Academic Designer, Literacy — Remote

Mheducation; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational solutions, is looking for an Academic Designer, Literacy for grades 9–12. Academic Designers assemble high-quality content based on product requirements and collaborate with the Academic Design team and Product Managers to help develop the solution design from concept to implementation.

This remote role is a Project Status Worker (PSW) with an end date of 09/30/2027.

Qualifications

• Experience in educational publishing and literacy curriculum development for grades 6-12.
• Bachelor's degree in education, literacy, linguistics, or related field preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, detail-oriented, and able to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Planning and developing content for teacher and student materials—print, digital, and media projects.
• Assisting in prototypes, guidelines, proposals, and project scope documentation.
• Acting as point of contact between vendors, internal engineering, and Academic Design teams.
• Demonstrating understanding of middle school Reading/Language Arts and English Language Development issues.
• Producing accurate, high-quality products meeting curriculum standards (CCSS, TEKS, BESt) and market requirements.
• Providing feedback to colleagues and vendors.
• Identifying risks and suggesting process improvements.
• Staying up to date on literacy trends and educational technology.

Skills

Educational publishing

Literacy curriculum development

Middle school pedagogy

Attention to detail

Agile practices

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

Adobe Acrobat

Smartsheet

K4/InCopy

Job description

McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational solutions, is looking for an Academic Designer, Literacy for grades 9–12. Academic Designers assemble high-quality content based on product requirements and collaborate with the Academic Design team and Product Managers to help develop the solution design from concept to implementation.

This remote role is a Project Status Worker (PSW) with an end date of 09/30/2027.