Academic Designer
About The Position
McGraw Hill is hiring an Academic Designer, Literacy within its 9–12 division. Academic Designers are content and curriculum experts who assemble high-quality content according to product requirements and solution design. The role collaborates with the Academic Design team and Product Managers on conceptualizing and implementing solution designs. This is a remote Project Status Worker (PSW) position with an end date of September 30, 2027. The position supports the development of teacher and student materials across print, digital, and media formats, with a focus on literacy and curriculum standards.
Requirements
- Five years of elementary product development experience.
- Five or more years of elementary classroom experience.
- Three years of experience building accessible content in digital authoring systems.
- Three years of experience delivering quality and accuracy across fast-paced publication deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- A degree in elementary education is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Plan and develop content for teacher and student materials, including learning objectives, scope and sequence, tables of contents, lessons, videos, and teacher resources across print, digital, and media projects.
- Assist with developing prototypes, exemplars, guidelines, project proposals, and project scope documentation as needed.
- Act as a point of contact among vendors, internal engineering teams, and Academic Design teams.
- Apply understanding of grades 9–12 Reading/Language Arts and English Language Development pedagogical issues.
- Produce accurate, error-free, high-quality products that meet curriculum standards, project scope, and market requirements, and use appropriate content, reading level, grammar, and style.
- Provide feedback on colleagues’ and vendors’ work.
- Identify assignment-related risks, ensure they are resolved, and suggest process improvements.
- Stay up to date on emerging educational and curriculum trends, educational technology, and literacy research.
Benefits
- A full range of medical and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered; specific benefits are not listed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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