<p>This position is central to the missionaries' role to 'Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.' The Language Tools Design Specialist are support, entry level, individual contributors that improves learning outcomes for thousands of missionaries learning over 60 languages by maintaining and improving the visual fidelity of online, missionary-facing resources. Specialists are responsible for managing visual and instructional designs, accessibility standards, and quality control/analysis.</p> <p>This position is expected to continue through December 2025, with the possibility of extension pending a review of the 2026 budget.</p> <p>Reports to manager level in the Training Department</p> <ul> <li>Reviews course design standards and accessibility (e.g. font, color, captions/transcripts to accompany audio/video, etc.) to ensure that individual needs are met </li><li>Creates intuitive and engaging instructional designs, low-fidelity UX designs, high-fidelity UX design and iterate each based on user testing </li><li>Maintains a library of design elements that are used across Canvas courses, including design templates </li><li>Develops and implements quality check process for new and maintained courses </li><li>Regularly follows up with course designers </li><li>Suggests improvements and communicates changes to templates, design standards, or other course elements to course designers and internal departments (e.g. tech support teams). </li><li>Describes features in sufficient technical detail so they can be programmed and tested by others on the team; review implemented designs to ensure they fulfill the design well </li><li>Creates surveys to discover how to better align language apps with missionary needs </li><li>Interprets survey results in order to recommend solutions and create designs </li><li>May include other temporary assigned duties at the MTC (e.g. assisting with Mission Leadership Seminar) </li></ul> <p>Required:</p> <ul> <li>1 year of experience or coursework in computational linguistics, instructional design, machine learning, user experience design, </li><li>Passion for helping full-time missionaries and improving missionary language learning with technology </li><li>Impeccable attention to detail and organized workflow </li><li>Ability to work autonomously </li><li>Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work across departments </li><li>Strong writing, design, and analysis skills </li><li>Proficiency in Excel or Google spreadsheets </li><li>Ability to receive and implement feedback </li></ul> <p>To successfully perform the essential functions of the job, there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using monitors/equipment.</p> <p>Preferred:</p> <ul> <li>Learned a second language as a missionary </li><li>1 year of experience with language learning technology </li><li>1 year of experience in HTML/CSS and/or GitHub </li><li>2 year of university-level coursework in computational linguistics, instructional design, machine learning, and/or user experience design </li><li>1 year of experience with UX design tools (e.g. Figma, Adobe XD) </li><li>1 year of experience with TALL Embark </li><li>1 year of language teaching experience </li><li>1 year of SQL and statistics experience </li><li>Familiarity with MTC curriculum and practices </li></ul>