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Newsela · 1 day ago

STEM Editor / Learning Experience Designer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$62K/yr - $70K/yr

3+ years exp

Newsela is seeking a skilled Learning Experience Designer - STEM Editor to curate and produce high-quality STEM content. The role involves editing, authoring, and coordinating freelance writers to ensure that all materials meet engagement and instructional standards while collaborating with various teams to enhance the learning experience.

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Responsibilities

Curate and refine standards-aligned STEM articles, assessments, images, and videos for K–12 from content partners; occasionally author nonfiction articles/assessment items; ground choices in current literacy, STEM, assessment, and educational‑media research

Own content selection and leveling; write age-appropriate copy with a strong editorial lens for clarity, accuracy, readability, clean prose, and consistent tone across grades and STEM domains

Review content for standards alignment and help suggest tooling to assist in this process; run final QA (metadata, guidelines, best practices); leverage AI for ideation, drafting, editing, and quality checks; streamline workflows to cut time-to-publish without sacrificing quality

Coordinate freelancers with actionable feedback to maintain quality and consistency; partner with Ops and cross-functional teams, keep work transparent in production tools, lead or contribute initiatives that meet teacher and student needs, and earn trust to work independently and innovate

Qualification

STEM content developmentSTEM standardsLessonAssessment designContent authoring toolsEducational publishing standardsAI in content developmentProject management