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McGraw-Hill Education, the leading provider of digital and print educational materials is looking for a creative, innovative, strategic Associate Instructional Designer, Social Studies (K-12) (Project Status) for our Humanities programs. You will help develop instructional materials for Social Studies programs that are delivered in both print and digital formats.
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 Associate Instructional Designer, Social Studies (K-12) (Project Status) is a digital savvy content and curriculum expert, responsible and accountable for assembling high-quality content based on specific product requirements for the Social Studies programs. This is a remote opportunity and can be based anywhere across the United States.
Your contribution to the team includes:
• Build digital products using authoring tools by following best practices.
• Partner with Instructional Designers during product build and serving under Senior members of the team.
• Work on digital product tasks such as metadata tagging, concept mapping, and digital editing.
• Contribute during digital launches with vendors including helping to create templates, trackers, and digital content development guidelines.
• Hold responsibility for accuracy and maintenance of build documentation.
• QA the work of the vendor to ensure it adheres to guidelines
• Learn and provide support with digital tools, serving under the leadership of management and senior members of the team
• Become experts in accessibility with heavy contributions to this area throughout the product development process.
• Learn and contribute to program planning and curriculum mapping where applicable
• Learn and contribute in regards to the creation of POCs and prototypes.
• Through a UBD process, you will design, storyboard, and develop digital curriculum assets such as videos, eBooks, interactives, simulations, games and virtual labs.
• Review manuscript, create storyboards, contribute during alpha and beta builds for digital assets.
• Heavy contributions with user testing, serving under the leadership of management and senior members of the team
• Meet all intermediate and final schedules.
• Contribute on cross-functional teams to ensure that product requirements, project schedules, and product goals are met and on completed on time.
• 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
• 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.
A successful candidate may have:
• Bachelor’s or Masters degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, Social Studies, or related field
• 0-2 years experience working in digital content development that includes teaching and learning materials.
• Experience with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems.
• Previous K-12 teaching experience.
• Ability to create and visualize animated and interactive content.
The pay range for this position is between $47,000 – $60,000 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.
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