Associate Academic Advisor (Sales), India

About Crimson Education

Crimson Education is the world’s leading college admissions consulting firm. We help ambitious students gain admission to the world’s top universities through expert-led guidance and proven, data-driven strategies.

The Role

This is a full-time position, based in India.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and convert a pipeline of inbound and outbound leads, from first conversation to close.
• Run consultative discovery calls and academic assessments to uncover a family's goals, concerns, and decision drivers.
• Present and sell Crimson programs with confidence, tailoring the proposal to each student and handling objections with skill.
• Negotiate and close high-value deals with families, hitting and exceeding monthly and quarterly revenue targets.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with families, keeping the pipeline healthy and the CRM accurate.
• Sharpen your pitch continuously through call reviews, coaching, and market and product knowledge.
• Come up with creative new ways to reach and engage families.
• Build partnerships with schools, businesses, non-profits, and other organizations that generate qualified leads.
• Work with the Local Area and Digital Marketing teams to improve lead generation, identifying campaigns, services, and distribution channels that grow leads and sales.
• Represent Crimson at school talks, careers expos, and Crimson seminars, turning audiences into opportunities.
• Research potential organizations and markets for lead generation, and attend relevant industry events to share insight on market trends.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• An excellent track record in sales, ideally high-ticket or consultative sales with long decision cycles and multiple stakeholders.
• A history of meeting or beating targets, and the drive to keep doing it.
• Strong storytelling and public speaking skills, and the ability to persuade and build trust with parents and students.
• Confidence selling over video and phone.
• Resilience, curiosity, and a creative approach to prospecting and closing.
• A genuine interest in education and in connecting families to the right program.
• CRM handling and disciplined pipeline management would be useful.
• Fluency in English and one or two Indian languages would be useful.
• Experience in education, edtech or admissions, or an understanding of the global undergraduate application process (particularly US and UK) is a plus but not essential.