[Hiring] Strategy Consultant @Crimson Education

Role Description

As a Crimson Rise Strategy Consultant, you will work directly with young students (typically ages 10-14, occasionally younger) and their parents to develop and execute academic, extracurricular, and personal growth goals in line with desired academic or professional pathways. You’ll be responsible for:

• Creating, maintaining, and ensuring execution on strategic roadmaps
• Leading a team of experts to support execution of these roadmaps
• Identifying age-appropriate, interest-aligned competitions and activities
• Communicating the latest university admissions trends
• Partnering with parents to ensure a quality service experience and tangible growth

Services You’ll Provide:

• Guide students in pre-college academic strategy, including:
• Assessing academic performance and proposing improvement/growth solutions
• Advising on grade improvement
• Advising on pros/cons of public, private, boarding, online, and homeschool
• Advising on curriculum selection
• Selecting courses, activities, summer programs, and super-curricular programs
• Ideating advanced capstone projects that can scale throughout high school
• Building advanced competitions plans that span high school
• Optimizing recommendations for university admissions based on shifting trends and student’s location, background, resources, and strengths
• Provide holistic, consultant-led coaching to students 1:1, including:
• Organization, time management, goal-setting, and study skills
• Guided interest identification and career research
• Guided project brainstorming and activities selection
• Tailored reading lists and guidance on vocabulary improvement
• Introduction to university admissions and expectations
• Reflections on priorities, interests, motivators, strengths, and stress management
• Helping students become healthy, clear-minded thinkers confident in inherent value and able to engage passionately with their interests and the world around
• Support sales and marketing teams across Crimson in understanding / presenting the Rise program to prospective clients.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree from a Top 30 US or Top 20 UK university
• 2+ years professional working experience
• 1+ years experience educating, coaching, or working with 11-14 year-olds
• Entrepreneurial/competitions experience at high school/college level strongly preferred
• Track record of acceptances to top universities/private schools preferred

Requirements

• Research and analysis
• Creative thinking under pressure
• Global awareness and cross-cultural communication
• Solution orientation
• Collaborative mindset

Benefits

• Competitive salary with growth opportunities in a student-focused, team-driven environment, housed within one of the world’s most exciting and rapidly growing startups
• Individualized mentoring and development opportunities with members of Crimson’s leadership team
• Flexible work hours, 100% remote
• Learning and development budget
• Commission available for those who wish to upskill in sales