Academic Designer, Literacy/Primary Grades

About the role

Build the Future At McGraw Hill, we are dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. Our focus is to deliver digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. We’re accelerating learning to unlock the full potential of every learner. It’s this vision that sets us apart, contributing to a brighter future where the science of learning meets the art of teaching. We’re harnessing technology to enhance learning, both inside and outside of the classroom, deepening the connections between students and educators to empower greater success.

Responsibilities

Academic Designers are content and curriculum experts. They assemble high-quality content based on specific product requirements for programs and understanding the solution design. They collaborate with the Academic Design team as well as Product Managers to help develop the solution design (both conceptualization and implementation). This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States. Your contribution to the team includes:

• Plan and develop content (including learning objectives, scope/sequence, tables of contents, lessons, videos, and teacher resources) for teacher and student materials–including print, digital, and media projects
• Assist in the development of prototypes, exemplars, guidelines, project proposals, and project scope documentation, as needed
• Acti as the point of contact among vendors, internal engineering teams, and Academic Design teams
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of PreK-K Reading/Language Arts pedagogical issues
• Producie accurate, error-free, high-quality products that meet curriculum standards (including CCSS, CA CCSS, and other state standards), project scope, and market requirements and that display appropriate content, reading level, grammar, and style
• Provide feedback to the work of colleagues and vendors – solve problems by identifying risks related to an assignment and ensuring they are solved, including suggestions to improve processes
• Staying up to date on emerging educational/curriculum trends, educational technology, and research within the literacy field

Requirements

We’re looking for someone with:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in elementary education, literacy, linguistics, or related field
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in literacy curriculum development and educational publishing with a focus on Grades Pre