[Remote] Senior Learning Designer - ESL/EFL Curriculum for Global Learners
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Speak is a leading language learning company focused on reinventing language education through AI-powered solutions. They are seeking a Senior ESL/EFL Learning Designer to develop engaging learning experiences and manage content projects for a global audience.
Responsibilities
• Contribute to ESL/EFL curriculum development, balancing pedagogical efficacy, appropriate difficulty, and learner engagement
• Design and write engaging, effective learning materials (e.g., lesson scripts, activities, vocabulary lists) in English for ESL/EFL learners at different proficiency levels, operating with minimal oversight
• Manage end-to-end delivery of defined ESL/EFL content projects involving multiple contributors, ensuring clear timelines, ownership, and communication throughout the project lifecycle
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners and teammates across global markets and time zones
• Contribute to quarterly and annual planning for Speak’s ESL/EFL learner strategy
• Evaluate content effectiveness and proactively propose improvements by leveraging QA results, analytics, and user interviews
• Own the quality and consistency of ESL/EFL content within your assigned scope
• Help strengthen content standards and workflows across the Learning Design team by contributing to peer reviews, sharing best practices and learnings, and participating in training
Skills
• Native level fluency in verbal and written English - able to produce engaging lesson materials in English
• Proven experience designing ESL/EFL curriculum or learning content for English learners at an ed tech company
• Strong instructional writing and curriculum planning skills, with excellent attention to detail and pedagogical rigor
• Excellent user empathy for ESL/EFL learners across proficiency levels, with a strong judgement on what makes a learning material effective and engaging
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders or contributors
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to apply qualitative and quantitative insights to improve course quality
• Passion for technology-assisted language learning and comfort working with modern tools (e.g., Notion, Slack, chatGPT, Claude, Dropbox, internal tooling, etc.)
• Bilingual or multilingual background, or demonstrated cultural familiarity with one or more of the following EFL learner markets: France, Japan, Korea, LATAM, Taiwan, or Vietnam
• Experience working with AI in a professional setting
Benefits
• Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing very quickly, we've most recently raised our Series C from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets.
• Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day.
• Global in nature: We're live in over 40 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon.
• Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn.
Company Overview
• Speak is an AI-powered language learning platform and app that focuses on speaking out loud with an AI tutor. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.speak.com.
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Responsibilities
• Contribute to ESL/EFL curriculum development, balancing pedagogical efficacy, appropriate difficulty, and learner engagement
• Design and write engaging, effective learning materials (e.g., lesson scripts, activities, vocabulary lists) in English for ESL/EFL learners at different proficiency levels, operating with minimal oversight
• Manage end-to-end delivery of defined ESL/EFL content projects involving multiple contributors, ensuring clear timelines, ownership, and communication throughout the project lifecycle
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners and teammates across global markets and time zones
• Contribute to quarterly and annual planning for Speak’s ESL/EFL learner strategy
• Evaluate content effectiveness and proactively propose improvements by leveraging QA results, analytics, and user interviews
• Own the quality and consistency of ESL/EFL content within your assigned scope
• Help strengthen content standards and workflows across the Learning Design team by contributing to peer reviews, sharing best practices and learnings, and participating in training
Skills
• Native level fluency in verbal and written English - able to produce engaging lesson materials in English
• Proven experience designing ESL/EFL curriculum or learning content for English learners at an ed tech company
• Strong instructional writing and curriculum planning skills, with excellent attention to detail and pedagogical rigor
• Excellent user empathy for ESL/EFL learners across proficiency levels, with a strong judgement on what makes a learning material effective and engaging
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders or contributors
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to apply qualitative and quantitative insights to improve course quality
• Passion for technology-assisted language learning and comfort working with modern tools (e.g., Notion, Slack, chatGPT, Claude, Dropbox, internal tooling, etc.)
• Bilingual or multilingual background, or demonstrated cultural familiarity with one or more of the following EFL learner markets: France, Japan, Korea, LATAM, Taiwan, or Vietnam
• Experience working with AI in a professional setting
Benefits
• Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing very quickly, we've most recently raised our Series C from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets.
• Do your life's work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day.
• Global in nature: We're live in over 40 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon.
• Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn.
Company Overview
• Speak is an AI-powered language learning platform and app that focuses on speaking out loud with an AI tutor. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.speak.com.
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