Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. McGraw Hill is a leading provider of digital and print educational resources, and they are seeking an Instructional Designer to join their Higher Education team. The role involves designing and developing impactful learning experiences, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leveraging innovative tools to enhance educational content.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop engaging learning experiences using instructional design frameworks and learning science principles (e.g., backward design, cognitive load theory, Bloom’s taxonomy, and spaced practice), creating course content, assessments, interactive activities, instructor resources, and student-facing materials aligned to learning outcomes
- Translate curriculum maps, research insights, and author manuscripts into pedagogically sound content, ensuring alignment between objectives, content, assessments, and outcomes while maintaining instructional quality, accuracy, accessibility, and learner engagement
- Work within an agile development environment to rapidly prototype, test, iterate, and refine educational content, embracing a fail-fast mindset, incorporating feedback early, and balancing speed with instructional integrity
- Leverage and evaluate AI-powered authoring, content generation, and design tools to accelerate development, enhance content quality, identify innovative instructional opportunities, and contribute to best practices for AI use in content creation
- Collaborate cross-functionally with curriculum leaders, research analysts, authors, subject matter experts, editors, platform teams, and users to incorporate research, feedback, and expert input while advocating for learner-centered design and improved learning outcomes
- Support the development of scalable instructional design processes, workflows, templates, standards, and documentation; adapt to evolving tools and priorities; and help establish quality benchmarks that enable innovation, operational efficiency, and instructional excellence
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required; coursework or a degree in instructional design, education, learning science, educational technology, or a related field preferred
- 3+ years of experience designing and developing educational or training content, including learning objectives, assessments, and structured instructional materials
- Strong knowledge of instructional design frameworks and methodologies (e.g., ADDIE, backward design, UDL) with the ability to apply them effectively across diverse learning contexts
- Proven ability to collaborate with subject matter experts, authors, editors, and cross-functional stakeholders while producing clear, accessible, and instructionally sound content for varied learner audiences
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments using iterative and agile development approaches, with experience managing evolving priorities and feedback cycles
- Experience in educational publishing, edtech, higher education, or K–12 content development
- Familiarity with AI-assisted content creation
- Experience with LMS and authoring tools
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG)
- Understanding of Universal Design for Learning
- Experience in multi-format content development (digital, print, interactive, and video)
Benefits
- Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered.
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