Educational Content Developer Jobs in Portland, OR

STAR Autism Support has an opening for a Curriculum Developer for our Static Content Team!

STAR Autism Support (SAS) is a family-founded educational consulting company based in Portland, OR. SAS provides curriculum materials, workshops and training to school and agency staff who work with students with autism and other developmental disabilities. Our unique and practical approach provides school districts with curriculum resources and a continuum of professional development activities to address the educational needs of student’s early childhood through post-secondary throughout the country and internationally. At SAS our goal is to cultivate a supportive, positive and welcoming work environment where all staff can successfully thrive. We value and celebrate equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our vision of equity includes a continuous commitment to becoming an antiracist, multicultural organization. We strive to provide all employees with a culture of curiosity and continued learning.

The Static Content Curriculum team is a small, collaborative group of individuals who each play a hands-on role in bringing STAR Autism Support's curriculum to life while maintaining alignment to STAR's values. Every lesson passes through multiple sets of hands — drafted, refined, illustrated, and organized — before it reaches a classroom, and each person's craft shapes the final product. We're united by STAR's broader mission: empowering educators to implement evidence-based strategies that improve outcomes for children with autism.

Our ideal teammate:

• Is a strong writer who can translate complex instructional goals into clear, engaging content for educators and students
• Brings genuine curiosity about and commitment to evidence-based practices for students with autism spectrum disorders
• Takes ownership of content quality, holding their own work to a high standard from first draft through final revision
• Is self-directed and comfortable managing multiple projects and deadlines with minimal oversight
• Welcomes feedback and revises collaboratively, treating editing and review cycles as a normal part of producing great content
• Thinks proactively about accessibility and representation, not as an afterthought but as part of how content is built from the start
• Is adaptable and willing to learn new tools and formats as curriculum needs evolve
• Approaches problems with resourcefulness, researching and verifying information to ensure accuracy and credibility

This role is central to how STAR delivers on its mission. Every lesson plan and resource you write becomes something a teacher uses in real time with real students — your work is often the first hands that shape what eventually reaches the classroom. It's a direct line to empowering educators and improving outcomes for children with autism and developmental disabilities.

Position Summary/Objective

The Static Content (SC) Curriculum Developer contributes as a key member of the Static Content Curriculum Department by writing and developing curriculum content, lesson plans, templates, and teacher-facing resources used in STAR Autism Support's curriculum products. This role creates original content across a range of formats — including print and digital — for a wide variety of ages, skill levels, and topics, incorporating ABA and evidence-based practices, accessibility and inclusive representation, and tiered levels of support to meet the diverse needs of learners with autism and developmental disabilities.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Writes new static curriculum content, including, but not limited to, lesson plans, templates, and teacher-facing resources that are developmentally and age-appropriate across a wide variety of age groups, skill levels, and topics
• Researches and verifies subject-matter accuracy across curriculum topics, referencing credible and current sources as needed
• Builds tiered levels of support and differentiation into curriculum content where applicable, to accommodate a range of student support needs within a single activity or across a set of activities
• Edits existing curriculum content by integrating into new instructional plans as directed
• Develops curriculum content across a variety of formats and presentation types, including print materials, digital/online platform content, and microlearnings
• Applies accessibility and inclusive principles to curriculum content for learners with autism and developmental disabilities, ensuring materials are accessible and that examples and illustrations reflect inclusive representation
• Incorporates ABA strategies and evidence-based practices into curriculum content
• Writes and/or edits scripts needed for video content development
• Ensures compliance with STAR's internal quality standards, curricula standards, style guide, and assignment-specific learning targets and criteria, while meeting set deadlines
• Stays current on and ensures curriculum content aligns with school district, state, and federal requirements
• Uses Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Creative Suite to create and format curriculum content
• Uses company approved AI tools to assist with the creation of lesson content
• Uses company approved AI tools to create images to support curricula content
• Partners with the SC Developmental Editor and other team members to incorporate feedback and complete revisions through iterative drafting cycles
• Coordinates with the Video Production Team (VPT) for video content development
• Collaborates with team members within and across departments to ensure content meets the diverse needs of STAR customers
• Communicates regularly with the Curriculum team on topics such as deadlines, feedback, and work progress
• Follows set curricula development procedures while noting and making suggestions of areas where efficiency or production can be increased

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, Instructional Design, or related field required
• Minimum 3 years' experience using evidence-based practices and developing curriculum content and lesson plans for students with autism spectrum disorders
• Knowledge of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) teaching strategies
• Fluency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Creative Suite (or willingness/ability to quickly learn)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience incorporating principles of accessibility and inclusive representation into curriculum content
• Previous experience using SAS curriculum products
• BCBA certification
• Bilingual with Spanish

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Organizational KSA’s

• Strong verbal and written business communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively
• Has a growth mindset, is curious, and interested in ongoing learning and development
• Adaptable and easily able to pivot as needed
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Self-motivated and proficient at working both independently and as part of a team
• Intermediate Microsoft office skills and competence in a digital environment
• Ability to streamline workflows by leveraging automation and AI tools to enhance efficiency and accuracy

Role KSA’s

• Strong writing skills, with the ability to produce clear, engaging, and instructionally effective content for a range of learners
• Beginner-level fluency with Adobe Creative Suite (e.g., InDesign), with the ability to mark up and edit PDF documents
• Strong research skills, with the ability to verify subject-matter accuracy across a range of academic and topic areas
• Sound judgment in applying accessibility and inclusive representation principles across written content, examples, and illustration requests
• Passion for and expertise in ABA strategies and evidence-based practices, specifically when working with children and young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Commitment to excellence and high standards
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Travel

This position does not require travel

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The job is performed in a home office at a workstation with a telephone, headset, and computer. Home offices should be secure, quiet, and distraction-free as possible. Your work area should be ergonomic, clean, safe, and free of obstructions and hazardous situations.

Physical Demands (Capability Requirements)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to enter text or data into a computer by means of a keyboard. The employee is required to sit for long periods of time. The employee is required to express or exchange ideas verbally to impart oral information and to convey detailed spoken instructions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include clarity of vision including reading small print and the use of computers. Specific hearing abilities required include the ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech in person and over the phone.

The perks of working with us
Not only are you helping do good in the world, but you will be joining a team of passionate and exceptional people within a casual environment. We offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Retirement plan options with company matching
• Generous paid time off, including paid holidays and office closure days
• Paid COVID-19 sick leave
• Health Insurance Coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision, and Flexible Spending Accounts)
• Life and Disability Insurance options
• Employee Assistance Program

We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. STAR Autism Support (SAS) is committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). We celebrate the differences that make each person unique, both at work and in the communities we serve. Using evidence-based practices we strive every day to make positive educational outcomes accessible to all students and educators. This commitment is also foundational to our company culture. We acknowledge that research shows that Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and women are significantly less likely to apply for some positions, believing they must meet every qualification as described in the job description. At STAR Autism Support, we value representation, and we are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. We know that sometimes that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of the qualifications described in the job description.