Writer

Job Category: Team Leads, Supervisors, Professionals

Requisition Number: WRITE
001244

• Posted :
  October 1, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

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Madison, WI

Great educational content starts with understanding how people think and learn. Great writing makes that understanding feel simple, useful, and human. We’re looking for a Writer with exceptional critical thinking skills who can turn complex ideas and learning goals into clear, engaging digital experiences. At Ascendium Education Solutions, you’ll create lessons, interactive content, emails, product copy, and resources that help learners build confidence and move forward in school and life.

You’ll need a sharp instinct for audience, strong editorial judgment, and the ability to adapt your approach based on what each digital experience calls for.

This position requires residence in or relocation to Madison, Wisconsin, where Ascendium is headquartered. Madison-based employees have a hybrid schedule, working three days per week in the office and two days remotely, which provides the opportunity for valuable in-person collaboration. Applicants who live outside commuting distance of Madison, Wisconsin, will be expected to relocate to the area within 3-6 months of hire.

On a day-to-day basis, you may do the following.

• Draft original digital learning content, including lesson intros, core content, instructional interactions, quizzes, reflections, transitions, and outros.
• Translate learning goals and content direction into thoughtful learning experiences, considering what learners need to understand and how ideas should build on one another.
• Create learner-facing resources, emails, notifications, product feature copy, and other content that supports engagement across the digital experience.
• Write in a warm, approachable voice while adapting tone, structure, examples, and messaging for different audiences, topics, and content types.
• Transform complex academic, financial, legal, and life topics into clear, concise, mobile-friendly content while preserving important nuance and accuracy.
• Work within established brand voice, reading-level, formatting, user interface, and content design standards.
• Ensure individual lessons support learning goals and fit within the broader curriculum, maintaining continuity and purposeful progression across content.
• Apply strong editorial and instructional judgment when revising content, incorporating feedback while preserving the learning goal, audience needs, brand voice, and coherence of the experience.
• Collaborate with the content strategist, learning experience designer, product management team, and other stakeholders throughout the content creation and review process.
• Manage multiple content types and projects at different stages of development while continually learning new subject matter, audiences, and approaches.
• Support content management system implementation by preparing copy for upload, formatting interactive components, and reviewing rendered content for accuracy, clarity, and user flow.

A highly qualified candidate will possess the following.

• Knowledge equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in education, journalism, communications, English, social sciences, or a similar field. Professional skill and closely related work experience may be considered in lieu of education credentials.
• 3+ years of experience creating digital content that helps people learn, understand complex information, make decisions, or take action. Experience that combines education or instructional work with professional writing is strongly preferred.
• Exceptional writing and critical thinking skills, including the ability to break down concepts, identify meaningful…