Senior Instructional Designer

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McGraw Hill is hiring a Senior Instructional Designer. This role involves designing and storyboarding digital-first curriculum for Grades 6–12 ELA, leading Agile workflows, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create accessible and engaging literacy products, and mentoring other instructional designers. The position requires balancing hands-on design work with process improvement and contributes to product development life cycles.

Highlights

Design digital-first curriculum using Understanding by Design, backward design, and design thinking principles.
Lead and contribute to build rounds, manuscript reviews, user testing, and storyboarding within Agile workflows.
Create and maintain clear, user-centered product requirement documents, translating instructional needs into technical requirements.
Apply accessibility best practices, design accessible content and tools, and support digital product tasks like metadata tagging and concept mapping.
Partner with content, UX, technology, engineering, and product teams to develop instructionally sound learning experiences.
Lead workflows across multiple product components and troubleshoot complex instructional and technical challenges.
Provide mentorship and informal training to instructional design team members and act as a vendor liaison.
Create and maintain documentation for digital workflows, best practices, and instructional guidelines.
Required qualifications include 5-10 years of experience in digital instructional design or related fields and a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Instructional Design or related disciplines.
Strong knowledge of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and proficiency with authoring tools, learning management systems, and content management systems are required.
Annual pay range between $62,000 - $75,000, with variations based on experience and location, plus eligibility for medical and other benefits.

Senior Instructional Designer Full Description

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.

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Original Job Description

Overview

Make an Impact!

How can you make an impact?

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.

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