Graphic Design Course Editor (Contract)
About The Position
Course Editors help ensure the quality of Study.com’s credit-recommended college courses. In this online, remote contract role, you will review and edit existing college-level Visual Communications course structure and materials to help them meet current academic standards and industry requirements. Work is paid per hour, with no minimum or maximum work requirements stated. The work may include evaluating proposed updates to course structure; reviewing learning outcomes and competencies for accuracy and alignment with current standards; editing skill-oriented course sections and organizing topics; refining response assignment prompts and rubrics; and evaluating multiple-choice questions for quality and accuracy. Study.com describes its mission as making education accessible and says its online education platform serves more than 30 million students, instructors, and professionals each month. The contract process includes applying with a resume, receiving approved applications and contracts on Wednesdays, signing within a five-day window, and receiving onboarding instructions the following Wednesday.
Requirements
- Master's degree or higher in graphic design, visual communication design, communication studies, rhetoric, media studies, or journalism; or a bachelor's degree in one of these fields plus a master's in a closely related field; or a bachelor's degree in design plus at least three years of professional design practice.
- Hands-on fluency with generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Copilot.
- Familiarity with ethical issues and regulation surrounding generative AI.
- Experience teaching courses in a college or university setting.
- Experience creating, updating, or revising courses at the college or university level.
Nice To Haves
- Strong time management skills to meet due dates.
- Receptiveness to feedback and willingness to revise submitted work as needed.
- Ability to collaborate with curriculum designers to create high-quality course deliverables.
- Experience teaching a survey-style visual communication course pairing design principles with visual analysis.
- Familiarity with accessibility standards such as WCAG, color contrast, and alt text, and with copyright, fair use, and AI-generated imagery issues in visual media.
Responsibilities
- Review and edit existing college-level Visual Communications course structure and materials.
- Evaluate and adjust recommended updates to existing course structure.
- Review course learning outcomes and competencies for accuracy and alignment with current standards.
- Edit skill-oriented course sections and ensure proper organization of topics.
- Review and refine response assignment prompts and rubrics.
- Evaluate existing multiple-choice questions for quality and accuracy.
- Collaborate with curriculum designers to create high-quality course deliverables.
- Revise submitted work as needed in response to feedback.
Benefits
- Payments twice a month and automated invoicing.
- Fully online, work-from-home opportunity.
- Flexible work with no stated minimums or maximums on when, where, or how often to work.
- Supportive staff available to answer questions and help with onboarding.
