Overview

Instructional Designer, Literacy

Build the Future   

Do you want to impact educators and students around the globe? At McGraw Hill, the Instructional Designer, Literacy will help plan and develop instructional materials for K-5 literacy programs that are delivered in both print and digital formats.  

How can you make an impact?  

McGraw-Hill Education, the leading provider of digital and print educational materials is looking for a creative, innovative, strategic Instructional Designer, Literacy (12-month term) for our K-5 literacy programs.  

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, Literacy is a digital savvy content and curriculum expert, responsible and accountable for assembling high-quality content based on specific product requirements for the K-5 literacy programs.  

Your contribution to the team includes:  

Using Instructional Design skills, you will:

• contribute to specific early product workstreams, under the direction of management and senior members of the team.  
• contribute heavily in the creation of digital POC’s and prototypes using proprietary and collaborative tools.
• use a UBD process, you will design, storyboard, and develop digital curriculum assets such as videos, eBooks, and interactive lessons. 
• contribute to concept meetings, review manuscript, and create storyboards. 

In regard to Content Authoring, you will:

• provide heavy contributions with digital tools, serving under the leadership of management and senior members of the team 
• play a significant role in user testing, working under the leadership of management and senior members of the team 
• provide informal product training to associate instructional designers.  
• lead digital build workflows through all stages of development meeting all intermediate and final milestones. 

In regard to Quality Implementation, you will 

• be expert voice for accessibility with strong contributions to this area throughout the product development process.  
• be a key contributor to the product build process.
• develop digital content authoring guidelines, answer vendor questions, and contribute to weekly vendor status meetings. 
• contribute on cross-functional teams to ensure that product requirements, project schedules, and product goals are met and on completed on time.  
• play a significant role supporting digital vendor launches by delivering templates, trackers, and digital content development guidelines. 
• 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 
• complete digital product development tasks including metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing. 
• QA the work of vendors to ensure it adheres to guidelines.

A thriving team member will be strong in regard to: 

• Adaptability: 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.
• Innovation: 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.
• Work Standards: 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.
• Technical/ Professional Knowledge and Skills: 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.
• Technology Savvy: 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.

What you’ll need to be successful:    

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or related field required.  
• 1 – 3 years experience working in digital content development that includes teaching and learning materials. 
• 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. 

A successful candidate may have:   

• Previous K-6 teaching experience in Literacy. 
• Experience in instructional design or educational technology

The pay range for this position is between $50,000 – $84,450 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.    

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