategy, which means the disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location where the position may be filled.

At MasterClass, we believe we put our best work forward when our employees bring together ideas that are diverse in thought. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. In addition, MasterClass will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.