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Senior Instructional Designer
McGraw Hill
1 Positions
ID: 6297
Posted On 12/03/2025
Job Overview
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 solutions, is looking for a
Senior
Academic Designer
. As a Senior Instructional Designer for Grades 6–12 ELA, you will be a pivotal contributor in designing high-quality digital learning experiences used by millions of students and educators. Working within a collaborative and cross-functional team of content experts, product managers, UX designers, and creative technologists, you will lead and support the creation of engaging, standards-aligned, and accessible literacy products for middle and high school learners. Your expertise will help shape robust curriculum and digital tools that drive learning, equity, and innovation. You will balance hands-on design work with process improvement, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration across the product development lifecycle.
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 09/30/2026.
What you will be doing:
Designs and storyboards digital-first curriculum using Understanding by Design (UbD), backward design, and design thinking principles, while developing prototypes, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and digital content tools in collaboration with SMEs and technical support.
Contributes to and leads build rounds, manuscript reviews, user testing, and storyboarding, supporting Agile workflows through iterative feedback, sprint planning, testing, and strategic recommendations based on user study results.
Writes and maintains clear, user-centered product requirement documents and collaborates on tool enhancements and feature development by translating instructional needs into technical requirements.
Applies accessibility best practices, proactively designs accessible content and tools, and supports digital product tasks including metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing.
Partners with content, UX, technology, engineering, and product teams to design engaging, instructionally sound learning experiences and contributes to cross-functional teams to ensure product requirements, schedules, and goals are met.
Leads workflows across multiple product components, ensuring timelines and quality benchmarks are achieved, while troubleshooting complex technical and instructional challenges through root cause analysis.
Provides informal training and mentorship to Instructional Designers, Associate Instructional Designers, and new team members, and acts as a point of contact for vendors by offering clear guidance, feedback, and decision-making support.
Creates and maintains documentation for digital workflows, best practices, and instructional guidelines; identifies, pilots, and scales novel digital learning approaches; and develops refined best practices for using digital tools and creating engaging content within technical constraints.
What you need to be considered:
** **
5-10 years experience in digital instructional design, curriculum development, or eLearning development.
Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Curriculum & Instruction, or a related field.
Experience designing for digital platforms and creating learning experiences with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems.
Strong understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and universal design for learning (UDL).
Here’s what we offer:
** **
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.
The pay range for this position is between $62,000 - $75,000 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.
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Primary Contact
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Jacqui Edwards
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Phone
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Phone
Fax
jacqui.edwards@mheducation.com
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Job Details
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Publishing/Printing
Location
Remote, Remote
Job Type
Employee
Full/Part
Full Time
Company ID
695
Job REQ #
6297
# Positions
1
Start Date
20251203
End Date
20260108
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At McGraw Hill, we believe that our contribution to unlocking a brighter future lies within the application of our deep understanding of how learning happens and how the mind develops. It exists where the science of learning meets the art of teaching.
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McGraw Hill
1 Positions
ID: 6297
Posted On 12/03/2025
Job Overview
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 solutions, is looking for a
Senior
Academic Designer
. As a Senior Instructional Designer for Grades 6–12 ELA, you will be a pivotal contributor in designing high-quality digital learning experiences used by millions of students and educators. Working within a collaborative and cross-functional team of content experts, product managers, UX designers, and creative technologists, you will lead and support the creation of engaging, standards-aligned, and accessible literacy products for middle and high school learners. Your expertise will help shape robust curriculum and digital tools that drive learning, equity, and innovation. You will balance hands-on design work with process improvement, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration across the product development lifecycle.
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 09/30/2026.
What you will be doing:
Designs and storyboards digital-first curriculum using Understanding by Design (UbD), backward design, and design thinking principles, while developing prototypes, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and digital content tools in collaboration with SMEs and technical support.
Contributes to and leads build rounds, manuscript reviews, user testing, and storyboarding, supporting Agile workflows through iterative feedback, sprint planning, testing, and strategic recommendations based on user study results.
Writes and maintains clear, user-centered product requirement documents and collaborates on tool enhancements and feature development by translating instructional needs into technical requirements.
Applies accessibility best practices, proactively designs accessible content and tools, and supports digital product tasks including metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing.
Partners with content, UX, technology, engineering, and product teams to design engaging, instructionally sound learning experiences and contributes to cross-functional teams to ensure product requirements, schedules, and goals are met.
Leads workflows across multiple product components, ensuring timelines and quality benchmarks are achieved, while troubleshooting complex technical and instructional challenges through root cause analysis.
Provides informal training and mentorship to Instructional Designers, Associate Instructional Designers, and new team members, and acts as a point of contact for vendors by offering clear guidance, feedback, and decision-making support.
Creates and maintains documentation for digital workflows, best practices, and instructional guidelines; identifies, pilots, and scales novel digital learning approaches; and develops refined best practices for using digital tools and creating engaging content within technical constraints.
What you need to be considered:
** **
5-10 years experience in digital instructional design, curriculum development, or eLearning development.
Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Instructional Design, Instructional Technology, Curriculum & Instruction, or a related field.
Experience designing for digital platforms and creating learning experiences with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems.
Strong understanding of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and universal design for learning (UDL).
Here’s what we offer:
** **
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.
The pay range for this position is between $62,000 - $75,000 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.
50070
Primary Contact
1702837431829
Jacqui Edwards
,
Phone
Phone
Phone
Fax
jacqui.edwards@mheducation.com
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Categories
Publishing/Printing
Location
Remote, Remote
Job Type
Employee
Full/Part
Full Time
Company ID
695
Job REQ #
6297
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Start Date
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End Date
20260108
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At McGraw Hill, we believe that our contribution to unlocking a brighter future lies within the application of our deep understanding of how learning happens and how the mind develops. It exists where the science of learning meets the art of teaching.
Educators have been and always will be at the core of the learning experience. The solutions we develop help educators impart their knowledge to students more efficiently. We believe that harnessing technology can enhance learning inside and outside of the classroom and deepen the connections between students and teachers to empower greater success.
By partnering with educators around the globe, our learning engineers, content developers and pedagogical experts are developing increasingly open learning ecosystems that are proven to improve pass rates, elevate grades and increase engagement for each individual learner while improving outcomes for all.
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