Academic Designer (Literacy)

Location: Remote; applicants must be authorized to work for any employer within the United States. Project Status Worker role with an end date of 09/30/2027.

Salary: $50,000–$65,000 annually, with base pay varying by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Company

hirify.global provides digital and print educational solutions and learning experiences for students and educators.

What you will do

• Plan and develop learning objectives, scope and sequences, tables of contents, lessons, videos, and teacher resources for print, digital, and media projects.
• Assist with prototypes, exemplars, guidelines, project proposals, and project scope documentation.
• Coordinate between vendors, internal engineering teams, and Academic Design teams.
• Develop accurate, high-quality products aligned with curriculum standards, project scope, market requirements, reading levels, grammar, and style.
• Review colleague and vendor work, identify assignment risks, and suggest solutions and process improvements.
• Track emerging educational and curriculum trends, educational technology, and literacy research.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in education, literacy, linguistics, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in educational publishing and literacy curriculum development focused on grades 6–12.
• Strong understanding of middle school grades 9–12 Reading/Language Arts and English Language Development pedagogical issues.
• Knowledge of content-development practices, content standards including CCSS, B.E.S.T., and TEKS, and academic and pedagogical trends.
• Experience in standards alignment.
• Strong verbal and written English communication, spelling, writing, grammar, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Effective organization and time management, with the ability to prioritize, multitask, work efficiently, and remain flexible.
• Understanding of digital learning, including authoring systems, accessibility, and testing.
• Diverse computer skills, expert-level proficiency with Microsoft Office, and proficiency with Adobe Acrobat, Smartsheet, and K4/InCopy markup.
• Organized, goal-oriented, collaborative, proactive, professional, and committed to accurate, high-quality, on-time delivery.

Nice to have

• Teaching experience.
• Subject matter expertise in foundational literacy skills, including text decodability, and understanding of disciplinary literacy.
• Experience with Agile practices.
• Experience building accessible content in digital authoring systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement for eligible United States-authorized applicants.
• Culture focused on continuous learning, collaboration, inclusion, open discussion, innovation, and creative problem-solving.
• Medical and/or other benefits may be available depending on the position offered.
• Work focused on developing educational experiences for learners and educators.