About the role

The International Curriculum team is seeking a Content Developer (Advanced Content and Learning Specialist/Commissioning Editor) to join our team to develop innovative and market-appropriate resources for international schools worldwide and will be responsible for commissioning, developing, project managing and delivering on time and to budget an ambitious publishing programme.

You will commission, project manage and develop the content of a range of publishing and curriculum projects from commissioning to publication, working with other members of the publishing and editorial team and other key stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other team members to identify, evaluate, select, commission and retain subject matter experts, authors, consultants and other key stakeholders.

• Brief authors, subject matter experts, freelance editors and editorial vendors, negotiating terms, schedules and expectations.

• Carry out quality assurance, ensuring that feedback to authors/consultants is timely and clear and that content delivered meets the brief and delivers the identified learner outcomes.

• Work with key stakeholders and customers in our global regions to gather and apply insights.

• Manage projects through to publication to time and budget.

• Working with cross-functional teams including Rights and Permissions, Design, Media and Technology.

• Contribute to publishing proposals, perhaps leading on some of these.

• Develop an understanding of our markets and the learners’ needs to support the development of quality materials.

• When required, conduct hands on copyediting, development editing and proofreading of resources, ensuring they fully meet market needs.

What we are looking for:

As anAdvanced Content and Learning Specialist/Commissioning Editor, you will have a background in education or educational publishing, preferably for the international schools market and experience of commissioning and managing authors, subject matter experts, editorial vendors as well as other external resources. Experience of hands-on content editing and quality assurance would be desirable.

You will also need good communication and teamwork skills and be organised, self-motivated, flexible with the ability to work independently.

Role location : This is a hybrid role and will allow for home working as well as from one of our offices based in either Oxford or London. Some international travel may be required on occasion.

Your Reward & Benefits

We know you’ll do great work, so we give a lot back with some of the best benefits in the business. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all, so our workplace programmes meet the different needs of our diverse teams and their families too. There are a range of options, too many to list here, but when you join our Pearson family you can look forward to:

• A starting holiday of 25 days plus UK public holidays and you’ll earn 1 additional day’s holiday per year you work with us.

• Generous pension scheme where we match and double what you contribute.

• Maternity, paternity, and family care leave as well as flexible work policies.

• Stock/share purchase options.

• Healthcare and dental plans, and an employee wellbeing assistance programme for you and your family to help balance work, family, and personal life.

• Cycle to work program, gym membership concessions in selected office locations, along with retail and leisure discounts.