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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Experience Design Lead - Future Leaders Program - **Company:** Intrinsic Schools - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Spreadsheets, Program Design Languages, Rapid Prototyping Process, Operational Systems - **Published:** June 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=63dc1b7301f393d0 ## About the Role Do you have a valid Teaching Certification license?, Do you have experience in Working with students?, * Bachelor's degree in education or a related field from an accredited institution. * Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with appropriate endorsement preferred. * Minimum of 3 years of secondary teaching or instructional leadership experience with a track record of strong student outcomes and adult management. * Proven capacity to build operational systems, spreadsheets, trackers, and workflows that translate abstract vision into highly organized, executable plans. * Comfort utilizing educational technology tools, with an active curiosity and willingness to leverage emerging technology and AI-driven platforms. * Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to cultivate deep, collaborative partnerships with external organizations, staff, families, and students. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a proven track record of facilitating professional learning or coaching sessions. * Demonstrated professional standards, including an exceptional work ethic, a reflective mindset, timeline accountability, and an unwavering commitment to advancing equity and justice in education. ## Description The Experience Design Lead is responsible for leading the design, coordination, and operational management of the program's afternoon immersive experiences. The role balances strategic program development-both building directly and cultivating external partnerships-with direct instruction and facilitation with active cohorts. This individual shapes meaningful, high-engagement learning structures to help students develop purpose, agency, collaboration, wayfinding, and real-world readiness connected to Intrinsic's Portrait of a Graduate framework., The role is 50% experience design - both building directly and through partnerships, and 50% direct work with students. Responsibilities include: * Program Design & Experience Development: Build and organize a coherent system of immersive afternoon experiences aligned to Intrinsic's graduate vision, developing student-facing materials, sourcing project pipelines, and collaborating with school leaders and external partners to shape new experiences over time. * Systems & Operations Coordination: Manage the operational backbone of the afternoon program, including schedules, rosters, staffing logistics, space allocation, materials coordination, transportation tracking, and cross-team communication via trackers and spreadsheets. * Direct Experience Facilitation & Student Leadership: Act as the primary, direct lead on specific signature experiences and community quests (off-site real-world work, immersive tours, and field wayfinding), directly coaching students on public voice, collaboration, and self-directed goal tracking during learning sprints. * Pilot Management, Analytics & Iteration: Support rapid prototyping and execution tracking during the pilot year; gather, disaggregate, and implement stakeholder feedback to monitor quality, address implementation issues in real time, and document best practices for scaling. * Preparation for Scale: Design and facilitate professional development toolkits, execution playbooks, pacing guides, and community-engagement protocols for future use * School Culture & Advisory Alignment: Nurture relationship-centered learning environments that seamlessly integrate social, emotional, and cognitive skill-building with academic content, upholding the network student culture and expectations outlined in the Student Code of Conduct. ## Related Videos - [What If We Designed Employee Experience Like a Customer Journey?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1824-what-if-we-designed-employee-experience-like-a-customer-journey) - [Enterprise Linux as Container Images](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1610-enterprise-linux-as-container-images) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Launching a marketplace on-time: A lesson in taking shortcuts using spreadsheets!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/477-launching-a-marketplace-on-time-a-lesson-in-taking-shortcuts-using-spreadsheets) - [The Innovation Formula: Fast Prototyping, Data Analysis, and Real User Insights](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1421-the-innovation-formula-fast-prototyping-data-analysis-and-real-user-insights) - [From Global Capability Centers to AI-Powered Command Centers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100096-from-global-capability-centers-to-ai-powered-command-centers) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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