As a Advanced Specialist, Content Developer (Social Studies) within the Asset Creation team, you will work as both a content and assessment expert to develop K-12 assessments for our state and district clients. Our team develops standards-based assessments for students across the United States. We collaborate with education departments, committees of educators, and business partners to develop assessments of learning 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 content-specific test items and stimuli, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, performance-based tasks, and simulations across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments
• Generate and implement asset specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, test designs, and other ancillary documents
• Develop items and assessments based on accessibility considerations
• Leverage AI-powered tools to support the development, review, and enhancement of assessment content, ensuring outputs meet quality and accessibility standards
• Collaborate with and train team members to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows, providing feedback using content and educational expertise
• Select, 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 as an assessment expert
• Contribute to proposal solutions through drafting test designs and authoring text
• Lead teams of Assessment Specialists in the design and implementation of high-stakes assessment programs
• Work closely with test development managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and other Pearson groups
• Stay current with emerging technologies relevant to educational content creation and assessment, including AI
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Some travel required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, content-specific area or equivalent degree required
• At least five years’ experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the field of content-specific area preferred
• At least three years’ experience in large-scale educational measurement preferred
• Professional knowledge of content-specific area and educational trends required
• Experience leading assessment programs preferred
• General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large- scale assessments required
• Demonstrated excellence in AI-supported content development, or clear evidence of strong potential and readiness to leverage AI effectively in content creation
• Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for education and assessment purposes
• Broad knowledge of common software programs, strong technology skills, and the confidence necessary to work with unfamiliar programs
• Demonstrated interest in learning about and adapting to new AI technologies as they evolve
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Skilled at creatively and flexibly addressing challenges with a variety of audiences
• Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills and ability to coordinate multiple activities and adapt to unexpected events
• Skill in evaluating and providing input on project schedules and process documents

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $70,000 – $80,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here . 

Applications will be accepted through Thursday, Feb 12th, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

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.

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Job: Learning Subject Matter Experts

Job Family: LEARNING_&_CONTENT_DEVELOPMENT

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