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Jonathan Axtell

Jonathan Axtell

Learning Designer

Employed Available
I've spent my career designing and building organizations that enable people to live better lives through learning. Now I channel those experiences to transform learning through designing and building boundary pushing experiences and courses.

My career has spanned teaching socially conscious business students in China to creating a community bike business in Zambia. I hold an MBA from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and speak Mandarin Chinese. In my free time I'm an avid supporter of local music and neighborhood issues. I love traveling, other cultures, and most importantly, developing meaningful relationships and community.
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  • Helping organizations formulate learning strategies to grow their mission
  • Conducting learner discovery and rapid prototyping processes to inform engaging learning experiences
  • Designing learning experiences that meet the learner where they are - online and offline and using the right mix of delivery assets
  • Production experience in multiple authoring and publishing tools - Northpass, Thinkific, Articulate Storyline, NovoEd
  • Proficiency in Sketch.up, Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Camtasia
  • Light HTML Proficiency
  • Co-created Airbnb's Experience Host Education vision and strategy towards 2025.
  • Produced the Experience Host Toolkit - 101 crash-course experiences delivered through webinars and Northpass.
  • Designed and produced blended and digital learning experiences with clients like B Lab, Bridgespan Consulting, We First Branding, the California Dairy Research Foundation, and Rapid Resist.
  • Produced instructional content and collaborated with SMEs for a wide array of course topics from strategic visioning to financial inclusion to improving farmer soil nutrient practices.
  • Facilitated collaborative brainstorming, prototyping, wire framing, storyboarding, production and review processes for all partners.
  • Designed a partnership and learning process for Southern California School Districts for Schoolzilla. Educated 400+ educators on data integration best practices.
  • Designed the growth strategy for Ludibuk, a Chile based digital library that aims to improve Spanish literacy.
  • Created the early growth plan for ImpactAlpha, a media outlet focused on educating the impact investing sector.
  • Developed a blended learning and in person convening platform proof of concept for Amplifier Strategies designed to facilitate education and action in the philanthropic community.
  • Designed and scoped new programs and secured funding from partners including Google, Paypal, Omidyar Network, the Rockefeller Foundation, and more.
  • Created early educational programming at Impact Hub to assist social and environmentally oriented start-ups in their growth and development.
  • Designed a six month prototyping bootcamp for community organizations, designers, and technologist to develop new ideas to help the Mid-Market community in San Francisco.
  • Early team member and stakeholder tasked with growing SOCAP to become the leader in convening the social impact space with 2,000+ attendees annually.
  • Designed content, partnership and attendee experience strategy.

Teacher

Anhui University of Finance and Economics
2005 to 2006
  • Taught international business students and prepared them for cross cultural professions.
  • Designed and adapted curriculum for management, operations, and business planning courses for 150 students.

MBA

Middlebury Institute for International Studies

August 2007 to January 2009
Emphasis on social and environmentally oriented capacity building organizations.
Chinese language specialization.

International Business

Azusa Pacific University

2000 to 2004
Graduated Cum Laude.
International Programs Coordinator.