Associate Instructional Designer, ELA/SLA

<p><br /><br /></p> <p><strong>Build the Future </strong><br />Are you interested in making a difference in the lives of others? At McGraw Hill the <strong>Associate Instructional Designer, ELA/SLA</strong> will help develop instructional materials for Literacy programs that are delivered in both print and digital formats. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What is this role about?</strong> <br />McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational resources, is looking for an <strong>Associate Instructional Designer, ELA/SLA</strong> for our K-12 division literacy programs. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>This position is fully remote based in the United States. This is a Project Status Worker (PSW) position with an end date of 8/31/2027. Candidates must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>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 <strong>Associate Instructional Designer, ELA/SLA</strong> a digital savvy content and curriculum expert, responsible and accountable for assembling high-quality content based on specific product requirements for the Literacy programs.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What you will be doing: </strong> </p> <ul><li>Learn and contribute to program planning and curriculum mapping where applicable.</li><li>Learn and contribute in regards to the creation of POC's and prototypes.</li><li>Through a UBD process, you will design, storyboard, and develop digital curriculum assets such as videos, eBooks, interactives, simulations, games and virtual labs. </li><li>Review manuscript, create storyboards, contribute during alpha and beta builds for digital assets. </li><li>Learn and provide support with digital tools, serving under the leadership of management and senior members of the team.</li><li>Heavy contributions with user testing, serving under the leadership of management and senior members of the team.</li><li>Heavy contributions partnering with Instructional Designers during product build and serving under Senior members of the team.</li><li>Hold responsibility for accuracy and maintenance of build documentation. </li><li>Become experts in accessibility with heavy contributions to this area throughout the product development process. </li><li>Heavy contributions to the product build process.</li><li>Meet all intermediate and final schedules. </li><li>Contribute on cross-functional teams to ensure that product requirements, project schedules, and product goals are met and on completed on time. </li><li>Contribute during digital launches with vendors including helping to create templates, trackers, and digital content development guidelines. </li><li>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.</li><li>Work on digital product tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing. </li><li>QA the work of the vendor to ensure it adheres to guidelines.</li><li>Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.</li><li>Creating novel solutions with measurable value for existing and potential customers (internal or external); experimenting with new ways to solve work problems and seize opportunities that result in unique and differentiated solutions.</li><li>Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.</li><li>Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical, functional, and/or professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise; leveraging expert knowledge to accomplish results.</li><li>Leveraging one's practical knowledge and understanding of recent technology tools, solutions, and trends to improve work results, solve work problems, and take advantage of new business opportunities.</li></ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>We're looking for someone with: </strong></p> <ul><li>Bachelor's or Master's degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field required. </li><li>0-2 years' experience working in digital content development that includes teaching and learning materials. </li><li>Experience with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems. </li><li>Ability to create and visualize animated and interactive content.</li><li><strong>Bilingual required, Spanish desired. </strong></li><li>A success candidate may have previous K-5 teaching experience. </li></ul> <p> </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Here's what we offer:</strong> <br />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. </p> <p> </p> <p>The pay range for this position is between $50,000 - $55,000 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 href="">here</a> to learn more about our benefit offerings.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>McGraw Hill recruiters always use a "@mheducation.com or @careers.mheducation.com" email address 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.</em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>McGraw Hill uses an automated employment decision tool (AEDT) to assist in the screening process by recommending candidates with "like skills" based on resume and job data. To request an alternative screening process, please select "Opt-Out" when asked to "Consent to use of Automated Employment Decision Tools" during the application.</p>

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