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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Design Thinking and Innovation Specialist

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $68K - $78K

💻 Other

🗓️ October 30th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Design Thinking and Innovation Specialist. This role involves serving on the Innovate Carolina team to deliver human-centered design training, lead innovation projects, facilitate workshops, and mentor students and interns to translate ideas into public good innovations.

Highlights
  • Lead design thinking and innovation Recharge projects for internal and external teams, including founders and startups.
  • Plan, facilitate, and lead human-centered innovation workshops, trainings, and design sprints.
  • Collaborate with leadership to promote and evaluate the Carolina design and innovation ecosystem and grants programs.
  • Mentor graduate student Design Thinking Fellows and undergraduate interns.
  • Use design thinking methodologies such as rapid prototyping and co-creation in practice.
  • Experience with facilitation tools, digital workspaces, digital whiteboards, and artificial intelligence is required.
  • Minimum of 2 years relevant experience in design thinking practice and a relevant post-Baccalaureate degree (or equivalent).
  • Strong program management skills with ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks.
  • Position offers a salary range of $68,000 to $78,000 per year.
  • Works within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at UNC-Chapel Hill.