Academic Designer

Overview<br><br><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Make an Impact!   </strong><br>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.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>How can you make an impact?</strong>  <br>McGraw Hill, the leading provider of digital and print educational resources, is looking for an <strong>Academic Designer, Math 6-8.</strong>  </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Academic Designers are content and curriculum experts. They assemble high-quality content based on specific product requirements for programs and understand the solution design. They collaborate with the Academic Designer Managers, and team members to help develop the curriculum and instructional solution design (both conceptualization and implementation). </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>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 9/30/2026.</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>What you will be doing: </strong>  </span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Plan and develop culturally responsive, relevant, and sustaining content (including learning objectives, content, activities, and instructional supports) for teacher and student materials–including print, digital, and media projects.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Demonstrate knowledges of TEKS math standards</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Demonstrate strong understanding of secondary math pedagogy and content.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Produce accurate, error-free, high-quality products that meet curriculum standards and market requirements and display appropriate content, reading level, grammar, and style.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Conduct quality assurance testing of digital assets within a variety of authoring tools, digital platforms, and applications.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Communicate with fellow team members about project progress and develop solutions to address issues.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Work closely with Academic Design grade level lead and Academic Design Manager to develop high-quality digital and print content based on specific product requirements for programs and understand the blended curriculum and instructional solution design.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>We’re looking for someone with: </strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">5-7 years of <!--StartFragment-->middle school or secondary product development experience; degree in math or education.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">5 or more years of 6-8 classroom experience.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Experience teaching in Texas preferred.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Detail oriented and able to edit a variety of materials both digital and print in a timely manner</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Ability to communicate with fellow team members about project progress and develop solutions to address issues</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Ability to create, visualize, and lay out content for various delivery formats and classroom settings.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Knowledge and skills to create digital assets within a variety of authoring tools, digital platforms, and applications, including knowledge of Habitat authoring.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Ability to conduct quality assurance testing of those assets</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Knowledge of McGraw Hill’s Online Learning development processes and platforms, specifically OLP and Bento is preferred.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Why work for us?</strong>  <br>The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">The pay range for this position is between $54,550 - $65,000 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 <a style="color: #000000;" href="https://mheducation.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInert&action=download&id=118&hashed=-2132612710">here</a> to learn more about our benefit offerings.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">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.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p> 50446

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