Academic Designer

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 resources, is looking for an Academic Designer. 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 Academic Designer Managers and team members to help develop the curriculum and instructional solution design (both conceptualization and implementation).

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.

What you will be doing:

• 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 knowledge of TEKS math standards.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of secondary math 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 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.

We’re looking for someone with:

• 5-7 years of middle school or secondary product development experience; degree in math or education.
• 5 or more years of 6-8 classroom experience.
• Experience teaching in Texas preferred.
• 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 create, visualize, and lay out content for various delivery formats and classroom settings.
• Knowledge and skills to create digital assets within a variety of authoring tools, digital platforms, and applications, including knowledge of Habitat authoring.
• Ability to conduct quality assurance testing of those assets.
• Knowledge of McGraw Hill’s Online Learning development processes and platforms, specifically OLP and Bento is preferred.

Key skills/competency:

• Curriculum Development
• Instructional Design
• Content Creation
• TEKS Math Standards
• Secondary Math Pedagogy
• Digital Asset Creation
• Quality Assurance
• Project Collaboration
• Culturally Responsive Content
• Authoring Tools (Habitat, OLP, Bento)