Associate Digital Content Developer, Math
Pearson Education - Columbus, OH
posted 4 months ago
About the position
At Pearson, we're committed to building next-level, on-demand video content to explain some of the toughest concepts students will ever have to understand. We're looking for a passionate Math Associate Digital Content Developer with a tenacity towards surprising our college students with an awesome learning experience to join our academic team. We believe learning science and math courses shouldn't be as hard as it's made out to be, and we're on a mission to provide students with the best learning experience out there. As a Math Associate Digital Content Developer, you'll be working directly towards developing highly engaging and relevant content for Pearson+ Channels, a new platform with the potential to help millions of students around the world. This position is fully remote, allowing you to work from anywhere while contributing to a team that values autonomy, trust, and support. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our Math Senior Content Developers to create excellent educational content. Your responsibilities will include researching learning objectives and problem types across textbooks to help build our curriculum, brainstorming effective explanations for complex academic concepts, and writing problems for use in lessons. You will also assist in managing others in building solutions and problem sets, answering questions, and publishing content. Additionally, you will review videos against our Academic Checklist and Principles, ensuring that the content meets our high standards. Team meetings will be scheduled during standard business hours (9am-5pm EST) to plan, edit, and revise content, fostering a collaborative environment. Pearson is dedicated to providing a supportive work environment where you can develop and improve your skills in content creation, project management, and teamwork. We are looking for individuals who are not only knowledgeable in math and science but also passionate about helping others learn and succeed. Join us in our mission to transform the learning experience for students around the globe.
Responsibilities
- Work as 'co-pilot' to our Math Senior Content Developers to build excellent content.
- Research Learning Objectives & problem types across textbooks to help build our curriculum and plan how we should group and sequence them into videos and topics.
- Research and brainstorm the best explanations to teach tough academic concepts.
- Write problems to be used as examples and practice in our lessons.
- Assist and manage others in building solutions and problem sets, answering questions, and publishing content.
- Assist in reviewing videos against our Academic Checklist and Principles.
- Must be available for team meetings to plan, edit, and revise content between the hours of 9am-5pm EST.
Requirements
- B.A./B.S. in Science, Math, or Engineering preferred.
- Excelled at problem-solving classes, generally, and Statistics and Calculus I and II, specifically.
- Has experience helping others in problem-solving classes (Private Tutor, Teacher, Lab Assistant, Peer-Led Team Leader or similar).
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, especially in a team environment.
Nice-to-haves
- Is passionate about Science and Math, learning, and helping others learn.
- Has significant experience with tutoring and/or building lessons or academic content.
- Is a self-driven, organized, meticulous, analytical, efficient, and dependable team player.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance benefits
- Work with a passionate & talented team, on the most helpful academic content in the world
- Work from anywhere, in an environment of high autonomy, trust, expectation, and support
- Develop and improve skills in building content, managing projects and people, and much more
