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.
The BOLD (Bridging Organization, Learning, and Design) team has an opening for an Educational Learning Designer to join our national K-12 design team.
Location(s):
- Cleveland, OH
- Columbus, OH
Position Summary
The Educational Learning Designer will fill an important role on our interdisciplinary team working with schools and districts across the country to implement positive, organizational changes as they occupy new/different learning space designs. The BOLD discipline works as a partner of DLR Group’s integrated design team(s) to ensure continual alignment between the building’s design and the teaching and learning goals of the campus.
The BOLD process is the continuation of our partnership with our district clients through coaching and workshops as educators and learners begin to utilize new learning environments. An ideal Educational Learning Designer will have first-hand experience implementing change and/or leading a school operating with innovative spaces. As a member of our team, you would be leading our BOLD process by working directly with school stakeholders, interfacing with members of the design teams, and sharing your experiences along the way.
For more information about BOLD click here: https://bold.dlrgroup.com/
The successful candidate will:
- Collaborate both virtually and in-person with a national BOLD team and integrated design teams across DLR Group
- Possess an entrepreneurial approach when taking on challenges and risks for both personal and professional growth
- Demonstrate confidence and a forward-thinking approach to produce creative, purposeful, and meaningful work with accountability and responsibility
- Facilitate virtual, in-person, or hybrid meetings and workshops using the BOLD process with district leaders, principals, and staff to implement organizational change when considering new spaces and/or changes in teaching and learning practices
- Provide 1:1 mentoring/coaching sessions with school stakeholders
- Develop and design resources and content that support the DLR Group process for workshops at the campus or district level.
- Manage multiple ongoing projects in different geographic locations and of different scales
- Travel to workshops, interviews, conferences, meetings, etc.
- Collaborate with members of integrated design teams to translate teaching and learning needs into physical spaces
- Support the development of client communications; participate in marketing and business development opportunities as needed
- Participate in district interviews to assist in winning new K12 design projects
- Share the BOLD process by submitting and speaking at state and national conferences
- Know that your daily hours can fluctuate due to working across multiple time zones
Required Qualifications:
- Degree in Educational Leadership, Change Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction, or related fields
- PK-12 teaching, administration, and central office experience
- Experience teaching in or leading a school/district with an innovative learning environment design
- Experience leading spatial and organizational change at a campus or district level
- Good listening and communication skills; proficient in Microsoft Office tools
- Experience presenting to large groups/audiences
- Knowledgeable around curriculum and instruction
- Frequent and regular travel may be required approx. 25-75%, based on business needs.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working on a virtual team and presenting professional learning virtually
- Previous experience as a K-12 campus principal
- Previous experience in a central office position
- Understanding of public and independent schools
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.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
