Learning Experience Designer II (K-12 Reading)

<p>HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students’ potential and extend teachers’ capabilities.</p> <p>HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.hmhco.com">www.hmhco.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>Location:</u></strong> Fully Remote (this job may be performed in any state in the U.S.)</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>What you will do:</u></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Learning Experience Designer II will apply relevant teaching experiences and understanding of learning sciences, pedagogy, and instructional design to develop clearly-written, pedagogically-appropriate, digital-first solutions that solve specific market problems shared by teachers and students. The person will work as part of a collaborative agile scrum team and should be comfortable offering opinions and willing to think innovatively about potential solutions. This person may be tasked with leading parts of the solution, with guidance from more senior members of the scrum and leadership teams.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Working in Learning Experience Design (LXD) for Reading, the Learning Experience Designer II will be responsible for the following primary duties:</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>User Experience and Instructional Design:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Helps define the end-to-end user journey for all digital experiences on HMH's teaching and learning platform.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Demonstrates an ability to leverage and apply expertise in two or more areas: discipline-specific knowledge, assessment, social-emotional learning, hands-on learning, differentiation, standards analysis, data analytics, multilingual learner support, accessibility, culturally responsive education, metadata, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">May work flexibly across grade levels.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">With minimal supervision, creates and adapts content and metadata for a research-based, digital-first experience that serves the needs of all learners.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Agile Development:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Serves as a developer on a scrum team responsible for solving teaching and learning problems, relying on discovery and data analysis to test, develop, deliver, and iteratively optimize solutions in a variety of media formats.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Develops instructionally-sound content that delivers value to customers in keeping with capacity constraints and market expectations, often contributing fresh, innovative solutions that surprise and delight users.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Applies an agile approach to ensure work is completed on time and is of high quality. Actively participates in retrospectives to identify and offer improvements to internal processes.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Research:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Advocates for user research in order to inform decisions as teams address problems and develop solutions. Uses existing research and collaborates with the Research team to identify goals for further testing. Participates in research such as Teacher Panels and surveys. Summarizes findings and uses the findings to help drive solutions.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Data Analysis:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Applies insights from data from a variety of sources, including HMH's teaching and learning platform, to propose solutions to market problems.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Understands usage and efficacy data (e.g., task difficulty, time on task, growth data) to help iterate/improve upon user experience and instructional content.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Uses data to effectively communicate reasoning behind development decisions.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Definition of Success:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Delivers iterative solutions on time and within budget that meet market needs as measured by product sales, customer testimonials, and platform usage data.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Clearly communicates with core and extended team members to promote an effective work environment.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Meets educators' and students' needs with some active support/guidance from more senior members of the scrum team.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>What you’ll need to qualify for this role:</u></strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">   </span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bachelor's degree in education, Instructional Design, or related field</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3-4 years of experience in instructional design for K-12 students or a combination of K-12 instructional design and teaching</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Expertise in K-12 Reading instruction</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">K-12 teaching experience (preferred)</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience designing content for biliteracy instruction (Spanish/English) and multilingual education (preferred)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Technical Skills:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Digital instructional material development and delivery (preferred)</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience working on agile scrum teams, JIRA (preferred)</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience working in a content management system (preferred)</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience using data analysis/interpretation to inform solutions to market problems (preferred)</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience creating and using metadata (preferred)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>  </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Physical Requirements:</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Might be in a stationary position for a considerable time (sitting and/or standing)</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Constantly operate a computer</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Must be able to collaborate with colleagues via face to face, conference calls, and online meetings</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Must be capable of sitting, standing, and walking for extended periods of time. </span></li> </ul> <p style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Salary: $62,000 - $72,000</span></strong></p> <p style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </p> <p><strong>Application Deadline:</strong></p> <p>The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 6/22/2026. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date but is not guaranteed.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p><p>HMH is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity, ethnic/national origin, ancestry, age, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, citizenship status, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran, other covered veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity. We actively participate in E-Verify.</p>

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