Job Description

Nelson is actively seeking several freelance English Language Arts 4-8 Writers to join our dynamic team of digital learning resource creators. Our literacy team is involved in developing digital learning objects, narrative passages, interactive digital media pieces, assessment and more. This role will involve literary research, creative input, editorial expertise, sound writing/authoring skills, quick turnaround, and a flexible mindset to shift between projects as required. How You Will Make an Impact:

• Capacity to absorb and process new material quickly, including K12 curriculum, existing classroom resources, and manuscript templates for digital content
• Research and compose educational content that is pedagogically accurate, instructionally sound, written at the right reading level, relevant to the target audience, and aligned in style and tone with the respective products
• Create content that is responsive to equity, diversity, and inclusion and authentic representation
• Research, propose, develop, write, edit and collaborate on content in a variety of online formats
• Create, select and edit photos, graphics, video, and audio and interactive elements
• Select, re-write and/or edit copy or text written by others
• Effectively brainstorm with other members of the team to generate ideas and creative concepts
• Work with publisher and subject matter expert to coordinate the completion of specialized content, to write and/or edit
• Participate in quality control review for documents written by other writers when requested

• experience and interest making digital content, including writing app content, podcasting, or video creation
• experience and interest in educational media and current digital learning trends
• experience and interest in children’s and young adult literature and media
• experience and interest in digital file formats and how to gather and edit media such as video, audio, and photos
• familiarity with editorial or digital content workflow management
• motivation to contribute to team projects by owning an individual role
• ability to produce and revise content quickly and prioritize to meet deadlines
• willingness and capacity to learn any or all the above