Senior Curriculum Lead — Instructional Design & Domain Expansion

Senior Curriculum Lead — Instructional Design & Domain Expansion United States only Any time 20 hrs/wk Short term Role and Job Type Other Freelance Experience 3 - 5 years Rate $100 – $110/hr Status Accepting Applications Skills Top Skills Curriculum Design Other Skills Communication Education Leadership Job description

About the Role

We're building a school program for students in grades 5–12. We're looking for a senior curriculum professional to review and elevate our existing, already-piloted curriculum, and to lead development of new curriculum tracks with outside subject-matter experts. What You'll Do ● Review our existing, previously piloted curriculum for pedagogical soundness, consistency, and sophistication ● Identify gaps or inconsistencies and recommend improvements based on prior pilot learnings ● Lead the development of new curriculum content areas by partnering directly with outside subject-matter experts, translating their expertise into structured, age-appropriate learning content ● Define learning objectives, sequencing, and key concepts for each new content area ● Direct and quality-check the work of a curriculum writer to ensure new lesson content aligns with established learning objectives, tone, and prior pilot feedback ● Establish reusable frameworks and documentation so future content areas can be built consistently and efficiently ● Collaborate with our product and platform team to ensure curriculum integrates cleanly with the overall learning experience What We're Looking For ● Senior-level experience in curriculum design or instructional design, ideally having scaled a program across multiple content areas ● Experience working directly with subject-matter experts to translate professional or technical knowledge into learner-friendly content ● Strong pedagogical background specific to learners in grades 5–12 ● Comfort auditing and elevating existing content, not only building from scratch ● Experience directing or reviewing the work of other writers or contributors ● Excellent judgment on tone, clarity, and age-appropriateness of educational content Nice to Have ● Experience with business, partnerships or financial literacy education for youth ● Experience in K-12 or youth education, project-based or experiential learning, or digital learning or EdTech would be valuable. To Apply Please share your resume along with a portfolio or writing sample of prior curriculum or instructional design work; ideally including an example where you worked with a subject-matter expert to build content, or where you reviewed and elevated an existing curriculum.