Employers
Learning innovations designers are employed by educational technology companies, consulting firms, education start-ups, educational software and textbook companies, corporations, elementary and secondary schools and school districts, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. They also work for colleges and universities. Some schools have centers that focus on education innovation. Examples include the Center for Learning Innovation at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the College of William & Mary's Center for Innovation in Learning Design.
Starting Out
Many people break into the field after first working as teachers, instructional designers, or digital design professionals. They learn about job openings via professional associations (i.e. networking events, job boards), by applying directly for job openings at the Web sites of potential employers, and by using professional networking sites such as LinkedIn.
- Accountants
- Adapted Physical Education Specialists
- Adult and Vocational Education Teachers
- Agricultural Consultants
- Architects
- Art Teachers
- Artificial Intelligence Auditors
- Artificial Intelligence Ethicists
- Artificial Intelligence Prompt Engineers
- Artificial Intelligence Trainers
- Athletic Directors
- Auditors
- Automotive Designers
- Bank Examiners
- Biophysicists
- Book Editors
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Career and Employment Counselors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- Chief Restructuring Officers
- Chief Strategy Officers
- Chief Trust Officers
- College Administrators
- College Professors
- Color Scientists
- Community Nutrition Educators
- Computer and Video Game Designers
- Computer Trainers
- Computer-Aided Design Drafters and Technicians
- Cooking Instructors
- Corporate Climate Strategists
- Costume Designers
- Curriculum Coordinators
- Customer Success Managers
- Dance School Owners and Managers
- Decision Scientists
- Digital Designers
- Distance Learning Coordinators
- Drafters
- Driving School Owners and Instructors
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- Edupreneurs
- Elementary School Teachers
- Energy Consultants
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Consultants
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Ergonomists
- Exhibit Designers
- Fabric Designers
- Fashion Designers
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Consultants
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Flight Instructors
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Furniture Designers
- Graphic Designers
- Greeting Card Designers and Writers
- Guidance Counselors
- Health Care Consultants
- Health Data Analysts
- Health Educators
- Home Stagers
- Human Resources Consultants
- Indoor Environmental Health Specialists
- Industrial Designers
- Information Security Analysts
- Information Technology Consultants
- Information Technology Security Consultants
- Instructional Coordinators
- Instructional Designers
- Interior Designers and Decorators
- Internet Consultants
- Internet Marketing and Advertising Consultants
- Jewelers and Jewelry Repairers
- Journalism Teachers
- Landscape Architects
- Legal Operations Specialists
- Library and Information Science Instructors
- Life Coaches
- Management Analysts and Consultants
- Market Research Analysts
- Marketing Consultants
- Mathematics Teachers
- Motion Graphics Artists
- Music Teachers
- Nursing Instructors
- Physical Education Teachers
- Political Consultants
- Political Scientists
- Preschool Teachers
- Press Secretaries
- Product Designers
- Production Designers and Art Directors
- Project Managers
- Real Estate Educators
- Remote Health Care Engineers
- School Administrators
- School Nurses
- Secondary School Teachers
- Security Consultants
- Security Guards
- Silverware Artisans and Workers
- Smart Building Systems Designers
- Software Designers
- Space Habitat Designers
- Special Education Teachers
- Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
- Strategy Managers
- Swimming Pool Designers
- Tattoo Artists
- Teacher Aides
- Tutors and Trainers
- Visual Interaction Designers
- Workplace Diversity Experts
