Remote Instructional Designer, K-12 Literacy

Mheducation; 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, delivered in print and digital formats. You will collaborate with content, product management, UX, and creative media teams to assemble high-quality content used by millions of educators and students.

This remote role (PSW) runs through 08/31/2027, with responsibilities spanning design thinking, manuscript preparation, accessibility, and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 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.

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 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.
• 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.

Skills

Digital content development

Agile methodology familiarity

Collaborative in iterative workflows

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

McGraw Hill is seeking an Associate Instructional Designer for 6-12 ELA to develop instructional materials for K-12 literacy programs, delivered in print and digital formats. You will collaborate with content, product management, UX, and creative media teams to assemble high-quality content used by millions of educators and students.

This remote role (PSW) runs through 08/31/2027, with responsibilities spanning design thinking, manuscript preparation, accessibility, and cross-functional