Senior Academic Designer

Job Overview

Overview

Build the Future

At McGraw Hill, we are dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. Our focus is on creating seamless, impactful products that truly benefit our users while supporting growth and collaboration across teams. We foster a culture that values innovation, teamwork, and a balance between career growth and personal well-being.

How can you make an impact?

McGraw Hill conducts business through four operating segments: K-12, Higher Education, Global Professional, and International.

McGraw-Hill Education, the leading provider of digital and print educational materials, is looking for a Senior Academic Designer for our Math programs (PreK–5). It is an exciting time for Math at MHE! We are looking for passionate people to join our team as we eagerly plan and develop our next generation of program. 

Senior 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 Design Director, Academic Design Managers, and Product Managers to help develop the solution design (both conceptualization and implementation). 

This is a remote role based in the US. This is a project status position with an end date of 9/30/28.

What you will do:

• 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.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of elementary (PreK–5) mathematics pedagogy and content.
• Produce accurate, error-free, high-quality products that meet curriculum standards and market requirements and display appropriate content, reading level, grammar, and style.
• Conduct quality assurance testing of digital assets within a variety of authoring tools, digital platforms, and applications.
• Communicate with fellow team members about project progress and develop solutions to address issues.
• Work closely with Academic Designer Managers to assemble high-quality digital and print content based on specific product requirements for programs and understand the solution design.

What you bring:

• 5-7 years of elementary product development experience; degree in elementary education, mathematics education, or writing
• 5 or more years of elementary classroom experience.
• Detail oriented and able to edit a variety of materials both digital and print in a timely manner
• Ability to communicate with fellow team members about project progress and develop solutions to address issues
• Ability to work closely with marketing, production, design, and manufacturing to ensure that market requirements, project schedules, and goals are met
• Ability to create, visualize, and lay out content for various delivery formats and classroom settings
• Knowledge and skills to create a robust print and digital learning experience aligned to standards and market requirements and expectations.

Why work for us?

The pay range for this position is between $62,000 - $80,000 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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