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Advanced Specialist, Content Developer

📍 Remote - PL 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Instructional Design 🗓️ October 12th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Pearson is hiring an Advanced Specialist, Content Developer. This role involves leading the development and delivery of English Language Learning content across print and digital formats, ensuring alignment with pedagogical standards, customer needs, and business objectives. The specialist manages stakeholders and vendors throughout the full content development lifecycle using AI-enabled workflows.

Highlights
  • Lead content development for assigned print and digital English language learning materials.
  • Manage delivery by identifying and resolving issues related to content, quality, dependencies, and timelines.
  • Collaborate closely with Project Managers to provide realistic development timelines and adapt approaches as needed.
  • Work effectively with authors and external suppliers, giving clear direction and feedback to meet quality standards.
  • Utilize AI-enabled workflows to improve quality, speed, and scalability in content development.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally and with external partners to overcome barriers and ensure successful delivery.
  • Strong expertise in ELL/ELT pedagogy and content development across multiple formats.
  • Experience in project ownership, decision-making, and solving delivery challenges with escalation as needed.
  • Familiarity with content development workflows including estimating lead times and managing risks and dependencies.
  • Good understanding and practical use of AI in content development with adaptability to evolving technologies.

Advanced Specialist, Content Developer Full Description

Advanced Specialist, Content Developer

To learn more: https://plc.pearson.com

Our team: The English Language Learning Content Development team creates high-quality learning experiences for teachers and learners across print, digital, and hybrid formats. The team partners closely with Design, Media, Product, Platforms, and other stakeholders to deliver content that is pedagogically strong, commercially relevant, and aligned with Pearson standards.

About the Role:

We are looking for an Advanced Specialist, Content Developer to join our English Language Learning team. In this role, you will lead the development and delivery of high-quality English language learning products, ensuring alignment with customer needs, portfolio priorities, pedagogical standards, timelines, budget, and business objectives. This role is ideal for someone with proven experience in ELL/ELT pedagogy and editorial processes, project ownership, and the ability to manage stakeholders, vendors, and multiple content components across the full development lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

  • Lead contentdevelopmentacrossassigned print and digital materials, ensuringstrongpedagogical, contentand learning experience standards.

  • Owncontentdevelopment delivery, proactivelyidentifyingandresolvingcontent, quality, dependencyand delivery challenges, seekingguidancefromline managers whenadditionalsupportisneeded.

  • Workcloselywith Project Managers, providingrealisticdevelopment lead times, dependenciesandrisks, andadaptingdevelopment approaches whenneeded.

  • Workeffectivelywithauthorsandexternalsuppliers, providingcleardirectionand feedback toensurecontentmeetsagreedrequirementsandquality standards.

  • Use AI-enabledandagentic workflows effectively, continuouslylooking for opportunitiesto improve thequality, speedandscalabilityofcontentdevelopment.

  • Collaborateacrossfunctionsandwithexternalpartnersto solve problems, remove barriersandenablesuccessful delivery.

Experience and expertise

  • Strong experience in EnglishLanguage Learning contentdevelopmentacross print and digital products, withsoundknowledgeof ELL pedagogyand learning experience.

  • Abilityto take ownershipofdevelopmentwork, make sounddecisionsand solve content, qualityand delivery challenges, escalatingorseekingguidancewhenappropriate.

  • Strong understandingofcontentdevelopment workflows, includingestimating lead times, identifyingdependenciesandrisks, andcontributingpracticalsolutions.

  • Experience workingwith Project Managers, authors, suppliersandmultidisciplinaryteams in aninternationalenvironment.

  • Goodunderstandingandpractical use of AI in contentdevelopment, withtheabilitytoadapt as technologies, processes andwaysofworking evolve.

  • Strong collaboration, communication andorganisational skills, withtheabilitytomanagemultipleprioritiesand take accountability for assignedwork.

Location & Work Set Up

This is a full-time, remote role based in Poland.

Your Rewards & Benefits

We know you'll do great work, so we give a lot back with some of the best benefits in the business. We know one size doesn't fit all, so our workplace programs meet the different needs of our diverse teams, and their families, too.

Please see our attractive Poland benefits here: https://pearsonbenefitsglobal.com/poland/

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