Welcome!

My name is Rachel Mechanik (she/her/hers) and I’m an experienced learning and development professional with corporate, nonprofit, and higher education experience.

I approach the instructional design role as part learning consultant, part project manager, and part customer success manager. I take a consultative, collaborative approach with SMEs to build rapport and avoid becoming an order taker. I aim for us to create learning experiences that are customized to the audience, strategically engaging, applicable to the real-world, and measurable in their outcomes.

I constantly work toward growing my skillset outside of traditional instructional design. For example, I’m currently dabbling in graphic design, UX/UI, HTML, and (of course) AI. I strive to be an ever-expanding generalist to keep up with future L&D industry demands.

Feel free to explore this site to get to know more about me and my work.