Instructional Designer, Dual Literacy (ELA/SLA)

McGraw Hill LLC. • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

8d • Remote

About The Position

McGraw Hill, a leading provider of digital and print educational resources, is seeking an Instructional Designer, Dual Literacy (ELA/SLA) for its K-12 division literacy programs. This is a remote position, or can be based in one of McGraw Hill's offices, and is open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States. This is a Project Status Worker (PSW) role with an end date of 08/31/2027. The Instructional Designer will be a valuable member of a collaborative group of Instructional Designers, closely partnering with teams focused on content, product management, UX, and creative media. The role involves creating robust digital tools, curriculum, and learning solutions in a variety of formats used by millions of educators and students. The successful candidate will be a digital-savvy content and curriculum expert, responsible for assembling high-quality content based on specific product requirements for the Dual Literacy programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field required.
• Experience working with Spanish-language materials.
• 1–3 years’ experience working in digital content development that includes teaching and learning materials.
• Experience working on multiple projects within tight deliverables and budgets.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Experience with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems, including some ability to create and visualize interactive digital content.
• Solution-oriented mindset with a focus on practical, effective problem-solving.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI, and their application to instructional design and content development.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience as a Spanish, ESL, SLA, or dual-language teacher is a plus.
• A successful candidate may have previous K-5 teaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to concept meetings, review manuscripts, create storyboards, and contribute during alpha and beta builds for digital assets.
• Heavy contributions to the product build process, including QC on both English and Spanish language digital assets. Meet all intermediate and final schedules.
• Contribute to the development of build documentation, guidelines and review vendor work to ensure it adheres to guidelines; identify workflow efficiencies, serving under the leadership of senior members of the team.
• Work on digital product tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, script go-bys, and digital editing.
• Provide informal training to associate instructional designers.
• Apply accessibility expertise, contributing meaningfully to this area throughout the product development process.
• Contribute in cross-functional discussions, program planning, and curriculum mapping within an Agile framework to ensure that product requirements, project schedules, and product goals are met and completed on time.
• Support digital launches with vendors and freelancers by creating templates, writing guidelines, answering questions, completing trackers, and reviewing work to ensure it adheres to guidelines.
• Contribute to the creation of POCs and initial prototypes, demonstrating applied knowledge and supporting iterative development.
• Participate in user testing by taking notes, observing, and providing background information, serving under the leadership of management and senior members of the team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to troubleshoot technical issues and enhancements in authoring tools and the platform; suggest digital solutions and ideas about potential causes.

Benefits

• The pay range for this position is between $52,000 - $65,000 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level