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Content Writer--Online Basic Skills/Developmental Writing


Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA


Salary: DOE

Duties/Responsibilities:

Cengage Learning delivers highly customized learning solutions for colleges, universities, instructors, students, libraries, government agencies, corporations, and professionals around the world. These solutions are delivered through specialized content, applications, and services that foster academic excellence and professional development, as well as provide measurable learning outcomes to its customers.

Aplia (www.aplia.com), a Cengage Learning product, is revolutionizing how students learn. We create online, interactive learning solutions that increase student effort and engagement in their high school and college courses. We have helped 1,000,000 students at more than 1,300 institutions since product inception in 2002 and are looking for eager and like-minded individuals to join our brainy, creative, and lively group!

The Online Basic Skills / Developmental Writing Content Developer will create new online developmental writing content for our Aplia product (www.aplia.com) and shape our writing tools to best serve students and professors alike. This is a full time position preferably in our Belmont, CA office. We will also consider candidates for our Boston, MA or Mason, OH office locations as well.

Specific Responsibilities:

ò Write and review online teaching materials for non-transferrable basic skills / developmental writing courses

ò Work with other content developers to write, review, and edit our online writing materials

ò Be familiar with our current content to advise the sales and support teams on any content-related questions

ò Assist students and teachers by answering content specific questions

Requirements:

Basic Qualifications Required:

ò Master's degree in English or similar

ò Must have excellent writing experience

ò Excellent knowledge of grammar and command of the English language

ò Must have experience teaching or tutoring developmental or basic skills writing classes

ò Top-notch written and oral communication skills

ò Computer savvy with the ability to pick up technical skills quickly

ò Bright, hard-working, flexible, dedicated, and team-focused self starter

ò Experience working with diverse student populations with varying skills and abilities

Preferred Qualifications:

ò PhD in English

Start Date:

Posting Dates: Opens: July 30, 2009; Closes: 

Submit the following information:  

Please submit your cover letter and resume online at http://tbe.taleo.net/NA1/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=LEARNING&cws=1&rid=2653

Contact Information: 

Contact Name:  Cengage Recruiter

Address:  

City: Belmont

State:  CA

Zip:    94404