[Remote] Content & Curriculum Writer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Recademics is a founder-owned outdoor education company that provides state-approved certification courses for various outdoor activities. They are seeking contract Content & Curriculum Writers to develop and enhance courseware, with the potential for long-term engagement and content system ownership.

Responsibilities

• Create instructional content from standards set by regulatory bodies
• Author and refine assessment items and question pools
• Adapt content into state-specific variants that meet each state agency’s requirements
• Apply instructional-design best practices — spaced repetition, retention-focused structure, scaffolding — to both new and existing material
• Collaborate with subject-matter experts to draft, review, and polish content
• Own the content backlog: use student data, reviews, and assessment performance to decide what to build or improve next
• Implement and configure course content within our Learning Management System (LMS)
• Manage content across all media — text, image, video, and interactive activities — including briefing and QA’ing production work
• Keep courseware mapped and aligned to national and state standards, and maintain that record over time
• Measure learning outcomes and reviewer readiness, and feed results back into the next round of improvements

Skills

• Classroom or training experience as an educator (current or former)
• Instructional design or curriculum development experience (you've built lessons, courses, or assessments, not just delivered them)
• Strong, clear writing with an eye for how people learn and retain
• Comfort working independently, hitting deadlines, and incorporating feedback in a fast-moving small company
• AI-forward (you should use AI regularly in your workflows)
• Reliable for 10–20 hours per week
• Familiarity with online/eLearning course design, or LMS platforms
• Comfort using AI tools as a drafting partner while keeping a sharp editorial eye on accuracy
• Experience with multimedia learning — scripting video, designing activities and visual content
• You're outdoorsy — you boat, hunt, fish, ride, dive, or otherwise spend time outside

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling
• Potential to grow into a long-term role for the right person
• Remote (U.S.-based) / Dallas – Fort Worth area is nice to have

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