What We Are Looking For
You are driven by academic research and passionate about data. You value and understand the presence of education and the impact it creates on children’s lives. You ideally want to discover, analyze and implement academic practices through learning outcomes. You thrive in building relationships with universities, students, and the public to gain a deeper understanding of statistical methodologies. You are excited to bring ideas to the table that can help the current and next-generation understand the value of learning through fun.
Who We Are
At Encantos, we’re leading the future of learning through play. Named by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in the world in Education, Encantos is an award-winning edtech company focused on inspiring kids to learn 21st-century skills. We build direct-to-consumer brands with our innovative “Storyteaching” methodology that both kids and parents love. Our brands are created by talented and culturally authentic storytellers with diverse perspectives and each brand is matched with the 21st-century literacy, learning, and life skills they best model. Our brands include the Emmy-nominated and 2x Kidscreen award-winning #1 bilingual preschool brand Canticos, the Day of the Dead-inspired resilience brand Skeletitos, and the adventure-based travel brand Tiny Travelers. We believe both digital and physical play is critical to the growth and development of kids, stimulating imagination, creativity, and a love of learning. With a subscription-led approach, our brands come to life via integrated digital and physical products, including apps and boxes, animated series, books, puzzles, and games that all work together to entertain, educate and inspire kids of all ages.Encantos was called by The Information as one of the “Top 6 Edtech Startups to Watch” and by Business Insider as one of the “Top 100 Startups of 2020”, Encantos has received numerous industry awards and accolades from the AP, ASU GSV, CNN, Common Sense Media, Forbes, Kidscreen, Kirkus Reviews, NBC News, The New York Times, NPR, Parents Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Romper, School Library Journal, Univision and USA Today. Founded in 2016 and backed by world-class VCs, Encantos is a fast-growing startup headquartered in Culver City, CA with offices in New York. As a public benefit corporation, we’re dedicated to creating the most purpose-driven family brands putting diversity, equality, and inclusion at the heart of everything we do.
What you’ll bring (Required Experience):
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in an appropriate field (e.g., Measurement, Evaluation, Psychology, Public Health, Education, Political Science, etc).
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-quality evaluations.
- Demonstrated ability to perform core evaluation functions—including developing logic models/theories of change, developing robust data collection tools, conducting a range of qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and preparing clear communication tools such as evaluation reports.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong, trusting relationships with research partners (participants, schools, research institutions, etc).
- Excellent writing ability.
- Strong writing skills, educational insights, and commitment to quality.
- Can-do attitude with an openness to others’ ideas.
- Highly self-motivated, efficient, and independent with strong attention to detail.
- Experience in curriculum development and instructional design is a plus.
What you’ll do
- Develop measures/assessments for evaluating the educational efficacy of the Canticos Bilingual Preschool app.
- Work with product researchers to create materials for product testing on children ranging from 0-10.
- Identify potential research partnerships with schools and research institutions.
- Manage relationships and communications with research participants, schools, and research institutions.
- Work with the Director of Learning Design & Efficacy to design a personalization model for our guided learning experiences.
- Create a dashboard for reporting and tracking children’s learning in the app
- Analyze data for insights on product iteration.
Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/encantos/4f57b8dc-8b84-43b5-8cbf-75ac13096732
