Cengage Group
Learning Designer - ELT
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $58K - $76K
💻 Product Development
🗓️ July 17th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Cengage Group is hiring a Learning Designer for their English Language Teaching (ELT) team. The role involves collaborating on instructional design and content planning, developing prototypes and assessment plans, and ensuring pedagogical quality across ELT products. The Learning Designer will also analyze user data, apply research to product design, and manage multiple projects within a remote work environment.
Highlights
- Lead learning design efforts by collaborating on content requirements and planning documents.
- Analyze product analytics with Portfolio Managers to inform improvements.
- Develop prototypes, scope and sequence, assessment plans, and maintain course documentation.
- Stay current on pedagogical research and high-stakes testing demands for product innovation.
- Collaborate effectively using strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Apply Cengage’s quality standards to ensure high educational value.
- Require educational degree or certification in instructional/learning design and minimum 5 years ELT/ESL editorial experience.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office tools and file-sharing platforms.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree in curriculum development or ELT teaching experience.
- Compensation range from $58,300 to $75,750 USD annually, varying by qualifications and location.
Learning Designer - ELT Full Description
Learning Designer - ELT (Remote)
United States
Full time
We believe in the power and joy of learning
At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery
Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/.
The Learning Designer is part of the Academic Design team within the Cengage | National Geographic Learning (NGL) Global English Language Teaching (ELT) group. You assist ELT content creation teams in developing and implementing an overarching instructional design and content plan for products. Under the Director, Academic Design and in collaboration with the Manager, Academic Design, you will identify how learning objectives will be presented, practiced, and assessed, through all components.
Where you'll work: This position is virtually located in any US state. Candidates will not be expected to relocate for this position.
What you'll do here:
- Serve as the learning design specialist, collaborating with the Manager, Academic Design to identify and detail content requirements, leading to key planning documents, including prototypes, component charts, assessment plans, and the scope and sequence.
- Collaborate with Portfolio Managers to review analytics on previous product editions to understand user behavior and make recommendations.
- Cultivate innovation and quality, looking for opportunities to improve the lives of our learners through quality learning design.
- Use shared templates and processes to take the product from hypothesis to implementation, including evaluating content for pedagogical appropriateness.
- Develop and maintain cross-project documents, such as Course Objective Hierarchy.
- Collaborate with peers, using interpersonal savvy in problem-solving, making trade-offs, and building rapport.
- Communicate optimally, through strong verbal and written skills, including audience-centric analysis, persuasion, influence, and documentation.
- Stay updated with the latest pedagogical research and high-stakes test demands to inform product design and train teams.
- Successfully balance multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic remote-work environment.
- Apply Cengage’s quality learning standards to products, solutions, and daily work, adopting opportunities for continuous improvement.
Skills you will need here:
- Educational degree or professional certification in instructional design or learning design.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in crafting ELT or ESL educational products as an editor.
- Proven dedication to continuous professional improvement and learning.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Word, Excel, and file-sharing tools.
Preferred
- Master’s level education with curriculum development or related, or teaching experience in ELT.
- Familiarity with region-specific curriculum approaches and education initiatives (e.g., Saudi Vision 2030).
At National Geographic Learning, a part of Cengage Group, we are enabling opportunity, powering progress, and supporting student journeys toward college and career. Using our digital learning programs and classroom learning resources, students experience the excitement and joy of learning that National Geographic explorers, scientists, writers, and photographers experience.
Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.
Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com or at +1 (617) 289-7917.
About Cengage Group
Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Compensation
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The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.$58,300.00 - $75,750.00 USD
