Learning Experience Designer, Supplemental ELA

🕒 May 21

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $60k - $70k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Newsela

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2013

💰 $100M Series D on 2021-02

Newsela is a fast-growing education technology startup with a single ambitious goal: Meaningful classroom learning for every student. We provide engaging, relevant instructional content for teachers that both educates and inspires. With nearly two million teachers signed up, Newsela is helping kids improve their reading skills in all 50 states and more than 150 countries. We seek passionate, creative employees with quick minds and warm hearts. If you believe that all students deserve a more rigorous, more personalized learning experience, please apply to join our team.

📋 Description

• 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 to ensure they align with ELA learning objectives. • Assessment Design: Develop clear and concise assessment items and rubrics that effectively measure student progress against specific learning outcomes and standards. • Quality Assurance: Review and provide editorial and pedagogical feedback on content drafts ensuring accuracy and engagement. • Apply fundamental principles of learning science, including best practices for reading comprehension and language acquisition. • Ensure all content development adheres to relevant state ELA standards. • Design materials with embedded scaffolds and strategies for diverse learners. • Work effectively with freelance contributors and other learning experience designers to ensure content quality.

🎯 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts. Additional benefits such as gym reimbursement, pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, Rocket Lawyer and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul. • Work From Home: We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs! • Supporting ALL Families: Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more! • Financial Wellbeing: Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes a employer match to help you build long-term financial security. • Time Off: Flexible PTO, paid sick time off, company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st). • Professional Development: Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela. • Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.