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About PEARSON

Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with over 41,000 people in more than 70 countries, helping people of all ages to make progress in their lives through all kinds of learning.

Pearson owns brands such as Financial Times, Penguin and Pearson Education with overall revenue of over $9.4 B in 2011. Pearson has over 40,000 employees working out of offices in over 70 countries.

We are Pearson Lanka, a core part of Pearson's global Learning Technologies team. We build and manage some of the industry leading cloud based learning platforms that serve millions of students across the world. Over the years, we have built a strong Agile Development team, and we are now looking to expand aggressively over the next 12 months.  The industry leading cloud-based technology platforms of Pearson help educate more than 30 million students across the globe.

The 150+ strong engineering team based out of the Colombo office works dedicatedly to service Pearson technology companies located in North America, Europe and Australia.

At Pearson, we aim to be the best company to work for in the world. It is part of our philosophy to provide benefits, profit share plans, development opportunities and a culture that beats anywhere else. If you are 'always learning', and have a passion for technology and creativity, send in your resume and join our exciting engineering culture.

JOB SUMMARY

This position is responsible for skills in the areas of web-based markup/programming languages (HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript and Action Script) with strong experience related to troubleshooting. The Web Content Engineer uses his/technical skills to create and maintain components of web-based learning content and other web based solutions.

Tasks vary from basic computing transactions to defining and recommending steps and technology toward accomplishing pieces of a larger project goals and executing on approved work with limited responsibility.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receives predetermined task objectives from senior team members which may require discovery and process/technology decisions leveraging the Web content Engineer’s experience, skills and knowledge
• Develops online educational content and other digital solutions by using web scripting languages (HTML,XML, Style Sheets, JavaScript, etc.). This can include:
• Creating new code
• Reconstruction of existing code
• Documentation of process and/or solution
• Provides excellent customer service internally and externally to non-technical co-workers and customers;
• Participates as a collaborator on project teams to define solutions and approach while identifying technical and scope issues which are then escalated to senior team members.
• Tracking of work progress and QA outcomes utilizing Microsoft Excel and Word
• Daily reporting/communication with team and Project Manager.
• Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in related field required.  Candidate must have 1 or more years of previous experience in a professional environment. ( Candidates with less than one year experience will be considered for the "Associate" Level)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Highly detail-oriented
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to work in a team setting
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to problem solve
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Advanced knowledge and creation of HTML
• Beginning to intermediate knowledge of XML, JavaScript, Action Script, Flash, Adobe, Macromedia and other applications related to design and development of online course content.
• Understanding and usage of Microsoft Windows and MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Ability to sit or stand at a personal computer for a reasonable length of time typing and reading. 
• Ability to handle a high volume of work in a short period of time, handle multiple priorities simultaneously and operate in a demanding work environment is important.
• Reliable attendance and punctuality is critical to successful performance in this role.

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