Education Strategy Consultant, Crimson Rise

Crimson Education is the world’s leading college admissions consulting firm, with over 1,490 Ivy League offers and 2,410 to the US Top 15. We help ambitious students gain admission to the world’s top universities through expert-led guidance and proven, data-driven strategies. Crimson students are 7x more likely to get into the Ivy League than their peers. We were recently featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal .

CRIMSON RISE

Our mission in Crimson Rise is to be the launching pad that equips young students

globally to compete on the world stage. Crimson’s technology, resources, and expertise removes barriers of geography and legacy, seeing its students reach their greatest potential thanks to the dedication of their personalized Crimson teams.

As we expand our team, we are seeking innovative educators who are passionate about shaping the future of learning. Join us as we aim to unlock our students’ potential, guiding them through a transformative process that leads to admission into top US and UK private schools and universities. Be part of a visionary team committed to making a significant impact on global education standards and student success.

Our Team

The Rise Strategy Team spans 4 continents, bringing together educators, innovators, artists, athletes, researchers, and advocates who believe every student deserves a personalized education experience regardless of where they’re coming from. Hailing from top universities worldwide, our Strategists bring their personal experiences to the table as they invest in the team’s overall expertise and support parents and students in navigating today’s increasingly complex education landscape.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

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.

Required 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

Required Skills

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

Why work for Crimson?

- 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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