Position Purpose:
The Director, Digital Learning & Assessment, works cross-functionally to manage creation of interactive learning products, with a focus on ideation and early-stage development.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define and document functional requirements for new digital learning resources and tools
- Guide creation of wireframes and mock-ups to demo new digital features and functionality prior to technical development
- Understand how digital assets and related metadata are created and managed within proprietary content management and delivery systems; establish content structures and metadata requirements for new offerings accordingly
- Guide creation of authoring templates and tools to ensure alignment with digital functionality and usability by content developers
- Establish workflows and schedules that identify and track dependencies between Content, Design, Software, Production, and Marketing teams in the creation of new digital learning offerings; identify risks and mitigation strategies to address them as needed
Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:
- 10+ years of experience managing development of instructional technology products or similar
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Exceptional project management skills
- Superb decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail and ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities
- Ability to work on site (in New Rochelle) 3 days per week, and additionally as needed
Salary Range: $120,000 – $145,000
The base salary range represents the low and high end of the expected salary range for the position. The base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level.
About Benchmark Education Company
Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators.
BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research. BEC monitors research outcomes carefully to create effective foundational resources that include strong decoding materials with systematic and explicit instruction and high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension. BEC’s content-rich and authentic texts offer instruction in close reading and analysis, multiple perspectives, and authentic literature while building world knowledge and reflecting the individuality of every student in each diverse classroom.
Family owned and operated for more than 25 years, BEC is committed to partnering with educators to provide the best for all students through resources of exceptional quality, world-class professional learning, and effective and dedicated customer support.
Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com
