Remote Instructional Designer - K-12 Social Studies

Mcgraw Hill; New York (NY); Remote; USD 54,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

McGraw Hill, a leading provider of digital and print educational resources, seeks an Associate Instructional Designer for our K-12 Social Studies programs. You will join a collaborative group of designers, partnering with content, product management, UX, and creative media to build robust digital curriculum assets.

You will design, storyboard, and develop videos, eBooks, interactives, and simulations, ensuring accessibility and quality across the product development lifecycle, while meeting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field required.
• 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 create and visualize animated and interactive content.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to program planning, curriculum mapping, and the creation of POCs and prototypes, while designing, storyboarding, and developing digital curriculum assets.
• Review manuscripts, create storyboards, and contribute during alpha and beta builds, while maintaining accuracy and ownership of all build documentation throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Partner closely with Instructional Designers and senior team members during product builds, contributing heavily to the product build process and supporting digital launches including the creation of templates, trackers, and content development guidelines.
• Lead accessibility efforts, becoming a subject matter expert in this area and making substantial contributions to accessibility standards across the full product development process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, test, troubleshoot, and resolve technical bugs and platform enhancements, while also supporting digital product tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing.
• Contribute to user testing initiatives and QA vendor work to ensure all output adheres to established guidelines and quality standards.
• Meet all intermediate and final schedules, contributing to cross-functional teams to ensure product requirements, project goals, and timelines are consistently achieved.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset by maintaining high personal performance standards, staying current on emerging technology trends, adapting effectively to change, and developing innovative solutions that create measurable value for internal and external customers.

Skills

Animated content visualization

Authoring tools

Learning Management Systems

Content Management Systems

Education

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

Tools

Authoring tools

Learning Management Systems

Content Management Systems

Job description

McGraw Hill, a leading provider of digital and print educational resources, seeks an Associate Instructional Designer for our K-12 Social Studies programs. You will join a collaborative group of designers, partnering with content, product management, UX, and creative media to build robust digital curriculum assets.

You will design, storyboard, and develop videos, eBooks, interactives, and simulations, ensuring accessibility and quality across the product development lifecycle, while meeting