Brand Designer

Overview

Learning Commons is Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s education initiative, which aims to scale proven teaching and learning practices to benefit every learner. Learning Commons became the name of our education efforts in 2025 to build on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s work over the past decade to advance learning science and help translate that research into classroom practice.

At Learning Commons, we pair technology with grantmaking to scale proven teaching and learning practices to benefit every learner. We aim to translate what learning science tells us about how students learn best into classroom practice. With the advent of generative AI, that translation work can be accelerated and scaled to have a greater impact.

Our mission is to bring learning science into the tools used every day by teachers and students, ensuring that technology reflects the realities of classrooms and strengthens teaching and learning.

In today’s fragmented edtech landscape, school districts are often left piecing together products that don’t always align with curricula or instructional needs. While AI holds enormous potential to support educators, it can only deliver on that promise when grounded in research, high-quality educational data, and expert evaluation. That’s why we’re building open, public-purpose infrastructure — datasets, rubrics, and resources — that help raise the standard for educational tools and create more consistent, impactful learning experiences for all students and teachers.

Learning Commons is building the AI infrastructure for the future of education—and we need a visionary brand designer to help us tell that story. As a senior member of the brand team, you'll own the visual identity of a newly formed organization backed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, working directly under our Brand Strategist Manager and with our product and PMM teams to shape how we show up across every touchpoint.

This role offers rare creative latitude: you'll help lead our June 2026 website visual refresh, conduct a brand audit in H2 2026, and inform the 2027 brand evolution—all while building the systems and toolkits that allow our lean team to scale. You'll bridge strategy and craft, moving fluidly between high-stakes executive presentations, developer-focused web experiences, and educator-facing campaigns.

Why This Role Matters

Learning Commons develops pedagogically-aligned AI tools for EdTech developers building the next generation of learning software. Your work helps communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences—from foundation leaders and investors to educators and developers—making equitable education technology more accessible and understandable.

This is a high-impact, high-visibility role where your creative decisions directly influence how our organization is perceived in Philanthropic, EdTech, and AI infrastructure landscapes.

• Own end-to-end web design and digital experiences (visual design, responsive layouts, design system evolution) and collaborating with engineering to ensure timely execution and launch.
• Develop and execute strategic brand campaigns for major product launches, partnerships enablement, and events—translating complex technical concepts into compelling visual narratives for educators, developers, and district leaders.
• Design high-stakes creative materials including “sales” presentations, partnership collateral, and conference presence (ASU GSV, developer summits) that establish Learning Commons as a credible player in EdTech and AI.
• Conduct a comprehensive brand audit, assessing how the brand is performing after one year in market, gathering stakeholder feedback, and developing a refinement strategy for brand evolution and rollout based on real-world learnings and evolving market trends.
• Build scalable brand systems and toolkits—including audience-specific visual languages (developer vs. educator), self-service templates for GTM/Comms teams, and design governance—that enable our organization to grow without creative bottlenecks.

• 8+ years of brand design experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating expertise…