Sarah Slade

I’m a freelance Learning Experience Designer.

I fell into Learning Design in 2009 after a career in journalism, website content management and technical writing. Learning Design enables me to keep being curious, analyse problems, write good stuff good and design a great learning experience.

In my corporate life, I worked as an LXD for Baringa Partners and PA Consulting. I also worked as an ID for LSEG Refinitiv, Kaplan Financial and QA Training. My responsibilities included managing learning and content management projects from Discovery to Deploy, and plenty of quality control. Before QA I was employed as an instructional designer/developer specialising in systems training at Thomson Reuters.

I like to design learning experiences that deliver what people need, when they need it. A good learning experience should encourage learners to share their knowledge and build their skills collaboratively.

For me, learning design isn’t about the technology. It’s about understanding your audience. It’s about understanding the business need. It’s also about creating a learning experience to meet those needs.