Content Designer - Temporary

As a Content Designer with an assessment and literacy focus, you will design clear, engaging assessment items and collaborate with other team members to achieve our learning goals. Your literacy expertise,, creative solutions, strong writing skills, and commitment to quality will make you successful in this role.

This is an 5-month contract position requiring 35 hours of work per week. 

In this role, you will:

• Write and review clear, engaging assessment items to address specific learning objectives and literacy skills.
• Review and edit assessment items and collaborate with our team of writers and editors to ensure content is clear, accurate, and age-appropriate.
• Write distractor rationales and other assessment documentation.
• Develop and manage project plans to create and deliver high-quality assessment items.
• Research and analyze content requirements, including state educational standards.

You Are

• Passionate about learning and always seek opportunities to expand your knowledge
• A self-starter with great instincts and the ability to discern upcoming needs
• A skilled multi-tasker and the wearer of many hats
• Not afraid to roll up your sleeves and have a “Can Do” attitude
• Outgoing and personable and take pride in being a positive, helpful presence around the office
• An articulate communicator with strong writing skills
• A team player with the time management and organizational skills to also work independently 

On Your Resume

• Bachelor's in Education, English, Linguistics, or a related field with an explicit focus on literacy. A Master's or Ph.D. is a plus.
• Experience developing items for widely-used literacy-driven assessments. Experience in curriculum development and instructional design for an edtech product is a plus.
• Teaching experience. You have at least 4 years of experience, with 2 years teaching literacy in a K-8 setting. At  least 1 year in a school or district leadership role, possibly providing professional development for teachers, is a plus. 
• Pedagogical expertise. You are familiar with external ELA standards (e.g. CCSS), and can design assessment content that effectively measure learning outcomes and literacy skills for learners with varying backgrounds.
• Writing skills. Outstanding written and spoken communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with a wide range of age groups
• Operational focus. You are organized and efficient, and strive to continuously improve your workflow and processes.

Life at BrainPOP

What we do today directly impacts how teachers teach, and students learn. We continue to be inspired because we can see the difference we’re making and we’re proud to be a creative, collaborative, always-teaching, and always-learning community. Our commitment to supporting and empowering teachers and students is reflected in our dedication to enhancing the lives of our employees—in and out of the office. Our team is made up of educators, data scientists, published authors, engineers, artists, bakers, film buffs, cyclists, dual-citizens, and so much more. We value Diversity & Inclusion, collaboration, and learning from multiple perspectives, and encourage people to bring their most authentic selves to work. Besides offering a comprehensive benefits package and putting an emphasis on work-life balance, we make it a point to integrate fun and play into the workplace. 

The starting salary for this role is between $40.00 - $45.00 per hour, depending on skills and experience. We take a geo-neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location. For all other countries, we have competitive pay bands based on market standards. Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.

Location:

BrainPOP is a hybrid work environment, allowing employees to self-select where they work–whether fully remote in approved states or in-office in our New York headquarters.

We are able to employ remotely out of the following approved hiring states:

• California
• Connecticut
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois 
• Massachusetts
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee
• Texas

We believe that a diverse organization is a more effective organization. BrainPOP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.