Senior ELA Learning Designer
Location: 5 Days onsite in Austin, TX
Our client is an innovative learning technology company focused on helping students build academic and life skills through engaging, standards-aligned learning experiences. They are seeking a Senior ELA Learning Designer to help build their English Language Arts curriculum and digital learning product from the ground up.
Responsibilities:
Specialization :
Location: 5 Days onsite in Austin, TX
Our client is an innovative learning technology company focused on helping students build academic and life skills through engaging, standards-aligned learning experiences. They are seeking a Senior ELA Learning Designer to help build their English Language Arts curriculum and digital learning product from the ground up.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop high-quality ELA lessons, practice exercises, and assessments for grades 3-6.
- Create learning progressions aligned with cognitive development, prerequisite knowledge, and academic standards.
- Anticipate common student misconceptions and develop instructional pathways to address learning gaps.
- Apply science of reading principles to ensure content is evidence-based and effective.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, design, and behavioral science teams to create engaging digital learning experiences.
- Incorporate motivational learning frameworks, including growth mindset and self-determination principles, into content design.
- Utilize learning science concepts such as cognitive load theory, mastery learning, and scaffolded instruction.
- Leverage AI and generative AI tools to improve content creation workflows and scalability.
- Review and refine AI-generated content for accuracy, developmental appropriateness, and standards alignment.
- Build repeatable systems and processes for creating large-scale content libraries efficiently.
- Translate classroom teaching expertise into effective digital pedagogy and interactive learning experiences.
- 5+ years of classroom teaching experience in grades 3-6 English Language Arts.
- Experience working directly on an edtech or digital content product team.
- Strong instructional design background with demonstrated experience creating lessons, assessments, and learning sequences.
- Deep understanding of literacy development, science of reading principles, learning progressions, and common student misconceptions.
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to create engaging content for students and educators.
- Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including designers, engineers, and product stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and drive projects forward with limited direction.
- Passion for educational innovation and continuous improvement.
- Experience designing content for adaptive or personalized learning platforms.
- Familiarity with self-determination theory or other motivational learning frameworks.
- Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini for content development.
- Graduate degree in Education, Instructional Design, Learning Sciences, or a related field.
- Experience developing scalable content production systems and workflows.
- Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Specialization :
- Training / eLearning