Learning Experience Designer, ELA Supplemental
Newsela
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- We are seeking a Learning Experience Designer (LXD) to be a key driver in the development and production of high-quality instructional materials for our supplemental K-12 English Language Arts (ELA) product.
- Material Authoring: Directly write, design, and structure detailed lessons, activities, and student worksheets/interactives based on established instructional models and product specifications.
- Text Selection and Editing: Identify, vet, and edit grade-appropriate student-facing texts (fiction and non-fiction) to ensure they align with ELA learning objectives and provide rich opportunities for skills practice.
- Assessment Design: Develop clear and concise low-stakes formative and summative assessment items and rubrics (e.g., multiple-choice, short answer, essay prompts) that effectively measure student progress against specific learning outcomes and standards.
- Quality Assurance: Review and provide focused editorial and pedagogical feedback on content drafts produced by internal teams or external contributors or vendors, ensuring accuracy, fidelity to the curriculum model, and student engagement.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Education, Curriculum & Instruction, English, Journalism or a related field.
- Experience: 3+ years of experience in K-12 curriculum development, instructional design, or content creation, preferably for an educational technology or publishing company.
- ELA Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of K-12 ELA pedagogy, standards, and effective teaching methods.
- Content Skills: Excellent writing and editing with demonstrated ability to produce high-quality, polished instructional content.
- Fluency with AI tools
- Other: Strong organizational skills as well as verbal communication skills and ability to prioritize and re-prioritize in conjunction with business needs.
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Hard Skills & Tools
instructional designcurriculum developmentcontent creationassessment designwritingeditinglesson designtext selectionquality assurancepedagogical feedback
Soft Skills
organizational skillsverbal communicationprioritizationcollaborationattention to detail