Overview

Make an Impact! 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. How can you make an impact? McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational resources, is looking for an Instructional Designer, ELA/SLA. 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. Instructional Designer, ELA/SLA 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. 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 with an end date of 4/30/2027. What you will be doing: Contribute to specific early product workstreams, under the direction of management and senior members of the team. Contribute to the Implementation Model, Journey Maps, and course maps. Contribute heavily in regards to the creation of POC’s and prototypes. Through a UBD process, you will design, storyboard, and develop digital curriculum assets such as videos, eBooks, interactives, simulations, games and virtual labs. Contribute to concept meetings, review manuscript, create storyboards, contribute during alpha and beta builds for digital assets. Provide heavy contributions with digital tools, serving under the leadership of management and senior members of the team. Strong contributions with user testing, serving under the leadership of management and senior members of the team. Provide informal product training to associate instructional designers. Be experts in accessibility with strong contributions to this area throughout the product development process. Strong contributions to the product build process. Manage AD vendors and freelancers writing guidelines, answering questions, scheduling and leading weekly vendor status meetings. Lead approved workflows at all stages and meet all intermediate and final schedules. Contribute on cross-functional teams to ensure that product requirements, project schedules, and product goals are met and on completed on time. Lead during digital launches with vendors including helping to create templates, trackers, and digital content development guidelines. Identify and suggest digital solutions for issues that arise during development. Collaborate with cross-functional team members to identify, test, troubleshoot, define, and follow up on technical bugs and enhancements as they arise in authoring tools and the platform. When necessary, help define requirements for platform and authoring tool enhancements. Work on digital product tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing. QA the work of the vendor to ensure it adheres to guidelines. We’re looking for someone with: 1 - 3 years’ experience working in digital content development that includes teaching and learning materials. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field required. Experience managing multiple projects within tight deliverables and budgets. Strong ability to communicate. Some experience with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems. Some ability to create and visualize animated and interactive content. Bilingual recommended, Spanish desired. A success candidate may have previous K-5 teaching experience. Fluent in English and Spanish, with strong verbal and written communication skills; able to make informed translation decisions and effectively quality-check Spanish content. Why work for us? The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights. The pay range for this position is between $58,000 - $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 here to learn more about our benefit offerings. 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. 50879