Job description

We’re looking for talented individuals interested in joining a growing global company. At Slang, you’ll be an early team member of a global, well-funded startup spun out from MIT. We’re building a world-class team to revolutionize language learning with cutting-edge technology and delightful design.

What we’re working on at Slang

Slang started at MIT as a research project on using AI and NLP to make learning a new language as efficient as possible. Our technology powers a highly adaptive e-learning platform that offers an unprecedented variety of specialized English courses and proficiency tests for career development in over one hundred fields like Sales, Finance, Logistics, Medicine, and Law. With just a small team, we’ve already created the largest professional English offering in the world. Now, we’re scaling up to release 1,000 more courses over the next three years.

Learn more about our unique approach at slangapp.com.

What this role is about

If you’re interested in working with multiple companies across South America, we would love to tell you more about this opportunity. In this role, you’ll be working with companies that have chosen us to take their professional English to a new level. Populations vary from beginner to advanced intermediate (Pre-A1 to B2,) and you’ll work with teens and adults. As a complement to our digital product, we offer different sessions that aim to help users become more proficient and develop the conversational skills needed to succeed at their workplaces.

Slang is a product-driven startup, meaning our products are at the center of our company vision. We’re aiming to build products that sell themselves. We expect you to contribute to our vision with your experience and knowledge of language learning and by helping us better understand our users.
Technical skills and requirements

• Experience in English teaching and lesson planning.
• Bachelor's degree in Modern languages or related fields and/or TESOL, TEFL, or similar certificates.
• English oral communication and writing skills (C1 certified with IELTS, TOEFL, or any other valid examination in the country).
• Minimum availability of 60 hours per month to provide your services.
• Excellent discipline, focus, and attention to detail, especially when working autonomously.
• Problem-solving and EdTech tools skills and knowledge.
• Empathy and the ability to form great interpersonal relationships with users and colleagues.
• Experience in educational material design (presentations, webinars, workshops, etc), virtual tools such as Zoom and Google Meet, and online teaching.

What Slang can offer you

We offer the special experience of being part of a fast-moving and quickly-growing international company within the entrepreneurial ecosystems of Boston and MIT.

Where we're located

Our team is currently split between the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Nigeria. We are recruiting great people in these locations and all around the world.

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you — apply below!

Slang is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to our inclusive and healthy environment.

For further information related to Slang, check out recent pieces profiling us in Bloomberg, LABS, and Forbes; the portfolios of our investors, Social Capital, an investor in companies like Slack and Intercom; DILA Capital, Alive Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Roble Ventures; our Crunchbase profile; and the profiles of our founders, Diego and Kamran. We're also worldwide winners of LearnLaunch and the GESAwards, and we were named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in 2022. These are huge achievements of which we're very proud of.

Job Type: Contract

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