Speak is seeking a Senior Learning Designer to lead the development of ESL/EFL curriculum for global learners, creating effective and engaging language learning experiences. This role involves full ownership of content projects, collaboration with cross-functional teams across international markets, and ongoing refinement of materials using user feedback and data.
What You'll Do
- 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.
What We're Looking For
- 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.)
Nice to Have
- 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
Technical Stack
- Notion
- Slack
- chatGPT
- Claude
- Dropbox
- internal tooling
Team & Environment
- Distributed team
- Learning & Curriculum team with cross-functional collaboration across global markets
Benefits & Compensation
- Join a fast-growing company with product-market fit and significant investor backing
- Opportunity to do life-changing work with a tight-knit, high-performing team
- Work with people you enjoy and respect, in an environment focused on daily growth
- Global presence with users in over 40 countries and upcoming market launches
- Opportunity to interact with users across regions including San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo
- Potential for travel to regional offices
- Make a major impact on users' lives by helping them achieve language learning goals
- Inclusive workplace that values diversity and does not discriminate
Work Mode
- Distributed team across multiple time zones with global collaboration
- Locations: San Francisco, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, Ljubljana
Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
