Associate Instructional Designer, 6-12 ELA

TrulyHired; United States; Remote; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

McGraw Hill is seeking an Associate Instructional Designer for 6-12 ELA to develop instructional materials for K-12 literacy programs, printed and digital. You will collaborate with content, product management, UX, and media teams to create high-quality resources.

You will contribute to accessibility and package content for various digital formats, following Agile workflows and ensuring timely delivery. This remote PSW role ends 08/31/2027.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Instructional Technology/Instructional Design or related field.
• 0-2 years' digital content development experience including teaching materials.
• Experience with authoring tools, LMS, and CMS.
• Ability to visualize and create animated and interactive content.
• Familiarity with Agile methodology and iterative workflows.
• Past 6-12 teaching experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Learn and apply design principles, backwards design, and design thinking.
• Prepare manuscript needs and support digital asset build.
• Collaborate with Instructional Designers during product development.
• Maintain build documentation for project integrity.
• Contribute to accessibility across the product development process.
• Ensure timely completion of intermediate and final schedules.
• Work with cross-functional teams to meet product requirements and schedules.
• Identify and test bugs in authoring tools and platforms.

Skills

Authoring tools experience

LMS experience

CMS experience

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Instructional Technology/Instructional Design

Tools

Authoring tools

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Content Management Systems (CMS)

Job description

Associate Instructional Designer, 6-12 ELA Full Description

Overview

Impact the Moment

Are you interested in making a difference in the lives of others? At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide from kindergarten through graduate school. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning tools and content that maximize a teacher's time and a student's learning experience. We do all of this in a supportive, collaborative environment where you can grow your career in a way that fits into your life.

What is this role about?

The Associate Instructional Designer, 6-12 ELA will help develop instructional materials for our K-12 division literacy programs that are delivered in both print and digital formats. You will be a valuable member of a collaborative group of Instructional Designers, closely partnering with teams focused on content, product management, UX, and creative media. As part of this team, you will create robust digital tools, curriculum and learning solutions in a variety of formats that are used by millions of educators and students every day. You are a digital savvy content and curriculum expert, responsible and accountable for assembling high-quality content based on specific product requirements for Literacy programs.

This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States. This is a Project Status Worker (PSW) role with an end date of 08/31/2027.

What you will be doing:

• Learn and apply design principles, backwards design, and design thinking concepts in routine situations.
• Contribute to concept meetings, prepare manuscript needs, support rounds of build for digital assets.
• Partner extensively with Instructional Designers during product development, contributing to build phases under senior team leadership.
• Maintain accountability for the accuracy and upkeep of build documentation to ensure project integrity.
• Become an expert in accessibility with heavy contributions to this area throughout the product development process.
• Heavy contributions to the product build process.
• Meet all intermediate and final schedules.
• Contribute with cross-functional teams to ensure that product requirements, project schedules, and product goals are met and on completed on time.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to identify, test, troubleshoot, define, and follow up on technical bugs and enhancements as they arise in authoring tools and the platform. When necessary, help define requirements for platform and authoring tool enhancements.
• Work on digital product tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing.
• QA the work of the vendor to ensure it adheres to guidelines.
• Demonstrate technical, functional, and professional expertise in position-related areas, staying informed on current developments and trends to leverage specialized knowledge for achieving impactful results.

We're looking for someone with:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field required.
• 0-2 years' experience working in digital content development that includes teaching and learning materials.
• Experience with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems.
• Ability to visualize and create animated and interactive content.
• Familiarity with Agile methodology and practices, including collaboration in iterative workflows.
• A successful candidate may have previous 6-12 teaching experience.

Here's what we offer:

At McGraw Hill, you will be empowered to make a real impact on a global scale. Every day your individual efforts can contribute to the lives of millions.

The pay range for this position is between $40,000 - $55,000 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.