Jonathan Axtell
Founder, Head of Learning Strategy

For the last 10 years, Jonathan has designed and built businesses that enable people to live better lives through learning. In 2016, he started Creature Learning with his good friend, Jesse Sleamaker, to bring a fresh new perspective on learning design. Jonathan now acts as the leader of Creature Learning.

Over the eight years of Creature Learning’s growth and development, he’s worked with dozens of inspiring clients across industries, size and subject matter. Jon has acted as product strategist and product manager on multiple learning and data app builds and worked in 20+ LMS systems and authoring tools. This lead creature is also a skilled strategist, facilitator, product manager, designer, and digital learning experience producer - a jack of all trades.

Jonathan’s inner creature relies on music, contributing to his community, and being outdoors.

His past work experience includes Airbnb, SOCAP, and Schoolzilla.

Sam Axtell
Head of Design

Sam is a designer and artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her experience ranges from creative marketing and content creation for educational programming to community outreach and education projects. She has worked in digital imaging, video production, sound, writing and sculpture with a particular interest in the intersection of art, craft and social justice. Her goals as a creative are to produce high-quality content and bring ideas to life and, most importantly, greater understanding through visual communication

Similar to her husband Jonathan’s inner creature, Sam’s relies on time in nature, and also the endless number of creative and DIY projects she has to keep her hands busy.

Her past work experience includes: Headspace, Dave, Toucan, and Intercom

Creature is a wild cast of self-starters, creators, and learning experts that come together to produce impactful learning experiences.

Team

As a modern organization we embrace project-based teams that represent the diversity of talent needed to design and produce appropriately for each client and project. We acknowledge one another’s talents, personalities, and varying work styles. Most of all, The Creature Learning Collective is comprised of members who step out of their comfort zone to follow their purpose; while strong on our own, we as members know that more opportunities and better work exist within a diverse and supportive network.

Some of the great people who have worked with us on recent projects include:

Our network includes:

Strategy consultants and product strategists

Engineers, software developers, and e-learning developers

Visual and graphic designers

Learning experience designers

Facilitators

Content designers / copywriters

Illustrators, animators, and other artists

Videographers and content creators

Current Opportunities

If you're an education-minded technology builder, learning designer, visual or experience designer, instructional copywriter, videographor or generally have experience in the learning industry reach out. Tell us more about yourself or email us at team@creaturelearning.com