Remote Associate Instructional Designer - K-12 Literacy

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

Job summary

McGraw Hill seeks an Associate Instructional Designer, 6-12 ELA, for its K-12 literacy programs. This remote role collaborates with content, product, UX, and creative media teams to craft digital and print materials used by millions of educators and students daily.

You will apply design thinking, support build phases, ensure accessibility, and handle metadata tagging and digital editing. A degree in instructional tech/design and 0‑2 years in digital content development are required; Agile

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field.
• 0-2 years' experience 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Authoring tools

Learning management systems

Content management systems

Animated & interactive content

Agile methodology

Teaching experience

Education

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

Tools

Authoring tools

LMS

CMS

Job description

McGraw Hill seeks an Associate Instructional Designer, 6-12 ELA, for its K-12 literacy programs. This remote role collaborates with content, product, UX, and creative media teams to craft digital and print materials used by millions of educators and students daily.

You will apply design thinking, support build phases, ensure accessibility, and handle metadata tagging and digital editing. A degree in instructional tech/design and 0‑2 years in digital content development are required; Agile