Job Details
Are you an experienced teaching professional? Passionate about education and want to make a difference? Interested in technology? This might be the role for you!
The company
Our client, based in Bridgeport, CT, is an EdTech company that produces award-winning reading and writing support software for children of all ages and abilities.
Hailed as the gold standard of literacy software, our products are used in thousands of schools worldwide, supporting learners with dyslexia, learning difficulties, physical disabilities, and other special educational needs.
The company has been active since 1991, is present in 23 countries, and has won 12 prestigious awards. It recently moved to a SaaS model and is on a significant growth curve.
The role
We re seeking an enthusiastic and proactive education professional with recent classroom experience to join our client s Customer Experience team.
We re seeking a confident communicator passionate about helping people get the most out of the company s products. You ll be brimming with ideas to support and inspire teachers worldwide, whether by helping customers in online meetings or events or by creating compelling marketing messages to share via mailings, social media, and the company website.
You ll be part of a supportive team who will provide you with a full understanding of how the software works and a robust training plan to get you up to speed.
Day-to-day includes:
- Create blog posts, assets, and PDFs highlighting how the software can support specific learning objectives and classroom ideas.
- Support/deliver high-quality face-to-face training and webinars to teachers and educational professionals to ensure products are used to their full potential.
- Produce support materials for Crick products, including print, video and website materials.
- Produce high-quality training support materials for the website and social media.
- Develop course content and materials for external training.
- Interact with existing customers via email, telephone, webinars, and social media.
- Explore and research additional ways to support teachers using the company s software in a classroom.
- Keep current with classroom needs and respond with relevant and engaging new content.
The package
- $50,000-60,000 starting salary
- 10 days paid holiday, rising to 15 after the first year of service, 20 after the second year and 23 after the third year
- 6 paid sick days
- Anthem medical insurance & dental insurance (fully covered, no contribution from employee)
- Short Term Disability coverage
- 401K available with up to 3% matched by the company
- Work flexibility Work from home on Fridays
- Providing products that make a real difference to children s lives.
- Great employee retention many people have succeeded with the business for several years, and the highest performing salesperson is celebrating their 7th year with the business this year.
- High-quality and in-depth training program to help you develop your career.
- Access to LinkedIn Learning to support your career growth and up-skilling.
- Company goal to become carbon neutral.
- Lots of involvement with local charity work
To be successful, you will
- Have a teaching background or understanding of the use of technology in education.
- Have recent classroom experience and/or strong knowledge of the US education sector
- Understand marketing tools for marketing, onboarding, and customer care.
- Be a confident and articulate communicator with great written communication skills.
- Have strong organisational skills and the ability to multitask
- Have excellent time management skills
- Have great presentation and demonstration skills
- Have strong project management skills and attention to detail
- Be a highly competent MS Office and Dynamics user
- Be commercially aware
- Take initiative
- Be an excellent team worker
- Have high levels of enthusiasm, energy and determination
Apply!
If you re driven, ambitious, and passionate about education and making a difference, apply now!