Learning Experience Designer - ELA & STEM

The Learning Experience Designer will develop high-quality English Language Arts instructional content and activities, with a focus on developing and refining high-quality educational content for Newsela Original Video. This role involves writing, reviewing, and editing educational video scripts for ELA and STEM to ensure they are engaging, pedagogically sound, inclusive, and aligned to relevant standards. The designer will coordinate with freelance writers and editors, assign scripts, review drafts, and provide actionable feedback to maintain quality and consistency. They will ensure all scripts meet best practices in pedagogy, including differentiation, scaffolding, and UDL principles for diverse learners. Collaboration with educators, subject matter experts, multimedia producers, and animators to refine and enhance scripts is expected. The role requires applying a strong editorial lens to ensure clarity, accuracy, and tone consistency across both narrative and nonfiction scripts. The designer will revise and update scripts based on teacher feedback, student performance data, and evolving standards. They will utilize AI tools to support ideation, drafting, editing, and quality checks. Staying informed on research and best practices in literacy instruction, STEM education, assessment, and educational media to guide content development is also a key responsibility.