Posted over 4 years ago
STEM Content Moderator
About Brilliant
Effective learning is active, not passive. Brilliant helps people around the world master concepts in math, science, and computer science by solving fun, challenging problems. Over 7 million members have joined Brilliant to learn from our community wiki and subscription courses. To understand more about our approach, read our principles, educator bios, and testimonials.
The role
As a STEM Content Moderator, you will ensure that everyone on Brilliant has an inspiring experience by moderating community discussions and addressing content feedback and reports. You’ll work alongside world-class content creators to imagine and build an ideal learning experience for millions of users around the world.
Specifically, you will:
- Moderate online problem-solving discussions: removing non-constructive posts, encouraging constructive posts, and guiding discussion through scaffolding
- Apply your STEM skills to drive discussion with follow-up questions and further areas of research
- Proactively respond to reports and questions made by users
- Be an ambassador for the Brilliant brand, encouraging thoughtful engagement with STEM
- Work with content creators to improve existing content, based on user feedback
This is a remote work position.
Who are you?
- Have a strong grounding in mathematics, physics, or computer science. Ideally, your strengths extend beyond the traditional curricular journey, and span multiple subjects.
- Have an excellent sense of what makes an explanation great. Teaching experience is an added (but not required) bonus.
- Are knowledgeable about active learning (learning by doing, instead of listening to lectures)
- Excellent communicator, able to meet a learner at their level through a written medium
- Have an exceptionally strong command of English grammar and usage
- Master of LaTeX
- Have a strong sense of responsibility