ESL Academic Coordinator

This is a remote position.

At Mindojo , we’re developing an adaptive education platform used by market-leading test-prep courses such as Bloomberg Exam Prep. Recently we began developing a sophisticated app offering a powerful set of learning games for kids learning English as a second language (ESL), targeting ~1B kids world wide. The app just came out of beta and already has over +1M downloads (see Plingo on Google Play / App Store).

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In the ESL Academic Coordinator role you will work with a team developing these sophisticated language learning games. You’ll be responsible for academic and market research, defining content creation guidelines and instructions for content creators and ensuring it meets all quality standards. You’ll closely interact with product managers and UI/UX designers on brainstorming ideas and concepts for new games. Lastly, you’ll gather and respond to customer feedback, run usability experiments and define the action plan for improving the product. 

We offer a full-time or part-time contract role. You can work from wherever you wish and the work schedule is very flexible.

Our culture

We believe in minimum bureaucracy and maximum creative freedom. Our team members enjoy lots of autonomy and are measured mostly by their actual deliverables. We work hard (who’s not familiar with healthy deadlines?) but are happy knowing that our efforts will help improve the lives of many and help the global economy at large. We love people who can approach problems from different angles and who are comfortable asking tough questions and proposing innovative solutions. We aren’t afraid to switch to new technologies as soon as it makes sense, and as a consequence, much of our stack is always at the cutting edge. We’re continuously looking for ways to improve our processes, and everyone’s suggestions are heard and considered on their merit, not based on seniority.

Requirements

• Proven experience in children language education
  
• Strong pedagogical knowledge and intuition
  
• Ability to think outside the box and adapt to novel problem-solving approaches 
  
• Solid business acumen and ability to work effectively with different stakeholders (e.g. product, design, and marketing teams)
  
• Excellent organizational skills and a proactive attitude are essential
  
• General tech savviness
  
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
  

Bonus points for:

• Masters degree or higher in TESL, TESOL, Linguistics, or related field from a global leading institution
  
• Familiarity with current research in the discipline
  
• Publications in language development or second language acquisition fields
  

What you will be doing:

• Managing content creation processes for various minigames of our immersive games for kids
  
• Collaborating with product managers, educational content developers, game designers, and developers to bring product ideas to life
  
• Provide hands-on support with any tasks that would benefit from a pedagogical perspective for hundreds of mini games
  
• Collecting and processing user feedback and preparing recommendations
  

Benefits

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation
  
• Energetic, knowledgeable, and friendly small team
  
• Challenging and interesting projects
  
• Stock option plan
  
• Company sponsored events and educational programs
  
• Flexible work schedule and ability to work from anywhere
  
• Last, but not least: a real chance to play a key part in revolutionizing education worldwide
  

Looking forward to discussing this position with you!

The Mindojo Team