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Job ID: 2013-17133

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/13/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Gardena
Position Type: Temporary Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D, and a member of E-Verify.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a temporary part-time Test Administrator for our Gardena, CA location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- This is a temporary part-time position through the end of August 2013. The position may become a permanent part-time position depending on need and performance.
- Ability to work 8 - 12 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7:15am- 9:30pm Monday - Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7:15am - 9:30pm, various shifts, about 3-4 Saturdays per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay $12.60/hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Gardena-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-90247/2594540/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Gardena-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-90247/2594540/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16101

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 3/25/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Pasadena
Position Type: Regular Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D, and a member of E-Verify.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a Part-time Test Administrator for our Pasadena, CA location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- This is strictly a part-time position and will remain as such.
- Ability to work 10 - 15 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7am - 11pm, any day Monday through Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7am - 10pm about 3 Saturdays per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay $12.60/hr.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Pasadena-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-91101/2503708/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Pasadena-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-91101/2503708/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16627

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 4/5/2013
Job Location: CA-Edmonton
Position Type: Regular Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a Regular Part -time Test Administrator for our Edmonton location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- This is strictly a part-time position and will remain as such.
- Ability to work 10 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7:00 am -9:00pm various shifts as scheduled, any day Monday through Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7am-5pm about 2 Saturdays per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay 13.50/hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Sat, 04 May 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Test-Administrator-Job/2532446/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Test-Administrator-Job/2532446/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-15968

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 4/19/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Oakland
Position Type: Temporary Part Time
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a part-time Test Administrator for our Oakland California location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
- This is strictly a part-time position and will remain as such.
- The position will last until the 5th of November 2013.
- Ability to work 10-20 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
- Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7am - 9pm various shifts as scheduled, any day Monday through Friday.
- Saturday hours are 7am - 5pm about 2 Saturdays per month.
- Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

- Starting Pay $12.60/hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:31:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Oakland-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-94601/2556523/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Oakland-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-94601/2556523/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17120

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/13/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Diego
Position Type: Regular Short Hour
Category: Testing Center

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients.

The Company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.

Responsibilities

Pearson VUE is seeking a Short Hour Test Administrator for our San Diego, CA location.

SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS:
Our ideal candidate demonstrates flexibility and teamwork.
This is strictly a part-time position and will remain as such.
This position is benefit eligible.
Ability to work 20-24 hours per week with an expectation to work more hours as needed.
Employees must be available to work various shifts between the hours of 7:15 am - 9 pm various shifts as scheduled, any day Monday through Friday.
Saturday hours are 7:15 am- 8:00 pm about 4 Saturdays per month.
Schedules are available at least 2 weeks in advance.

Starting Pay $12.60/hr.

The Test Administrator position is responsible for providing a secure exam delivery and superior customer service in a comfortable friendly environment.
- Understands and complies with all testing procedures.
- Checks in examinees, verifies identification, and explains the exam process.
- Monitors examinees while testing.
- Maintains a secure testing environment.
- Communicates with internal departments to investigate and fix technical issues.
- Strictly adheres to company policies using careful judgment.
- Light housekeeping duties such as vacuuming, sanitizing keyboards, office trash, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year customer service experience required.
- Strong communication skills are a must.
- Must be flexible in work hours and days.
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs on occasion.
- Must be comfortable in a quiet testing environment.
- Beginner to Intermediate experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook).
- High school diploma or equivalent.]]>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Diego-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-92101/2594539/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Diego-Test-Administrator-Job-CA-92101/2594539/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16932

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 4/18/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Menlo Park
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Professional Development

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

About us

Knowledge Technologies is a leader in automated spoken and written assessments, which utilize natural language processing techniques, advanced statistical modeling and speech recognition technologies. The provider of brands such as Versant^TM Tests and WriteToLearn^TM, Knowledge Technologies develops four-skills language proficiency assessments and instructional tools for various domains including education, business, and government. For more see www.versanttest.com and www.pearsonkt.com

Knowledge Technologies is part of Pearson, an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing. Pearson fuels the growing demand for effective education and high-quality information in the global knowledge economy, and share a common goal: to help people get on in their lives through education.

Responsibilities

The successful applicant will assist test development managers in everyday test construction, test maintenance, technical sales support, and management operations. Typical tasks include but not limited to: supporting item writing and item review processes, assisting test construction in database, assisting field testing activities, providing quality control support, and checking the operation of existing tests.

This full-time, entry-level position requires working out of our office in Menlo Park together with a team of experts in fields such as linguistics, assessment, psychology, and artificial intelligence.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in language-related field such as linguistics, applied linguistics, TESOL, educational assessment is required. Working experience in industry is a plus, but not required.

Desirable Qualities:
- Meticulous, detail-oriented, efficient
- Can work collaboratively with other team members
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Excellent computer skills
- Additional foreign languages other than English is a plus]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Menlo-Park-Assistant-Test-Developer-Job-CA-94025/2553756/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Menlo-Park-Assistant-Test-Developer-Job-CA-94025/2553756/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17341

# of Positions: 4
Posted Date: 5/3/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Sacramento
Position Type: Temporary Part Time
Category: Customer Service

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

This is a Part Time position located in our Sacramento, CA office.

The Customer Service Representative (CSR) takes inbound calls from examinees and other callers regarding teacher certification programs. The CSR maintains customer satisfaction by providing world-class customer service while projecting a positive, courteous attitude and understanding and satisfying customer needs in an effective, efficient, timely manner. The CSR interacts with customers and internal stakeholders to provide and process information in response to inquires, concerns and requests about products and services. A professional attitude must be maintained at all times. The CSR reports to a Customer Service Manager.
- Projects an attitude of service, empathy, and patience to all customers under all circumstances and ensures caller understands and has complete information.
- Listens carefully and attentively to identify & understand concerns and anticipates callers’ needs.
- Promptly and accurately addresses caller’s inquiries using various administrative systems.
- Utilizes various resources (computer systems, published materials, websites) to assess the situation to determine an appropriate course of action.
- Listens to customers’ and internal stakeholders’ needs and is proactive in delivering 100% satisfaction.
- Maintains quality service by following policies and procedures.
- Uses computerized systems for tracking calls, information gathering, timekeeping and troubleshooting.
- Works assigned shift within 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday hours of operation. Shifts may also be assigned on Saturdays when test administrations are being held. Assigned shift can/will change to meet business needs.
- Assumes other duties, as needed.

Qualifications
- Preferred candidates will have at least six months experience in a call center or customer service role.
- Excellent motivational, listening, and problem solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Spanish language skills are a plus, but not required.
- Demonstrates attention to detail and accuracy.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office suite.
- Experience with call tracking software is a plus.
- Candidates must be flexible and willing to work assigned shifts.]]>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Sacramento-Customer-Service-Representative-Job-CA-94203/2580336/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Sacramento-Customer-Service-Representative-Job-CA-94203/2580336/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17407

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/8/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Francisco
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Professional Development

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Please upload a cover letter entitled "Cover Letter for Job 17407" to accompany your resume. Resumes submitted without cover letters will not be considered.

We have two positions available -- one for Physics & Astronomy and one for the Geosciences.

Responsibilities

Media Project Management
- Manage book-specific web sites and course management systems, interactive media development, and online projects in coordination with book development and production from signing through go-live/release to make media an integral part of the book story
- Manage schedule coordination, budget tracking, product design and implementation, and tracking of project details
- Manage cross-functional teams, including media vendors, authors and freelancers
- Manage communication between diverse teams (editorial, production, media, product management, marketing) to ensure media products meet core teaching and learning challenges and are delivered on schedule and on budget
- Facilitate the creation of media demos for class-testing, market seeding, and sales presentations as needed
- Additional duties as assigned

Media Strategy
- Work with marketing to prepare competitive analyses and product feature descriptions for media products
- Additional duties as assigned
- Work on market research and outreach projects in collaboration with editors and the market development team, including the creation of surveys and the planning of focus groups for assigned projects; includes writing questionnaires and follow-up questions
- Evaluate potential media projects and competitive media offerings and advise acquisitions editors upon request
- Support acquisitions editors in signings where media plays a critical a role

Sales/Marketing Support
- National sales meeting preparation support (review marketing materials, provide samples as necessary, create walkthrough scripts of media, etc.)
- Review and provide feedback on multimedia references in brochures, prefaces, or back cover copy
- Upon request, attend national conferences. Responsibilities may include: research competitor media, coordinate focus groups, demonstrate Pearson media, attend educational lectures on how media is being used in and out of classroom
- Spend a minimum of one day each year on campus speaking directly with professors, attending lectures, meeting with students, etc.
- Respond to queries within 24 hours by either providing a solution, or directing queries to the appropriate person
- Resolve queries as they are escalated from sales reps, professors, as well as Customer Technical Support

Tasks include:
- Write media plans, including key website and project planning documents, launch memos, and multimedia asset spreadsheets
- Create Requests For Proposals (RFP) and solicit bids from vendors
- Set up, own, and monitor budgets and schedules for media projects
- Hire and manage cross-functional teams, including media vendors, content-providers, freelancers, full-service project management vendors and quality assurance vendors as needed, and write freelancer contracts and agreements
- Facilitate communication among acquisitions editors, marketing/sales managers, and in-house technical teams to develop products that meet core teaching and learning challenges
- Communicate product details to marketing managers and learning technology specialists in advance of product releases to field customer inquiries
- Gather anecdotal evidence from sales reps, and report on media-related sales
- Create and update process documentation
- Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum requirements
- Two years or more of experience in project management, preferably producing media projects, managing cross-functional teams
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborative, team player
- B.A. or B.S. required

Preferred qualities:
- The candidate does not need programming skills, but an understanding of technical product management including products using Flash, Shockwave, Java, HTML, and XML is helpful
- Familiarity with user interface design and best practices
- Experience working with Google Analytics, Webtrends or other website metrics reporting tools
- Experience working in publishing or another deadline-driven industry
- An interest in science and/or technology]]>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Associate-Content-Producer-for-Physics-&-Astronomy-Job-CA-94101/2589196/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Associate-Content-Producer-for-Physics-&-Astronomy-Job-CA-94101/2589196/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17542

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/20/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Rancho Cordova
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Engineering

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Pearson is the market leader in providing Instructional Improvement Systems (IIS) to Kindergarten through 12th grade schools, and we are looking for a skilled and energetic Performance Test Engineer to lead our performance testing efforts for our Schoolnet product line. In this role you will design, build, and execute an automated performance test suite to validate stated performance requirements of features and enhancements, as well as overall performance, scalability, and reliability of the overall system. If you are a passionate performance test engineer with experience in effectively measuring an application's ability to perform and scale, then this may be the perfect role for you!

Within an Agile framework, collaborate with other team members to deliver compelling, high quality, performant solutions via iterative sprint commitments and periodic release vehicles.

Research and internalize proposed software performance requirements, functional designs, and technical designs, as well as participate in meetings to clarify and refine requirements and designs.

Develop and implement performance test strategies and performance test plans that define how performance, scalability, and reliability will be measured.

Design, create, and execute effective performance test suites using Selenium and Neustar BrowserMob. This includes the creation of necessary test data.

Communicate and present test artifacts such as performance test plans, test cases, and test results; aid in the interpretation of test results.

Perform verification on software defect fixes to ensure they resolve the stated problem.

Follow sound problem solving methodologies to identify, troubleshoot, and properly document software defects.

Perform maintenance on existing test-ware, and implement incremental improvements.

Identify, quantify, and communicate software risks, and produce comprehensive mitigation strategies.

Uphold existing quality assurance and performance test standards and processes, and be a champion in driving further improvements.

Produce accurate estimates for the time needed to execute on assigned projects and tasks.

All other responsibilities, as assigned by management.

Qualifications

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Graduation from a college or university with a degree in Computer Science, Information Systems OR equivalent degree is required

Minimum of 5 years of experience working as a software Performance Test Engineer.

Expert understanding of established Quality Assurance and Performance Test methodologies

Expert understanding of Agile SDLC (specifically, SCRUM)

Strong understanding of server hardware components, networking principles, and operating systems
- Working knowledge of SQL in order to manipulate and validate test data
- Experience working in a .NET environment is preferred
Familiarity with XML, HTML

Exceptional problem solving and troubleshooting skills

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Exceptional time management skills

Demonstrate a passion for Software Quality Assurance & Testing

Demonstrate an ability to thrive as both an individual contributor and as a team contributor

Demonstrate motivation, innovation and a dramatic willingness toward excellence
- Must be able to travel 5% of the time
- Strong experience with Selenium and Neustar BrowserMob is a PLUS!!]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Rancho-Cordova-Sr-Performance-Test-Engineer-Job-CA-95670/2606145/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Rancho-Cordova-Sr-Performance-Test-Engineer-Job-CA-95670/2606145/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-17472

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/9/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Rancho Cordova
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Engineering

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Pearson is the market leader in providing Student Information Systems and other solutions to Kindergarten through 12th grade schools. We are looking for a skilled and energetic Quality Assurance Manager to lead and support the testing efforts of one of several Quality Assurance test teams. In this role you will manage the testing efforts of a team of 8-10 multi-location Quality Assurance Testers, as well as support Scrum Masters and “the team” on successful execution of planned Agile sprints. If you are a confident leader who can successfully plan and execute on current projects while keeping an eye on the strategic role of your team 12-18 months out, then this may be the perfect role for you!

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Within an Agile framework, collaborate with QA Test Engineers, Engineering Managers, other QA Managers, Product Managers, Project Managers and Scrum Masters in order to deliver compelling, high quality solutions via iterative sprint commitments and periodic release vehicles.
- Engage with Quality Assurance Engineers to ensure they have the tools and support needed to execute on assigned projects, and are motivated to do what it takes to drive success into each project. This includes quarterly objective setting and providing performance feedback.
- Coach staff on how to implement more effective and efficient test strategies and test practices to ensure a high quality product is produced, with risk well defined and mitigated.
- Help define, implement, and maintain quality assurance methodologies and processes that all stakeholders can rally behind.
- Help define, implement, and maintain automation strategies that enable the team to perform more thorough regression testing of existing functionality, earlier in the release cycle.
- Interface with the Performance & Scalability team to ensure that performance and scalability is an integral component of all test strategies and project plans.
- Gather and communicate relevant quality assurance metrics and information, and provide periodic status reports on sprint and release testing efforts.
- Challenge established Development and Quality Assurance processes and standards and be a champion in driving further efficiencies.

Qualifications

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor of Sciences degree in Computer Science, or equivalent/relevant education.
- Minimum of 2 - 4 years of experience working as a Software Quality Assurance Manager, or Test Lead.
- Thorough understanding of industry standard quality assurance and testing methodologies.
- Thorough understanding and experience with white-box testing. (The test team will be heavily weighted with white-box test engineers, as opposed to black-box test engineers.)
- Experience with multi-location test teams.
- Experience in process development and refinement.
- Thorough understanding of the development lifecycle and exposure to various SDLCs, especially Agile.
- Strong understanding of various hardware, operating system, and database platforms.
- Working knowledge of industry leading Quality Assurance tools for Test Case Management (TCM) and Test Automation, such as HP Quick Test Pro (QTP), Selenium, and Quality Center.
- Thorough understanding of project management methodologies.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Exceptional organizational, time management and project management skills.
- A PLUS! - Previous experience in the field of K-12 education!

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Job ID: 2013-16902

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 4/11/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Menlo Park
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Professional Development

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Pearson Knowledge Technologies (kt.pearsonassessments.com) has built an intellectual property base that is unparalleled in the assessment field. We can measure core language and literacy skills and have scored tens of millions of spoken and written test responses from all over the globe.

Our patented Versant tests are the first to leverage a completely automated method for testing spoken language. These tests are the result of years of research in speech recognition, statistical modeling, linguistics, and testing theory.

We are seeking a very bright and talented Research Scientist. In this role, you will be responsible for advancing the state of the company's automated grading technology while working with the sales, marketing and test development teams to solve practical problems from the field. The position demands a person who has broad interests and is motivated to design and implement improvements to the company’s system. Opportunities for further research in applicable areas are available.

Day-to-day responsibilities of this role:
- The whole R&D cycle (building language models, training acoustic models, building statistical models for measuring the performance, etc.) for automated grading of different test system.
- Design new algorithms for different purpose (such as improving the grading performance).
- Do data analysis for different requirements.
- Write different scripts and tools to support the sales, marketing and test development teams.
- Maintain grading system.

Qualifications

Personality attributes/skills required:
- Knowledge of speech recognition, probabilistic systems, statistical models.
- Strong background in statistical modeling and machine learning.
- Extensive experience programming in C/C++.
- Proficiency with SQL, Perl and Matlab.
- Demonstrate a willingness to learn and apply a wide range of technologies
- Experience with linguistic and statistical analysis of natural language would be highly desirable.
- Ph.D. or ABD (with graduation in 2013) in CS, EE or relevant areas with 0-2 yrs working experience
- Experience in designing and running ASR experiments using HTK a plus
- Strong written and verbal communication skills

Keywords: jobs in Menlo Park; AI jobs, jobs in SF Bay area, jobs in San Francisco, speech recognition

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Job ID: 2013-17042

# of Positions: 3
Posted Date: 4/18/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Menlo Park
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Information Technology

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

As the world’s leading provider of clinical assessments, Pearson (www.pearsonassessments.com) is trusted by psychologists and other professionals to help them make accurate diagnoses and plan appropriate interventions for their patients and students. Now we’re thrilled to introduce an exciting leap in our evolution: Q-Interactive^TM, the world’s most advanced assessment tools in an elegant tablet-based delivery platform.

We are actively seeking innovative, highly motivated, and passionate engineers who can help deliver this cutting edge product. As a Senior Software Engineer at Pearson, you will contribute heavily in the ideation, design, and development of the Q-Interactive^TM platform. To learn more about Q-Interactive^TM, please visit http://bit.ly/QAqfYK

As our Senior Software Engineer, you will:

?Write code that utilizes the latest design patterns and best practices in a test-driven development environment

?Ensure back end scalability and front-end design integrity

?Collaborate with UX Designers, BAs, QA engineers, and product owners to develop continuous product enhancements and releases

Qualifications

Experience:

?You’ve spent 5 years hand-coding JavaScript. You’ve written your own JavaScript framework or plugins and think in object notation.

?You can write clean and semantic HTML5, CSS3, and have experience creating canvas elements and objects. You also understand cross-browser nuances and tablet viewports.

?You can consume and create APIs and web services.

?You have OOP down pat and have worked with Java for at least 5 years in an enterprise setting. Experience with Grails is desired.

?You’ve worked with Spring and have extensively focused on security.

?You’ve created databases, written queries, and stored procedures for at least 10 years. Experience with MySQL and Oracle is a must.

?You’ve worked in Agile teams and are familiar with Scrum.

?Experience with paired programming is a plus

Personal Skills:

?Effective, verbal communication

?Leadership and mentoring

?Excellent written and technical writing skills

?Highly analytical and problem solving skills

?Write clean, clear, and commented code

?Ability to test your code and code of others

?Hard working, “get it done” attitude

?Willingness to work in a team environment

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Java (SCJP) certification is desired

Contact the recruiter:
- www.linkedin.com/in/gwenhodgson
- Twitter: HRGwen
- Google+ Gwen Hodgson

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Job ID: 2013-17282

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/2/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Menlo Park
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Information Technology

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

SUMMARY

Pearson's Knowledge Technologies (KT) group is a recognized leader providing products and services based on proprietary and patented machine-learning technology for language understanding and evaluation. KT is rapidly growing with customers domestically and internationally. KT develops language tests in numerous languages for international markets resulting in a very multi-cultural, fun, highly capable and creative work environment.

As a member of the software development team, your responsibilities will be to design and develop applications for the KT’s spoken and written language assessment products. We are looking for a strong server-side developer who is also proficient in web UI development too.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function:
- Play a lead role in the design, development and evolution of KT’s product platform.
- Support KT’s existing software and customer infrastructure.
- Able to work on sizeable individual efforts as well as on teams using Scrum or other agile methodologies
- Develop prototypes, proofs of concept in addition to production-quality solutions.
- Translate complex business needs into innovative technical solutions.
- Ensure efficient performance and scalability of solutions.
- Demonstrate a passion for software development, software craftsmanship, and test-driven development.
- Show a desire and ability to learn new techniques and share knowledge in a small-team environment.

Qualifications

EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field. Advanced degree preferred.

Qualifications
- 5 or more years of Java programming experience on Unix/Linux platforms.
- 5 or more years experience with industry standard RDBMS's and SQL
- 5 or more years of experience in server-side development
- 3 years experience in web-based software development
- Experience with agile development methodologies.
- Required technologies: Java, J2EE, SQL, JavaScript, XML, JSON, Ajax, HTML, CSS, jQuery (or similar).
- Experience with web services development and service-oriented architectures
- Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and graphical.
- Strong work ethic -- critical to successful performance in this role.

Preference given to candidate with the following experience:
- Deep understanding of strengths and weaknesses of different server-side and ORM technologies
- Oracle
- Ability to communicate architectural and design approaches (design patterns a huge plus)
- C++
- Computer telephony and understanding of computer audio a huge plus.
- Experience with large volume, high performance/high available architectures

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Job ID: 2013-15090

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 3/21/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Rancho Cordova
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Engineering

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

As a member of the Product Development Team, you will be responsible for the product designs and development of the overall architecture by channeling a 5 to 15 member product development teams as Scrum Master, Lead Architect, and/or Technical Lead in framework and software module development efforts, and ensuring products support the company's overall strategy and goals.

Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function:
- Lead architectural design and implementation efforts for framework and component development effort using Java, Ajax and other modern technologies as appropriate.
- Evaluate and propose technologies for possible adoption. Collaborate with all teams to ensure technical direction meets the current and needs of product development strategies.
- Lead software development teams using Scrum or other agile methodologies. Collaborate with all teams to ensure architectural outcomes meet current product needs.
- Implement innovative world class solutions.
- Communicate project status on regular basis. Ensure stakeholders are effectively informed in a timely manner.
- Provide team leadership and mentorship.
- Develop prototypes, proofs of concept.
- Extend and enhance the automated test regime within the development process.
- Translate complex business needs and problems into innovative technical solutions.
- Consult with product management team to define business requirements.
- Standardize components and makes recommendations for reuse in order to create architecture that is scalable and flexible for future growth.
- Ensure optimum performance, scalability, and usability with solid architectural standards.
- All other responsibilities, as assigned by management.

Qualifications

EDUCATION
- Four year computer related degree, or 10+ years of experience in web-based software and database development using a variety modern technologies and languages, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications
- 8+ years designing and implementing (coding) enterprise architectures, with a strong focus on distributed, client/server and container-based web architectures.
- 8+ years experience with industry standard RDBMS's and experience with a currently shipping version of either MS SQL Server and Oracle.
- 8+ years experience in enterprise Java development with a range of container technologies.
- 8+ years experience using SQL and C/C++.
- 8+ years experience in framework component development.
- 8+ years experience leading teams on software engineering projects.
- Experience with agile development methodologies.
- Experience with portal development using various technologies.
- Experience with J2EE, XML Parsers, Security, I18n, Ajax (plus HTML, JSP and other web interface technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML, DHTML ).
- Demonstrated facility with computer languages.
- Demonstrated facility with XML, RSS, SOAP and similar protocols.
- Demonstrated facility developing for multiple operating systems.
- Strong demonstrated leadership skills.
- Excellent communication skills - written, verbal and graphical.
- Ability to handle a high volume of work in a short period of time, handle multiple priorities simultaneously and operate in a demanding work environment is important.
- Reliable attendance and punctuality is critical to successful performance in this role.
- Must be able to travel 10% of the time.
- Experience with Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX platforms. Other platforms helpful.

Preference given to candidate with the following experience:
- 2+ years of iPhone Application development.
- Experience with .NET framework and C#.
- Knowledge of the Microsoft Enterprise Development Reference Architecture.
- Innovative and entrepreneurial disposition.
- Private sector experience developing systems for public sector systems.

#LI-MC]]>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:31:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Rancho-Cordova-Sr-Application-Engineer-Job-CA-95670/2494252/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Rancho-Cordova-Sr-Application-Engineer-Job-CA-95670/2494252/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-15087

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 3/21/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Rancho Cordova
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Engineering

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

As a member of the Product Development Team, you will be responsible for
product design and implementation for assigned framework and software module
development efforts.

Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential function:

Supports design and implementation efforts for framework and component
development effort using Java, Ajax and other modern technologies as
appropriate.

Participates fully and contributes to software development teams using Scrum
or other agile methodologies. Collaborate with all teams to ensure solution
meet current product needs.

Implements innovative world-class solutions.

Communicates status on regular basis and in a timely manner.

Develop prototypes, proofs of concept.

Extends and enhances automated test regimes within the development process.

Translates complex business needs and problems into innovative technical
solutions.

Consults with product management team to define business requirements.

Ensures optimum performance, scalability, and usability following
architectural standards of all designs and implementations.

All other responsibilities, as assigned by management.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Four year computer related degree, or 5+ or more years experience in
web-based software and database development using a variety modern
technologies and languages, or equivalent combination of education and
experience.

Qualifications

5 or more years experience designing and implementing information systems,
with a strong focus on distributed, client/server and container-based web
architectures.
4 years experience with industry standard RDBMS's and experience with a
currently shipping version of Oracle.
4 or more years experience in enterprise Java development with a range of
container technologies.
4 or more years experience using SQL.
Experience with agile development methodologies.
Experience with portal development using various technologies.
Required technologies: J2EE, XML Parsers, Security, Ajax (plus HTML, JSP and
other web interface technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, DHTML).
Demonstrated facility with computer languages.
Demonstrated facility with XML, RSS, REST, SOAP and similar protocols.
Demonstrated facility developing for multiple operating systems.
Great communication skills - written, verbal and graphical.
Reliable attendance and punctuality is critical to successful performance in
this role.
Must be able to travel 10% of the time.

Preference given to candidate with the following experience:

Ability to handle a high volume of work in a short period of time, handle
multiple priorities simultaneously and operate in a demanding work
environment is important.
Private sector experience developing systems for public sector entities.

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Job ID: 2013-15088

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 5/13/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Rancho Cordova
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Engineering

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

As a member of the Product Development Team, you will be responsible for
product design and implementation for assigned framework and software module
development efforts.

Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential function:

Supports design and implementation efforts for framework and component
development effort using Java, Ajax and other modern technologies as
appropriate.

Participates fully and contributes to software development teams using Scrum
or other agile methodologies. Collaborate with all teams to ensure solution
meet current product needs.

Implements innovative world-class solutions.

Communicates status on regular basis and in a timely manner.

Develop prototypes, proofs of concept.

Extends and enhances automated test regimes within the development process.

Translates complex business needs and problems into innovative technical
solutions.

Consults with product management team to define business requirements.

Ensures optimum performance, scalability, and usability following
architectural standards of all designs and implementations.

All other responsibilities, as assigned by management.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Four year computer related degree, or 5+ or more years experience in
web-based software and database development using a variety modern
technologies and languages, or equivalent combination of education and
experience.

Qualifications

5 or more years experience designing and implementing information systems,
with a strong focus on distributed, client/server and container-based web
architectures.
4 years experience with industry standard RDBMS's and experience with a
currently shipping version of Oracle.
4 or more years experience in enterprise Java development with a range of
container technologies.
4 or more years experience using SQL.
Experience with agile development methodologies.
Experience with portal development using various technologies.
Required technologies: J2EE, XML Parsers, Security, Ajax (plus HTML, JSP and
other web interface technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, DHTML).
Demonstrated facility with computer languages.
Demonstrated facility with XML, RSS, REST, SOAP and similar protocols.
Demonstrated facility developing for multiple operating systems.
Great communication skills - written, verbal and graphical.
Reliable attendance and punctuality is critical to successful performance in
this role.
Must be able to travel 10% of the time.

Preference given to candidate with the following experience:

Ability to handle a high volume of work in a short period of time, handle
multiple priorities simultaneously and operate in a demanding work
environment is important.
Private sector experience developing systems for public sector entities.

#LI-MC]]>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Rancho-Cordova-Software-Engineer-Job-CA-95670/2594537/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Rancho-Cordova-Software-Engineer-Job-CA-95670/2594537/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16480

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 3/21/2013
Job Location: US-CO-Boulder
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Professional Development

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Reach the recruiter:
- www.linkedin.com/in/gwenhodgson
- Google+ Gwen Hodgson
- Twitter: HRGwen

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Pearson’s Knowledge Technologies Group is a division of Pearson, PLC. Its award winning software is used by millions of people for teaching and assessing reading, writing, math, content areas, and spoken language skills. Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson is the global leader in educational publishing, providing quality print and digital content, assessment tools, and educational services to help students of all ages learn. Pearson (NYSE: PSO) is an international media company; in addition to education, Pearson's primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. Pearson Education has been recognized for four consecutive years by Working Mother magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers”.

About Pearson http://pear.sn/PearsonAlwaysLearning

The Knowledge Technologies (pearsonkt.com) Group of Pearson develops automated scoring technology and other language analysis and information retrieval software services for the K-12, higher education, and government markets. The company, based in Boulder, CO and Palo Alto, CA, offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits and bonus opportunities.

Research Developer/Senior Research Developer

Job Description

Create innovative software solutions to cutting edge problems for the education and training markets in a small-team environment. This position involves research and development of computational technologies for educational applications with a focus on machine learning techniques and statistical natural language processing. The responsibilities for this position include research on novel educational technologies, development, testing and analysis of prototypes, and implementation of the technology. The position is in a small, nimble group within a large, stable organization

Qualifications

Job Requirements*:
- 1+ Years of experience in research and implementing machine learning, natural language processing, speech technologies, and/or information retrieval technologies
- 1+ Years experience in implementing algorithms, statistical approaches, and/or psychometric analyses.
- 1+ Years development experience in Java, Perl, C++, or related languages
- Will consider candidates with more experience for a senior-level position

Education Requirements:
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Educational technology, or equivalent experience.

Desirable Skills:
- Good mathematical and analytical skills
- Ability to work independently and as a key contributor in small teams
- Experience in research and development of educational technologies for speech, reading, writing, vocabulary and/or math.
- Experimental methods and evaluation methods
- Experience building robust commercialized software
- Understanding of Latent Semantic Analysis/Indexing and related approaches

Desired Qualities:
- Desire to learn and share knowledge
- An innovative and creative spirit
- Ability to work in a team-oriented research and development environment
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills

Keywords: jobs in Boulder, machine learning

Contact the recruiter: www.linkedin.com/in/gwenhodgson or Google+ Gwen Hodgson]]>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:31:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Boulder-Research-Scientist-%28Machine-Learning-&-Natural-Language-Processing%29-Job-CO-80301/2494259/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Boulder-Research-Scientist-%28Machine-Learning-&-Natural-Language-Processing%29-Job-CO-80301/2494259/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16270

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 3/17/2013
Job Location: US-CA-San Francisco
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Sales

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

The Account Executive in Pearson Learning Solutions' Career sales team is responsible for increasing territory sales base by selling all Pearson Higher Education products and services to post-secondary private sector colleges and schools. This position will be responsible for the Northern CA territory. The ideal job incumbent will be located within or near the territory.

Responsibilities include:
- Promote products and services to target specific private sector accounts.
- Conduct territory analysis to successfully determine account priorities, sales strategies and goals.
- Write territory plans and maintain business plans for each major account.
- Within the assigned budget, efficiently and accurately sample review copies to account decision-makers.
- Scout and report manuscripts from prospective authors, develop author candidates, and work through appropriate editorial staff to negotiate contracts.

This position requires travel to client locations in the Northern CA area with some overnights possible. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Qualifications

Requirements:
- 3 to 5 year’s successful sales, education, or publishing experience required. Experience in the “for-profit” education sector preferred.
- Bachelor's Degree preferred or equivalent work experience.
- Excellent proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite software applications (Excel, Word, Access)
- General proficiency with Windows-driven application and ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to organize, prioritize, plan, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven negotiation, needs and business analysis skills.
- Ability to travel to customer sites and company meetings as needed.]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Account-Executive-Northern-CA-Job-CA-94101/2485939/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/San-Francisco-Account-Executive-Northern-CA-Job-CA-94101/2485939/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-14872

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 1/8/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Los Angeles
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Sales

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global-reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Pearson is the leader in publishing for the higher education market. We have an excellent opportunity for a Learning Technology Specialist in our Los Angeles, CA territory.

The successful candidate for the Learning Technology Specialist position will be responsible for the sales and marketing of textbooks, supplements and media to colleges and universities, working with local sales representatives in the Los Angeles, CA territory. This is a specialist position that focuses on the winning of large adoptions through giving presentations, coaching and strategizing with sales representatives, and building momentum and excitement for the products in the region. In addition, the Learning Technology Specialist also communicates closely with our marketing and editorial teams to create strategies, drive sales, and provide market feedback.

Qualifications
- A minimum of two years successful experience as a college publishing sales representative, and a quantifiable record of achievement.
- Ability to do 60% travels during the selling seasons.
- Aptitude to coach and train sales reps.
- Technological proficiency: working knowledge of the Web and basic software programs/applications
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Motivation: the drive to achieve beyond what is expected
- Academic excellence: strong academic performance and a 4-year degree

Success as a Learning Technology Specialist can lead to career opportunities within Pearson's editorial, sales management, marketing, and media development groups.

We offer an excellent compensation/benefits and an opportunity to grow with the industry leader.

Please visit our websites at:

www.pearson.com

www.pearsoned.com
www.pearsonhighered.com]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Los-Angeles-Learning-Technology-Specialist-%28HSS%29-Los-Angeles%2C-CA-Job-CA-90001/2366769/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Los-Angeles-Learning-Technology-Specialist-%28HSS%29-Los-Angeles%2C-CA-Job-CA-90001/2366769/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job ID: 2013-16640

# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 3/29/2013
Job Location: US-CA-Los Angeles
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Sales

Overview

Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.

Pearson International has an excellent opportunity available for an ESL Publishing Sales Representative.

ESL Sales Representatives are responsible for professionally promoting Pearson Education ELT products to educational professionals with the goal of achieving sales growth in their respective territories. The primary focus of this position is to drive business results for the Los Angeles, California territory through a blend of business acumen and professional performance skills.

Successful candidates for the position should demonstrate technological proficiency in regards to being able to present and demonstrate software programs. Excellent time management, organizational skills, and interpersonal communication.

We offer an excellent compensation/benefits package including full medical/dental/vision coverage and a sales incentive benefits package including a competitive salary and bonus plan, company car, expenses, and an opportunity to grow with the industry leader.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Please submit a cover letter with salary expectation to our career site.

Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain objectives for geography in consultation with regional management to assure proper portfolio balance and planned actions.
- Meet/exceed sales goal expressed as % growth, and/or sales target
- Maintain an expert product knowledge base including education, consumer education, and factors influencing the market environment. Understands and uses approved promotional materials to support marketing message.
- Employ effective selling techniques following the ELT Sales Model, including pre-call planning, effective opening, presentation focus and productive questions, issue identification and effective close.
- Successfully implements the territory sales plan in alliance with Marketing & Sakes resources to meet or exceed goal.
- Maintain up-to-date database to document sales call information, trends, future call objectives, sampling data and overall territory performance.
- Demonstrate teamwork through sharing of best practices and working with cross functional teams.
- Adjust/adopt/incorporate national requirements, initiatives and plans.
- Complete and transmit weekly activity and expense reports.
- Prepare for, attend, and actively participate in all required sales conferences and training at local and/or remote locations.

Qualifications
- Travel up to 25%; overnight travel required
- Lifting up to 40lbs.
- Valid driver's license & good driving record
- Bachelor’s degree or appropriate combination of education and experience
- Bi-lingual in Spanish highly desirable]]>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Los-Angeles-Sales-Representative-Job-CA-90001/2519906/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://jobs.pearson.com/job/Los-Angeles-Sales-Representative-Job-CA-90001/2519906/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS