My path took me from Engineer to Teacher to Learning Designer.
I am Jordan Williams, a software engineer, English and history teacher, and learning designer based in Atlanta.
I am drawn to the space where structure meets imagination. I like taking something that feels difficult, abstract, or frustrating and shaping it into an experience someone can enter, try, understand, and grow through.
A lot of my work comes from the classroom, but the heart of it is bigger than school: I care about helping people feel capable. Good tools should make the next step clearer, not make the person feel smaller.
Three parts of the same story
Engineer
I started with systems: how ideas become interfaces, how logic becomes behavior, and how small decisions shape the way people use a product.
Teacher
Teaching changed the way I build. It taught me to care about attention, confidence, pacing, frustration, and the moment someone realizes they can do more than they thought.
Learning designer
Now I bring both worlds together, making tools that are thoughtful, playable, and grounded in what students actually need.
Make the work clear, useful, and alive
I care about tools and classrooms that invite people in without lowering the bar.
I like work that feels useful, human, and a little imaginative.
I believe rigor lands better when the experience respects the learner.
I care about making progress visible, especially for students who are used to feeling behind.
Want the project side?
The projects page shows how this path turns into learning games, classroom tools, and systems for student progress.