Content Architect

McGraw Hill LLC. • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

37d

About The Position

The Content Architect for SIMnet supports the development of technically complex digital learning experiences by combining instructional design, structured content development, AI-enabled authoring, accessibility, and implementation knowledge. This is a highly independent individual contributor role that requires strong judgment and the ability to translate complex instructional goals into clear, build-ready specifications with minimal direction. The role helps define and maintain content standards, specifications, and workflows for content such as simulations, auto graded activities, and other interactive learning experiences. A key focus of the role is improving operational efficiency and speed to market for simulation storyboards, simulations, and simulated content development by creating clear, reusable, and implementation-ready practices for internal teams and vendor partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of experience in instructional design, content development, content architecture, digital publishing, curriculum development, or digital product environments.
• Proven experience designing and implementing structured content models within digital learning platforms, creating scalable content frameworks, repeatable patterns, and technical specifications.
• Strong ability to translate complex instructional concepts into organized, implementation-ready solutions while identifying risks, dependencies, and edge cases.
• Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams, independently gathering requirements, facilitating alignment, supporting decision-making, and training stakeholders and vendors on content standards and best practices.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and quality review skills, with experience applying accessibility, technical, and quality standards to internal and vendor deliverables.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React-based code, Visual Studio Code, WCAG accessibility standards, Jira, and GitHub Copilot or similar AI-assisted development tools, with an understanding of technical implementation requirements.
• Proficiency leveraging AI-enabled tools to support content development, workflow optimization, documentation, quality assurance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain structured content models and technical standards for digital learning experiences, such as simulations, autograded activities, interactive practice, and other content types.
• Document standards for structure, metadata, naming, accessibility, implementation requirements, and integration, and maintain reusable patterns that internal teams and vendors can apply consistently.
• Develop, design, and review storyboards and content specifications for digital learning experiences, including flows, interactions, validation logic, feedback, technical requirements, accessibility expectations, and edge cases.
• Translate instructional goals into clear, build-ready specifications that support consistent implementation and efficient production.
• Define how learning content should be structured, documented, and built so it can be automatically graded with accuracy, consistency, and clear learner feedback.
• Create standards, examples, acceptance criteria, and reusable patterns that clarify what high-quality autograded content looks like across projects and titles.
• Partner with product, engineering, internal teams, and vendors to resolve grading requirements, validate expected behavior, and reduce rework.
• Train and support vendor teams on autograded content standards, storyboard expectations, quality checks, and implementation-ready specifications.
• Guide vendor partners developing storyboards, simulations, autograded activities, and other digital learning content, ensuring deliverables meet instructional, technical, accessibility, quality, and schedule expectations.
• Partner with product, engineering, and vendors during build to resolve ambiguity, confirm feasibility, and clarify validation, grading, and interaction behavior.
• Train vendor teams on standards, specifications, quality checks, and implementation-ready documentation to improve consistency and support efficient production.
• Use AI-enabled tools, structured documentation, reusable patterns, and improved workflows to support more efficient content development, review, and vendor handoff.
• Identify practical opportunities to reduce rework, improve consistency, and support faster speed to market within SIMnet content development processes.
• Set quality and accessibility expectations for deliverables (WCAG/Section 508 where applicable) and perform final checks for clarity, consistency, and learner experience before release.

Benefits

• Annual bonus plan
• Full range of medical and/or other benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior