Experience Designer - Makerspace
Location : Bangalore, Karnataka
About Quest Alliance:
Quest Alliance prepares young learners in India with the skills, mindsets, and support systems they need to thrive in life, learning, and work.
A social impact organization with close to two decades of experience, Quest Alliance works at the intersection of technology and future skills to make learning more equitable and relevant, especially for socially and economically vulnerable learners.
The organization influences systems to empower young learners in government high schools and trade and vocational institutes to holistically navigate their education to career transitions.
Quest Alliance works across 12 Indian states and is partnered with nine state governments, over 80 CSOs, national ministries, and funders. It has impacted 1.8 million young lives to date.
The Opportunity:
The Experience Designer will anchor the design and delivery of immersive, innovation-driven learning experiences for diverse audience groups. It combines ecosystem engagement, facilitation of curated on-site learning journeys, and the design of hackathons and changemaking pathways that enable young people to act on real-world challenges in their communities. This is a design-forward, facilitation-intensive role requiring strong program ownership, learner-centered thinking, and the ability to translate creative intent into structured, high-quality execution.
Role Mandate:
The Experience Designer will design and run curated learning experiences round the year for diverse audiences that Quest works with. The Experience Designer would also be anchoring the annual hackathons and innovation platforms for learners.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Curated Learning Experiences for school students
Design and facilitate immersive, hands-on learning journeys for school students visiting QA.
Curate thematic experiences that integrate play, inquiry, STEM exploration, and systems thinking.
Develop facilitator guides, student toolkits, and experience flows to ensure high-quality engagement.
Build educator orientation modules to help teachers extend QA learning into classrooms.
Capture insights, reflections, and artefacts emerging from student participation.
2. Hackathons & Social Innovation Design
Conceptualise and execute hackathons, ideathons, and community challenge platforms.
Design structured innovation pathways—from problem identification to prototyping and showcasing.
Create rubrics, mentoring frameworks, and prototype documentation systems.
Build pathways for students to continue their projects through bootcamps, exhibitions, or community pilots.
Foster youth agency by enabling students to identify and respond to real challenges in their local ecosystems.
3. P&L Accountability:
Work closely with the Outreach team to plan, budget, execute, and reflect iteratively on developing productised experiences.
Analyse implementation and learner feedback to generate actionable insights for product refinement and strategic decisions.
Ensure timely availability of data and narrative-related inputs for donor reports, reviews, and internal planning.
4. Systems, Processes, & Self-Learning
Ensure adherence to Quest Alliance systems, policies, and processes (HR, Finance, IT, etc.).
Undertake regular field visits to stay connected with on-ground realities and emerging needs.
Identify personal learning goals and practice continuous learning, individually, within the team, and cross-functional.
Strong working knowledge of hardware-software integration (IoT, sensors, microcontrollers preferred).
Intermediate proficiency in programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, Blockly, or Scratch.
Hands-on problem-solving and troubleshooting ability.
Strong documentation, communication, and facilitation skills.
Ability to coordinate effectively across multiple teams with ownership and clarity.
Self-driven, proactive, and open to feedback with a growth mindset.
Mindset and Practice:
Strong belief in learner agency and play-based approaches.
Makers’ mindset and eagerness to create / help create.
High ownership, adaptability, and reflective practice.
Salary:
The pay band for the position starts at Rs. 50,000/- per month (cost to company)
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The salary offered will be commensurate with the experience and expertise of the candidate)
Benefits:
In addition to your compensation, you are also eligible for a suite of benefits designed to support your well-being and growth:
- Comprehensive Personal Accident Insurance covering up to ₹10,00,000 annually
- Mediclaim Insurance covering up to ₹3,00,000 annually, supported through our insurance partner, Loop, which also offers additional wellness benefits
- Reach for the Stars (RFS) amount of up to ₹5,000 to support your self-learning and knowledge-building efforts
- Internet allowance of up to ₹750/month, reimbursable based on actual usage to support flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- For employees with children under the age of 6 years, Quest offers childcare or day care fee support through a monthly matching contribution of up to ₹3,000, helping you create a supportive work-life balance
- Access to emotional health and wellbeing programs such as:
* Group sessions worth ₹7,500 per session fully covered by the organisation
* 1:1 counselling sessions (worth ₹1,800 per session), fully covered by the organisation
To Apply:
Interested candidates are requested to apply for the role by filling up the application form given here.
At Quest Alliance, we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunities employer, embracing applications from all segments of the community. We are committed to ensuring that every applicant and employee is treated with fairness and respect, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital status, social status, caste, religious belief, age, or any other factor that is irrelevant to performance. Your individuality is valued and respected within our organization.
Know About Quest
Website :
http://www.questalliance.net/
