Specialist, Content Developer (Bilingual Spanish & English) at Pearson

As a Bilingual Content Developer within the Asset Creation team, you will work as both a content and assessment expert to develop K-12 original content as well as translations for our state and district clients, combining the efficiency of AI-powered tools with your human expertise to ensure quality, accuracy, and fairness. Our team develops standards-based assessments for students across the United States, using AI to accelerate content development while relying on expert judgment to make every item and stimulus valid, accessible, and aligned to standards. In this role, you will also serve as the expert reviewer of AI-powered translations of assessment content from English into Spanish, ensuring that the Spanish versions are accurate, equivalent in meaning and rigor, and culturally and linguistically appropriate for Spanish-speaking students. We collaborate with education departments, committees of educators, and business partners to develop school assessments that are accessible to all students. We are looking for flexible and creative content experts to be leaders on our team. Responsibilities: Develop and review ELA and ELL content - specific test item s and stimuli, including multiple choice, extended response, cluster sets, and performance - based tasks across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments, using AI-powered tools guided by human content and assessment expertise Use AI-powered tools to draft, refine, and quality-check items, stimuli, and ancillary materials, applying human expertise to validate accuracy, alignment to standards, cognitive complexity, accessibility, and fairness before content moves forward Serve as the expert reviewer of AI-powered translations of assessment content from English into Spanish, verifying linguistic accuracy, equivalence of meaning, difficulty, and rigor, consistent terminology, and cultural and dialectal appropriateness for Spanish-speaking students Identify and correct AI errors, bias, inconsistencies, and translation issues; document findings and provide feedback to improve AI prompts, workflows, and outputs Follow human-in-the-loop quality procedures and responsible AI practices, including protecting the security and confidentiality of test content Generate and implement asset specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, test designs, and other ancillary documents Develop items and assessments based on accessibility considerations S elect, assign, manage, and train item/passage writers and educators to develop items based on standards, cognitive complexity, and item development best practices Facilitate customer meetings related to item and passage review, data review, test construction, review of composed test forms, achievement-level descriptors, standard setting, and technical advisory committees Collaborate with internal teams and customers Work closely with test development managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and other Pearson groups Perform other duties as assigned Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in e ducation, c ontent -s pecifi c a rea, translation or equivalent degree required Native or near-native proficiency in English and Spanish, with outstanding written and oral skills in both languages, required Experience reviewing, editing, or adapting translated educational or assessment content from English into Spanish, including machine- or AI-generated translations, preferred General knowledge of best practices for editorial processes At least three years’ experience content development preferred O utstanding oral and written communication skills English into Spanish Skilled at creatively and flexibly addressing challenges with a variety of audiences E xcellent planning, organizational, and problem - solving skills and ability to coordinate multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events S kill in evaluating and providing input on project schedules and process documents Broad knowledge of common software programs, strong technology skills, and the confidence necessary to work with unfamiliar programs Demonstrated ability or strong willingness to work with generative AI tools, including writing effective prompts and critically evaluating outputs for accuracy, bias, and alignment to standards, using sound professional judgment *Interviews for this position will be in Spanish AND English to validate proficiency. Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.