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US Strategy Consultant (Korean-Speaking)

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Full Remote
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Experience: 
Mid-level (2-5 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Graduated from a top 15 U.S. university, 4+ years experience in education, coaching, tutoring and admission consulting, Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Key responsabilities:

  • Provide personalized admissions strategies to students aiming for top universities
  • Maintain expert knowledge of high school curricula and extracurricular choices
  • Contribute expertise to strategy team discussions
  • Support inter-departmental collaboration and product development
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Crimson Education Education SME http://www.crimsoneducation.org/
501 - 1000 Employees
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Job description

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New Zealand-based Edutech company Crimson Education was founded in 2013 from the idea that through personalised education, we can transform students into the world leaders of tomorrow.  Since then, we have rapidly grown a mission-driven team that is dedicated to building the education system for the 22nd century. We help students aiming to achieve admission and scholarships to top universities in the US, Canada, UK, EU and beyond.


Strategy Consultants (Admissions Counsellors) are exemplars of Crimson Education’s philosophy dedicated to making a difference in students’ lives, helping bridge gaps between present and future goals by personalising blueprints that will become the basis of all academic, extracurricular and personal development.

As a Strategy Consultant, you will be working directly with our clients (students and family), who will have the highest expectations of our services. You will provide an elite level of industry expertise and experience, aiming for an outstanding client experience. You will be a team player, sharing your knowledge and experience, and will also support other departments as appropriate including taking part in webinars, joining sales calls, or consulting on projects and product development.

What success looks like:

Service delivery

  • Provide overarching admissions strategies to Regular and/or VIP students by creating individualised plans and executing on them in collaboration with the rest of the students’ Crimson team (Student Success Manager, Academic Tutors, etc.)
  • Regularly meet with clients (both online and in-person) to provide exempalary level of service (also via KakaoTalk)
  • Maintain expert knowledge of high school curricula, extracurricular and leadership choices, summer program applications, and standardised test planning to make recommendations regarding admissions strategies
  • Utilise in-depth knowledge of institutions of higher learning to guide students and parents towards attainable school goals, working with them to create lists of best-fit schools of varied competition to maximise acceptance chances
  • Maintaining a high level of communication with VIP students and families outside of formal sessions through various channels (e.g., email, etc.)

Expertise

  • Sharing existing expertise from your experience and background with the team
  • Seek to further your expertise
    • Developing specialist knowledge or skills related to strategy
    • Seeking professional accreditation

Strategy team contributions

  • Liaising with your manager on how best to share your expertise & experience to contribute to the team. This could include:
    • Leading and contributing to discussions in regional pod meetings
    • Answering questions and sharing ideas regularly on Slack (i.e. if a question comes up on a topic you have the expertise to help with, you should be aiming to do so).
    • Acting as a role model, guide, and mentor to colleagues
    • Developing or contributing to a resource, project, guru card, or training materials.

Inter-departmental contributions
A local strategist will be actively willing to use their expertise and experience to assist other departments (especially the local SSM team), as time allows from their other responsibilities. These could include some or all of the following:

  • Taking part in sales consultations, representing the role of a strategist, and/or for pre-allocations
  • Contributing to webinars, and/or other marketing materials, e.g. blogs and podcasts
  • Consulting on product development
  • Sharing your expertise with SSMs on best working practices
  • Representing strategy in your country team meetings (i.e. with CMs, AAs, marketing and SSMs)

        What success looks like: 

        • Ensuring consistently high service quality
        • Having a comprehensive knowledge of your home admissions system, and be actively seeking to continually further develop your expertise
        • Consistently rated high pass or honours performer from Strategy KPIs
        • Maintaining strong track record in student outcomes
        • Having and developing unique selling points in your profile, for example track record, expertise, and consulting and admissions experience.
        • Resourceful and resilient in overcoming challenges
        • Solution-oriented, identifying problems and proposing solutions
        • Self-motivated and able to learn and progress independently
        • Seen as a leading expert in your team, who colleagues both in and outside your team look to for advice.
        • Actively searching for insights and information outside your immediate comfort zone, and considering geographical and cultural contexts.

        YOU JUST MIGHT BE THE PERSON WE ARE LOOKING FOR IF YOU HAVE:

        • Graduated from a top 15 U.S. university
        • Understand the intricate needs of a VIP/high-profile student and family
        • A passion for coaching young adults and an appreciation of foreign cultures
        • Planning and organizational skills
        • Graduate-level English reading, writing and editing skills
        • Strong verbal communication skills
        • Bi-lingual in English and Korean is a plus
        • Resilience when working independently under pressure
        • 4+ years experience in education, coaching, tutoring and admission consulting
        • Track record of top 30 admission results for students consistently each app cycle
        • Available to work with students in the APAC (and USCA) regions

        Why work for Crimson?

        • Be a part of the world's leading admissions consulting firm 
        • Rapidly growing start up, with a flexible working environment where you will be empowered to structure how you work
        • Limitless development and exposure - our internal promotions/role changes made up 33% of all recruitment last year
        • $1000 individual training budget per year, we love to ‘Level Up’ (it’s one of our core values)!
        • Psychologist on staff
        • Insightful fireside chats and workshops to help support our high-performing and ambitious team
        • Radical Candor is a feedback approach we live by
        • We’re a global player with 28 markets (and growing) across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!

        If you're passionate about growing in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and want to work with cutting-edge technology then we'd love to hear from you!

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        Experience

        Level of experience: Mid-level (2-5 years)
        Industry :
        Education
        Spoken language(s):
        English
        Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

        Other Skills

        • Resilience
        • Strategic Planning
        • Open Mindset
        • Verbal Communication Skills
        • Organizational Skills
        • Self-Motivation
        • Coaching
        • Solutions Focused

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