Instructional Designer, 6-12 ELA

Mheducation; United States; Remote; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

McGraw Hill is seeking an Instructional Designer for 6-12 ELA, a remote Project Status Worker role open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States. You will join a collaborative team of instructional designers to assemble high-quality content based on product requirements across Literacy programs.

The role emphasizes accessibility, agile teamwork, and cross-functional collaboration, with responsibilities spanning design, storyboarding, metadata tagging, and

Qualifications

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working on multiple projects with tight deliverables and budgets.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and iterative workflows.
• Teaching/learning materials development experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to specific product workstreams under guidance from management and senior team members.
• Design, storyboard, and build digital courses and lessons using a UBD process.
• Apply design principles and design thinking in novel situations.
• Create storyboards, review manuscripts, and support build rounds for digital assets.
• Provide informal product and workflow training to associate instructional designers.
• Lead approved workflows and ensure timelines are met.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet product requirements and deadlines.

Skills

Strong communication

Collaboration

Agile familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field

Tools

Authoring tools

Learning management systems

Content management systems

Job 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.

How can you make an impact?

As an Instructional Designer, 6-12 ELA, you will be a valuable member of a collaborative group of Instructional Designers, closely partnering with teams focused on content, product management, 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 the 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:

• Contribute to specific product workstreams, under the direction of management and senior members of the team.
• Utilize a UBD process to design, storyboard, and build digital courses and lessons that enhance content provided by subject matter experts.
• Apply design principles, backwards design, and design thinking concepts in novel situations.
• Contribute to concept meetings, review manuscripts, create storyboards, support build rounds for digital assets.
• Provide informal product and workflow training to associate instructional designers.
• Creating novel solutions with measurable value for existing and potential customers (internal or external); experimenting with new ways to solve work problems and seize opportunities that result in unique and differentiated solutions.
• Be an expert in accessibility with strong contributions to this area throughout the product development process.
• Work within an Agile framework, leveraging iterative workflows and collaborative practices to drive effective project execution and continuous improvement.
• Support vendors and freelancers by providing guidelines and answering questions to maintain workflow efficiency.
• Leadapproved workflows at all stages and meet all intermediate and final schedules.
• Contributeon cross-functional teams to ensure that product requirements, project schedules, and product goals are metand on completed on time.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members toidentify, 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 toolenhancements.
• Work on digital product tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, and applying errata edits.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation in instructional design practices and ensure the delivery of cutting-edge curriculum solutions.

We’re looking for someone with:

• 2 - 4 years’ experience working in digital content development that includes teaching and learning materials.
• Bachelor’sorMaster’sdegree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related fieldrequired.
• Experience working on multiple projects within tight deliverables and budgets.
• Familiarity with Agile methodology and practices, including collaboration in iterative workflows.
• Strong ability to communicate and collaborate.
• Experience with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems.
• Ability to visualize and create animated and interactive content.
• 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$50,000 - $65,000annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered.