Learning Designer

Cengage Group

Learning Designer at Cengage assisting in instructional design for ELL products. Collaborating with teams to develop and implement instructional strategies in a remote work setting.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeRemote • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $58,300 - $75,750 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the learning design specialist, collaborating with the Manager, Academic Design to identify and detail content requirements
Collaborate with Portfolio Managers to review analytics on previous product editions to understand user behavior and make recommendations
Cultivate innovation and quality, looking for opportunities to improve the lives of our learners through quality learning design
Use shared templates and processes to take the product from hypothesis to implementation, including evaluating content for pedagogical appropriateness
Develop and maintain cross-project documents, such as Course Objective Hierarchy
Collaborate with peers, using interpersonal savvy in problem-solving, making trade-offs, and building rapport
Communicate optimally, through strong verbal and written skills, including audience-centric analysis, persuasion, influence, and documentation
Stay updated with the latest pedagogical research and high-stakes test demands to inform product design and train teams
Successfully balance multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic, international, remote-work environment
Apply Cengage’s quality learning standards to products, solutions, and daily work, adopting opportunities for continuous improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need

Educational degree or professional certification in instructional design or learning design
Minimum 5 years of experience in crafting ELL or ESL (English as a Second Language) educational products as an editor
Proven dedication to continuous professional improvement and learning
Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Word, Excel, and file-sharing tools
Preferred Master’s degree in education or linguistics
Teaching experience in ELL or ESL
Familiarity with international region-specific curriculum approaches and education initiatives (e.g., Saudi Vision 2030)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Participation in the company’s discretionary incentive bonus program
Comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package

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Hard Skills & Tools

instructional designlearning designcontent evaluationpedagogical researchcourse objective hierarchyELL educational productsESL educational productscontinuous improvementproject management

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillsproblem-solvingcommunication skillspersuasioninfluencerapport buildingtime managementadaptability

Certifications

professional certification in instructional designMaster’s degree in educationMaster’s degree in linguistics