Metadata Learning Experience Designer

Job Title: Metadata Learning Experience Designer I, Reading K-5

Location: Fully Remote

Who We Are

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. HMH serves more than 50 million students and four million educators in 150 countries.

What this person will do:

The Learning Experience Designer I 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 work 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 Reading, the Learning Experience Designer I will be responsible for the following primary duties:

Metadata and Content Management:

- Use company templates, authoring tools, and metadata standards to ensure consistency and clarity.

- Help develop program content and instructional access points under guidance. Review digital interfaces and recommend enhancements.

- Develop and apply rule-sets for instructional metadata and analyze content for hierarchical access points.

User Experience and Instructional Design:

- Helps define the end-to-end user journey for all digital experiences on HMH's teaching and learning platform.

- Learns to leverage and apply expertise in two or more areas: discipline-specific knowledge, assessment, standards analysis, data analytics, metadata, etc.

- With guidance and coaching from more senior members of the scrum team, creates and adapts content and metadata for a research-based, digital-first experience that serves the needs of all learners.

Agile Development:

- With guidance from Product Owners and senior team members, 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.

- Develops instructionally-sound content that delivers value to customers in keeping with market expectations, often contributing fresh, innovative solutions that surprise and delight users.

- Learns to apply an agile approach to ensure work is completed on time and is of high quality. Becomes an active participant in retrospectives to identify and offer improvements to internal processes.

Research & Data Analysis:

- Understands design thinking methodology and the value of user research in product development. Summarizes research findings and uses the findings to suggest solutions.

- Applies insights from data from a variety of sources, including HMH's teaching and learning platform, to propose solutions to market problems.

- Develops understanding of usage and efficacy data (e.g., task difficulty, time on task, growth data) to help iterate/improve upon instructional content.

- Asks questions to understand the data behind decisions.

Definition of Success:

- Delivers iterative solutions on time and within budget that meet market problems as measured by product sales, customer testimonials, and platform usage data.

- Learns to communicate with scrum and extended team members to promote an effective work environment.

- Meets educators' and students' needs with active support/guidance from more senior members of the scrum team.

What you’ll need to qualify for this role:

Experience:

- Experience working in a content management system

- Experience creating and using metadata

- 1-2 years experience in K-12 education and/or instructional design for K-12 students (preferred)

- Expertise in K-5 literacy instruction (preferred)

- Bachelor's Degree in Information Management, Education, Instructional Design, or related field

Technical Skills:

- Digital instructional material development and delivery (preferred)

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel

- Experience using data analysis/interpretation to inform solutions to market problems (preferred)

How We Work (Competencies)

- Focuses on Customers

- Instills Trust

- Leans Nimbly

- Collaborates

- Values Differences

Physical Requirements (US Only)

- Might be in a stationary position for a considerable time (sitting and/or standing)

- Constantly operate a computer

- Must be able to collaborate with colleagues via face to face, conference calls, and online meetings

- Must be capable of sitting, standing, and walking for extended periods of time.

Benefits and Salary Range

Salary Range - $50,000 to $60,000. 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.

Our Culture and Benefits - https://careers.hmhco.com/culture_benefits

Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on August 29th. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date but is not guaranteed.

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.