# Overview
*About Technology*
Our Technology team provides the essential digital infrastructure that underpins Pearson’s global portfolio of products and platforms. We have open and collaborative teams in place working to build efficient global platforms and scaling digital products to reach hundreds of millions of learners around the world, while delivering elastic, secure, data-driven services.
The Technology team also drives and coordinates how we work with technology partners to establish Pearson as a destination for innovation in education. Our aim is to ensure that our customers have access to more products and learning solutions in more regions while continually offering a high-quality user experience.
*The Pearson Developers Network*
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Web APIs are a future facing technology that enable organizations to extend their technological reach by making products, content and services easily available for reuse and integration.
The Pearson Developers Network (PDN) team has a mission to build the global presence for Pearson web APIs.
Using events, web channels, company networking and outreach to new consumers, the team has a “can-do”, innovation focussed, approach to trailblaze the adoption of web APIs for Pearson.
# Responsibilities
About the job
Job Purpose: An opportunity now exists for a dynamic marketing professional to extend the reach of the Pearson Developers Network (PDN) to the UK and Core markets.
Scope:Core geography regions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Establish a major annual competition event in the UK to showcase innovative uses of Pearson web APIs.
* Market and promote Pearson web APIs to third party consumers.
* Develop business models for commercial use of web APIs.
* Company networking to attract internal consumers of Pearson APIs and significantly scale the number of published Pearson web APIs.
# Qualifications
Essential skills, qualifications and experience:
* Event management and promotion
* Digital marketing skillset
* Marketing communications, messaging strategy, social media strategy
* Excellent communication and persuasion skills for working with senior and executive leaders
* Entrepreneurial thinking and the ability to act effectively with only high-level direction.
* Openness to new challenges and resilient in a changeable environment
* Strong team player
* Good understanding of web technologies
Desirable skills, qualifications and experience:
* Financial and commercial experience
* Project Management experience
* Familiar with education technology and digital learning
Key Pearson Attributes or Competencies:
* Always Learning
* Strategic and Visionary
* Makes it Happen
* Transformational
* Brave, Imaginative
* Commitment to Efficacy
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**Job ID:** 2015-33116
**# of Positions:** 1
**Position Type:** Regular Full Time
**Category:** Information Technology