Learning Experience Designer I Job at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt United States

Job Requisition ID: 18402

Additional Locations:
Job Title: Learning Experience Designer I – Core Mathematics
Location: Fully Remote

What you’ll do:
Leverages and applies relevant K-12 mathematics teaching and learning experiences in developing digital-first solutions that solve specific core mathematics market problems shared by teachers and students. The person is expected to participate in developing various solutions as part of a collaborative agile scrum team and should be comfortable offering opinions and willing to think innovatively about potential solutions.

Working in Learning Experience Design (LXD) for Core Mathematics, the LXD I will be responsible for the following primary duties:

User Experience and Instructional Design:
Helps define the end-to-end user journey for all digital experiences on HMH's teaching and learning platform.
Delivers value to customers in keeping with K-12 core mathematics market expectations, often contributing fresh, innovative solutions that surprise and delight users
Demonstrates an ability to leverage and apply expertise in two or more areas: discipline-specific knowledge, assessment, SEL, hands-on learning, differentiation, standards analysis, data analytics, English learner support, etc.
Works flexibly with mathematics content across grade levels, K-5/6-12
With guidance and coaching from more senior members of the scrum team, creates and adapts content and metadata for a digital-first experience.

Agile Development:
Serves as a developer on a cross-functional team responsible for solving mathematics teaching and learning problems, relying on discovery and data analysis to test, develop, deliver, and iteratively optimize solutions in a variety of media formats.
Understands and applies agile story-pointing and ceremonies in such a way as to ensure work is completed on time and is of high quality. Actively participates in retrospectives to identify and offer solutions to problems.

Data Analysis:
Applies data from a variety of sources, including HMH's teaching and learning platform, to address K-12 core mathematics market problems.
Understands usage and efficacy data (e.g., task difficulty, time on task, growth data as connected via the spine) to help iterate/improve upon instructional content.

People:
Seeks out opportunities for deepening own knowledge and expertise in market environment, pedagogical and content issues, and process improvements.

Definition of Success:
Iterative deliveries of solutions that meet market problem needs on time and budget as measured by product sales, customer testimonials, and platform usage data
Successful state, district, and third-party evaluations that reflect the high-quality and usability of teaching and learning solutions
Meeting needs as measured by team surveys/retrospectives and other means of team feedback.

What you’ll need:
Bachelor’s Degree in Education or Math
Minimum 2 years of experience with K-12 core mathematics curriculum
Comfortable working in a variety of digital authoring tools and content-management systems
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
Agile, digital CMS, data analysis/interpretation

Preferred but not necessary: skills/education/experience/working knowledge
Proficiency in JIRA
Passionate about creating engaging and effective (fun!) learning products
Instructional design expertise
Digital development and delivery

How We Work (Competencies)
Instills Trust
Values Differences
Cultivates Innovation
Connects With Courage
Action Oriented

Salary Range (US Only - Included for Remote Roles)
Salary Range - $45,000 - $55,000. Our salary ranges are based on national averages. We have wide ranges so we can be flexible and determine compensation based on a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education, and location.

ABOUT US:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a global learning company dedicated to changing people’s lives by fostering passionate, curious learners. As a leading provider of pre-K–12 education content, services, and cutting-edge technology solutions across a variety of media, HMH enables learning in a changing landscape. HMH is uniquely positioned to create engaging and effective educational content and experiences from early childhood to beyond the classroom. HMH serves more than 50 million students in over 150 countries worldwide.

PLEASE NOTE:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an equal employment opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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