Freelance Curriculum Development Jobs in California

Coordinate projects and contractor teams to support the development of high-quality, scalable learning content across instructional products such as college courses and test preparation materials. This role manages processes and workflows populated by SMEs and content freelancers, applies learning science best practices, and leverages AI-powered workflows to improve content quality, consistency, and production efficiency.

The contractor will be expected to work PST business hours. Additionally, they will need to use their own computer and have reliable access to high-speed internet.

• Support the development of curriculum, test prep, and instructional materials
• Onboard, coordinate, and support a distributed team of SMEs and content developers
• Apply learning science principles and learning design best practices to ensure development of learner-centered content
• Build and maintain scalable, high-quality content development workflows using AI and other tools
• Provide clear, ongoing feedback, troubleshooting, and guidance to freelancers and contributors
• Continuously improve content development processes through experimentation and innovation and AI usage
• Monitor and proactively communicate progress, risks, and resource needs to team leadership
• Conduct research to formulate and propose evidence-based solutions
• Develop, document, and maintain best practices for content creation and review

• 2–3 years of experience in curriculum development, instructional design, test prep content, or ed tech content management
• Demonstrated success using AI-powered tools or automation to support content development
• Experience implementing learning science and instructional design principles in content creation for learners
• Experience working in ed tech or digital learning environments
• Comfortable working PST business hours
• Optional preferred qualification
• Experience working with globally distributed teams
• Experience with independent and collaborative decision-making processes

At Study.com, we know that strong communities are built on the power of our diversity, and we respect and strive to understand for the diverse identities, race, ethnicities, backgrounds, and perspectives of our team members. Our work and company culture have been consistently recognized, including:

• Inc. Best Place to Work
• Fortune Great Places to Work – Best Workplaces in the Bay Area
• San Francisco Business Times & Silicon Valley Business Journal – Best Places to Work

Study.com provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran or disability status. In addition to federal law requirements.

Study.com complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Additionally, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with applicable state and local laws.