Learning Experience Designer III

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 4 million educators in 150 countries. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com

Job Title: Learning Experience Designer III, Core Math Solutions

Location:Fully remote position - May be performed from any State in the US

What you'll do:

HMH is seeking a Learning Experience Designer III (LXD III) to join our K-12 Mathematics team within Core Solutions. If you have a passion for digital learning, expertise in instructional design and user experience, and a penchant for problem-solving and collaborating with diverse people, this may be the role for you. In this role, the LXD III leverages and applies relevant teaching and learning experiences in developing digital-first solutions that solve specific market problems shared by teachers and students in K-12 mathematics classrooms. The LXD III collaborates to develop solutions as part of a scrum team, offering feedback and thinking proactively and innovatively about potential solutions. Using agile methodologies, you will exhibit problem-solving prowess, effective collaboration, and prioritization skills to deliver incremental value to users.

User Experience & Instructional Design

• Help define and influence the end-to-end user journey for all Math digital experiences on HMH's teaching and learning platform.
• Deliver value to customers in keeping with capacity constraints, budget, and market expectations, often contributing fresh, innovative solutions that surprise and delight users.
• Demonstrate an ability to leverage and apply expertise in many areas: K-12 mathematics pedagogy knowledge, assessment, social emotional learning (SEL), Culturally Responsive Education, hands onlearning, differentiation, standards analysis, data analytics, multilingual learner support, etc.
• Build practice and assessment items in Learnosity and mentor colleagues on how to best use the functionalities of the tool.
• Apply deep understanding to variations in state mathematics instructional standards to content development and craft content that addresses multiple states' needs simultaneously.
• Work flexibly across grade levels, K-5/6-12, to create and adapt content and metadata for a digital first experience.

Agile Development

• Serve as a developer on a cross-functional team responsible for solving teaching and learning problems. Rely on discovery and data analysis to test, develop, deliver, and iteratively optimize solutions in a variety of media formats.
• Understand, apply, and model agile story-pointing and ceremonies in such a way as to ensure work is completed on time and is of high quality. As developer, actively participate in retrospectives to identify and offer solutions to problems.

Data Analysis

• Seek out and apply data from a variety of sources, including HMH's teaching and learning platform, to address market problems.
• Iterate/improve upon instructional content and user experience using usage and efficacy data (e.g.task difficulty, time on task, assessment data results).

People

• Take responsibility to seek out opportunities for deepening own knowledge and expertise in market environment, pedagogical and content issues, and process improvements
• Mentor members of the team in a way that grows strengths across all team members

Key Stakeholders/Collaborators

• Product Management & Strategy
• SVP, Learning Experience Design
• Senior Director, Learning Experience Design
• Scrum Team Members and Extended Teams

Definition of Success

• Iterative deliveries of solutions that meet market problem needs on time and within 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 intuitively with little active support/guidance from more senior members of the team as measured by team surveys/retrospectives and other means of team feedback.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience teaching mathematics at a K-12 level or developing mathematics programs or curricula.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel, preferably including use of macros.
• Experience authoring using Learnosity.
• Comfort working in a variety of digital authoring tools and content management systems.
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Subject matter content expertise and/or instructional design expertise; digital development and delivery a plus.
• Ability to engage in data analysis, visualization, and interpretation.

Preferred:

• Masters degree in a relevant field of study.
• Experience with project management software such as Smartsheet and Jira.
• Experience working within a Scrum framework.

Salary Range:$67,000 - $78,000

Application Deadline:
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 3/10/25. 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.