Senior Academic Designer

Overview

Impact the Moment!

When was the last time you experienced the impact of your work? Our Academic Design team thrives on building meaningful relationships with educators and learners. With that comes the unique opportunity to touch lives across the world and experience first-hand the difference your hard work makes. **

How can you make an impact?**

McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational materials, is looking for a Senior Academic Designer ( 12 month term ) building our future literacy program for grades 6-12. **

Senior 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 position is 100% remote. Candidates can work anywhere within the United States.**

What you will be doing:

• Planning and developing 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
• Develop and finalize prototypes, scope and sequence, project proposals, and project scope documentation, as needed
• Train, mentor, and provide feedback to more junior Academic Designers on guidelines and expectations around content development, documentation, and planning
• Demonstrate strong understanding of middle or secondary (Grades 6-8 or 9-12) Reading/Language Arts and English Language Development pedagogical issues
• Produce and guide more junior team members to produce accurate, error-free, high-quality products that meet curriculum standards (including CCSS and other state standards), project scope, and market requirements and that display appropriate content, reading level, grammar, and style

We are looking for someone with:

• A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in secondary education, literacy, linguistics, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in literacy curriculum development and educational publishing with a focus on Grades 6-8 or 9-12
• Ability to create and visualize content for various delivery formats and classroom settings
• Highly organized, goal-oriented, and collaborative with ability to mentor others and provide guidance, direction, and leadership
• Ability to understand concerns, needs, and issues raised by junior team members and create novel solutions, including cross-functional problem solving

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 $65,000-$85,000 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.

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