Senior Instructional Designer, K-5 ELA (Remote)

Mcgraw Hill; Chicago (IL); Remoto; USD 65.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

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Remote work

Descrizione del lavoro

McGraw Hill, a leader in digital and print educational resources, seeks a Senior Instructional Designer for K-5 ELA in our K-12 division. This remote position supports literacy program design across grades K-5 for US-based applicants, with a fixed-term PSW through 8/31/2027.

You will lead design of high-quality, accessible digital learning experiences, collaborating with SMEs, product managers, UX designers, and engineers, while mentoring team members and driving cross-functional alignment

Competenze

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Curriculum & Instruction, or a related field.
• Experience designing for digital platforms and creating learning experiences with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems.
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and universal design for learning (UDL).
• Proficiency with Agile workflows, sprint-based iteration, and collaborative team environments.
• Ability to lead cross-functional problem-solving with product, UX, and engineering teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Strong ability to organize work across multiple priorities and make data-informed decisions.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and capable of influencing trade‑off decisions across scope, quality, time, and resources.

Mansioni

• Design and storyboard digital-first curriculum using Understanding by Design (UbD), backward design, and design thinking principles.
• Develop prototypes, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and digital content tools in collaboration with subject matter experts (SMEs) and technical support.
• Contribute to and lead build rounds, manuscript reviews, user testing, and storyboarding.
• Write and maintain clear and user-centered product requirement documents.
• Apply accessibility best practices and proactively design accessible content and tools.
• Partner with content, UX, technology, engineering, and product teams to design learning experiences that are engaging and instructionally sound.
• Support Agile product development workflows through iterative feedback, sprint planning, and testing.
• Collaborate on tool enhancements and feature development, translating instructional needs into technical requirements.
• Contribute to cross-functional teams to ensure that product requirements, project schedules, and product goals are met and completed on time.
• Lead workflows across multiple components of the product, ensuring that timelines and quality benchmarks are met.
• Provide informal training and mentorship to Instructional Designers and Associate Instructional Designers, and new team members.
• Act as a point of contact for vendors, providing clear guidance, feedback, and decision-making support.
• Create and maintain documentation for digital workflows, best practices, and instructional guidelines.
• Identify, pilot, and scale novel approaches to digital learning that add measurable value for educators and learners.
• Support user testing studies by interpreting results and making strategic recommendations.
• Support digital product tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing.
• Troubleshoot complex technical and instructional challenges through root cause analysis.
• Develop and refine best practices for using digital tools and for creating engaging content within technical constraints.

Conoscenze

Instructional design

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Data-informed decisions

Problem-solving

Formazione

Bachelor's or Master's in Instructional Design or related

Strumenti

Authoring tools

LMS

Content Management Systems

Descrizione del lavoro

McGraw Hill, a leader in digital and print educational resources, seeks a Senior Instructional Designer for K-5 ELA in our K-12 division. This remote position supports literacy program design across grades K-5 for US-based applicants, with a fixed-term PSW through 8/31/2027.

You will lead design of high-quality, accessible digital learning experiences, collaborating with SMEs, product managers, UX designers, and engineers, while mentoring team members and driving cross-functional alignment