Instructional Designer, 6-12 ELA

Overview<br><br><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong>Make an Impact!</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide from kindergarten through graduate school. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning tools and content that maximize a teacher’s time and a student’s learning experience. We do all of this in a supportive, collaborative environment where you can grow your career in a way that fits into your life.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong>How can you make an impact?</strong>   </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational solutions, is looking for an <strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Instructional Designer for ELA 6-12</span></strong>. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">You 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. As part of this team, you will create robust digital tools, curriculum and learning solutions in a variety of formats that are used by millions of educators and students every day. The Instructional Designer, 6-12 ELA is a digital savvy content and curriculum expert, responsible and accountable for assembling high-quality content based on specific product requirements for the Literacy programs. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong>This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States. This is a Project Status Worker (PSW) role</strong> <strong>with an end date of 07/31/2026.</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong>What you will be doing:</strong> </span></p><div><ul><li data-start="172" data-end="441"><p data-start="174" data-end="441"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Contributes to specific product workstreams under the direction of management and senior team members, providing strong support across concept meetings, manuscript reviews, storyboarding, build rounds for digital assets, the product build process, and user testing.</span></p></li><li data-start="442" data-end="655"><p data-start="444" data-end="655"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Utilizes a UBD process to design and storyboard custom digital curriculum tools that enhance SME-provided content, applying design principles, backward design, and design thinking concepts in novel situations.</span></p></li><li data-start="656" data-end="879"><p data-start="658" data-end="879"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Contributes to the creation of POCs and prototypes, offering heavy contributions with digital tools and supporting Agile workflows through iterative practices and collaborative execution to drive continuous improvement.</span></p></li><li data-start="880" data-end="1169"><p data-start="882" data-end="1169"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Provides informal product and workflow training to associate instructional designers, supports vendors and freelancers by offering clear guidelines and answering questions, and supports digital launches by helping create templates, trackers, and digital content development guidelines.</span></p></li><li data-start="1170" data-end="1363"><p data-start="1172" data-end="1363"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Creates novel solutions with measurable value for internal and external customers by experimenting with new approaches that solve work problems and produce unique, differentiated solutions.</span></p></li><li data-start="1364" data-end="1549"><p data-start="1366" data-end="1549"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Serves as an expert in accessibility with strong contributions throughout the product development process, ensuring accessible digital content and supporting related best practices.</span></p></li><li data-start="1550" data-end="1787"><p data-start="1552" data-end="1787"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure product requirements, schedules, and goals are met on time; leads approved workflows at all stages; and supports tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing.</span></p></li><li data-start="1788" data-end="2109"><p data-start="1790" data-end="2109"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Works with cross-functional partners to identify, test, troubleshoot, define, and follow up on technical bugs and enhancements within authoring tools and platforms, helping define requirements when needed, while staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation in instructional design.</span></p></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What you need to be considered:</strong><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </strong><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">2 - 4 years’ experience working in digital content development that includes teaching and learning materials. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field required.  </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Experience working on multiple projects within tight deliverables and budgets. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with Agile methodology and practices, including collaboration in iterative workflows.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Strong ability to communicate and collaborate.  </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to visualize and create animated and interactive content. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">A successful candidate may have previous 6-12 teaching experience.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here’s what we offer:</strong><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </strong><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">At McGraw Hill, you will be empowered to make a real impact on a global scale. Every day your individual efforts can contribute to the lives of millions. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">The pay range for this position is between $54,550 - $65,000 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.  Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered. Click <a style="color: #000000;" title="https://mheducation.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInert&action=download&id=261211&hashed=1059640477" href="https://mheducation.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInert&action=download&id=261211&hashed=1059640477" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">here</a> to learn more about our benefit offerings.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">McGraw Hill recruiters always use a “@mheducation.com” or "@careers.mheducation.com” email addresses and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in email.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> 50081

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