Director of Educational Sales

Uncapped commission. Please send a cover letter with your resume to Julia@kid-grit.com, applicants will not be considered without a cover letter.

Education Sales Solution & Marketing Guru (Director)

kid-grit is searching for an experienced education sales expert!

We are a vibrant education start-up with huge growth potential.

It has been 6 years, our curriculum lives in 35 states, and we have trained over 15,000

educators and we are ready for you!

Please send a cover letter with your resume to Julia@kid-grit.com.

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You are someone who:

·      Loves working in education start-ups and wants to make a positive impact.

·      Aims to grow with the company and lead in developing a sales team.

·      Cares deeply about education, teachers, and K12 students.

·      Understands the education landscape and social-emotional learning (SEL) program politics.

·      Has 6+ years of expert sales experience with schools, higher education, nonprofits, and government contracts.

·      Knows the sales and procurement cycles in education.

·      Has a profitable sales track record.

·      Is solution-driven with creative ideas.

·      Possesses strong presentation and negotiation skills.

·      Has experience working with educators and district leaders.

·      Demonstrates exceptional professional and courteous customer service.

·      Has strong leadership skills with a proven record of influencing positive change.

Responsibilities

·      Develop a territory plan for growth.

·      Ensure customer satisfaction in assigned territory.

·      Forecast sales for the territory.

·      Prospect new clients using existing lists and personal networks.

·      Create pipeline and sales goals.

·      Develop strategies to maximize sales of existing and new products.

·      Present kid-grit programs and products via phone, email, virtually, and in person.

·      Nurture current accounts and identify growth opportunities.

·      Maintain professional relationships with peers and outside organizations.

·      Complete statewide, national, federal, and conference RFPs/RFQs and for-profit grants.

·      Stay updated on education and ed-tech trends to identify new market opportunities.

·      Monitor market activities and set competitive sales strategies.

·      Provide feedback to senior management on market dynamics and competition.

·      Work closely with the CEO and Director of Outreach and Partnerships.

·      Document best practices and develop implementation plans for the sales team.

·      Recommend and help establish sales policies.

Qualifications

·      Build a scalable sales model.

·      Work remotely.

·      Organize and manage a varied workload under pressure efficiently without supervision.

·      Use CRM software proficiently.

·      Travel 40-60% across the U.S. to education conferences.

Requirements

·      6+ years of sales experience.

·      Strong computer skills with Microsoft Office and Google Suite.

·      Bachelor’s degree in business, Education, Computer Science, Marketing, or related field; MBA preferred.

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Salary based on experience combined with a generous commission-based position.

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About kid-grit: We are a highly motivated, small, and dynamic team currently amid our first seed round of investment. We are searching for a new team member to help us expand into a larger market. With amazing growth opportunities and activities planned, we are a collaborative and creative company passionate about what we do.

The kid-grit collective is passionate about equipping educators and students with the tools needed for success. Our innovative, mindful approach builds confidence & character, resilience & social-emotional learning, self-care & wellness.

kid-grit offers a 25-hour, inquiry-based, Pre-K-12 program, focusing on growth mindset, self-regulation and food explanation, empathy, digital and social media awareness, and 21st-century skills.

Concurrently, we support educators and program staff with robust and evidence-based professional development workshop trainings based on the same foundational modules of growth mindset, self-regulation and food explanation, empathy, digital and social media awareness, and 21st-century skills.

We are committed to this equitable approach to social-emotional learning for both students and staff. As a result, when educators facilitate the kid-grit curriculum in classrooms or programs, there will be no disconnect.

kid-grit™ is grounded in seminal research, Building Blocks for Learning (Stafford- Brizard, K., 2016) which provides educators a framework for working with students. This framework calls out measures of healthy development, school readiness, mindsets for self and school, perseverance and independence, and sustainability, as critical to the development of the whole child. At kid-grit, we wholeheartedly agree! Young people need a progressive, multi-tiered approach to develop a life leading to improved performance in all schools and academic measures.

Send a cover letter and resume to Julia Gabor, Julia@kid-grit.com