Associate Instructional Designer, ELA/SLA
About The Position
McGraw Hill is seeking an Associate Instructional Designer for its K-12 literacy programs. This fully remote U.S.-based role develops instructional materials for Literacy programs delivered in print and digital formats. The associate works collaboratively with instructional design colleagues and teams focused on content, product management, user experience, and creative media to assemble high-quality content according to product requirements and develop digital tools, curriculum, and learning solutions. This is a Project Status Worker (PSW) position with an end date of August 31, 2027. Candidates must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. The annual pay range is $50,000–$55,000; actual base pay may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Medical and/or other benefits may be provided depending on the position offered.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or a related field.
- 0–2 years of 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 create and visualize animated and interactive content.
- Bilingual ability is required.
Nice To Haves
- Spanish language skills are desired.
- Previous K–5 teaching experience.
Responsibilities
- Learn and contribute to program planning and curriculum mapping where applicable.
- Learn and contribute to creating proofs of concept and prototypes.
- Use a Understanding by Design (UBD) process to design, storyboard, and develop digital curriculum assets, including videos, eBooks, interactives, simulations, games, and virtual labs.
- Review manuscripts, create storyboards, and contribute to alpha and beta builds for digital assets.
- Support digital tools under the leadership of management and senior team members.
- Make substantial contributions to user testing and product builds in partnership with Instructional Designers and senior team members.
- Maintain accurate build documentation.
- Contribute to accessibility throughout the product development process and develop expertise in accessibility.
- Meet intermediate and final schedules and contribute to cross-functional teams to meet product requirements, schedules, and goals on time.
- Contribute to digital launches with vendors, including creating templates, trackers, and digital content development guidelines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members to identify, test, troubleshoot, define, and follow up on technical bugs and enhancements in authoring tools and the platform; help define requirements for enhancements when necessary.
- Complete digital product tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing.
- Quality-assure vendor work to ensure it adheres to guidelines.
- Adapt effectively to changes in responsibilities or work environment and collaborate with others to make changes successful.
- Develop novel solutions with measurable value, experiment with new approaches to work problems, and pursue opportunities for differentiated solutions.
- Set high performance standards, take accountability for completing assignments, and maintain professional and technical knowledge.
- Apply practical knowledge of current technology tools, solutions, and trends to improve results and solve work problems.
Benefits
- Medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
