IT Course Author

Skillcey is a learning platform that helps students, graduates, and future professionals to gain real tech industry experience and grow their own professional project portfolios via project-based online courses.

On Skillcey, you can find project-based online courses on Web Development, Data Science, AI, Cyber Security and etc., that can help you build job-applicable IT skills, develop a real-life project and add it to your project portfolio, resume, LinkedIn, or showcase it to the potential employer.

This is a fully remote company and we are open to applications worldwide. You don't have to match all of the listed requirements to apply.

Role overview

We are looking for a course author to develop and record a course or set of courses on one of the following topics:

Web Development
Mobile Development
Data Science
Cyber Security
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Programming Languages
Database Design & Development

The courses will focus on helping learners develop real skills. You will be responsible for outlining and writing a number of lessons to give learners a hands-on, interactive learning experience. This is a great opportunity to turn your expertise into a new source of passive income.

Here are a few important points about our content development process:
Skillcey has course creators who will help you scope, design, and create the course from start to finish. We'll assist you in every step of the process.
Skillcey courses focus on learning through video lectures and hands-on exercises. You can just record your screen if you wish to stay out of the screen.
Skillcey courses are relatively short, between 1 to 3 hours.
Courses are comprised of between 4 to 10 modules with a guided project at the end to allow learners to apply their skills to a real-world problem.

The authoring process:
Application process - After submitting an application, we'll reach out to request a video call with you.
Course outline - We'll pair you with a content developer to create a course and project outline, including the target skills to be taught.
Course development - Your content developer will work with you each step of the way, providing feedback on your content.
Course launch - We'll QA and test the course, and work with you on a go-to-market plan to maximize the reach of the course.
The time required to complete a course depends both on the length of the course and the author's experience. Usually it takes about 10-14 days. From start to publish your course on Skillcey might take only 3-4 weeks.

Once your course is published on Skillcey, you will start earning on every sale of the course. We promote every course published on Skillcey to drive sales.

What we're looking for
Skills in one of the mentioned above topics (required)
Some experience teaching or creating content (recommended)
Works collaboratively with others
Manages time well to deliver work on schedule
Strong writing skills - attention to detail and ability to follow defined authoring standards
Ability to break down complex topics and problems into easy-to-follow explanations
Bias towards application and project-based learning

Nice to have experience
Understanding of best practices for adult learning (curriculum design, instructional design, etc)

Compensation
Compensation will depend on the course topic. We offer either fixed, per course compensation paid out upon completion of the course, or a revenue share based on course enrollments.