Pearson - Content Specialist

Description :

- Mastering Engineering is an online homework and tutoring system for engineering and Computer Science students.

- Pearson Education is seeking an individual with a background in engineering and/or computer science with significant experience teaching undergraduate courses to assist in the development of content for our sophisticated system.

- The Mastering platform administers problems with a rich structure of hints and sub-problems and collects extensive data on how students learn as they work through each problem.

- Responsibilities include developing and refining content, developing new content models, assisting in the selection, training, and support of content writers/vendors, assisting editorial teams in the development of content plans, working with editorial teams to set standards and guidelines for content, including art, style, and notation, coordinating and tracking all stages of the development schedules, and reviewing content for accuracy, pedagogy, consistency, and overall quality.

- The engineering/computer science content specialist will also analyze student interaction data, and then use this data to revise and improve content, help to define, implement, and document pedagogy standards, create content templates for other content providers to follow, help to define product requirements in support of delivering superlative content.

Requirements :

- Must Have solid knowledge of university-level Engineering and or Computer Science (MS/MCA/MTech/ or higher preferred).

- Must have ability to communicate clearly and fluently in good English, both written and verbal.

- Total experience 2 - 6 years post masters degree is preferred.

- Experience in teaching at the college undergraduate level, or above is preferred.

- Ability to give clear feedback to authors and other members of the authoring team and to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

- Organization skills and ability to track details.

- Experience working in a corporate environment a plus!