Purpose of the position 

 
As an Education Solutions Consultant, you will be a vital part of our mission to improve instructional outcomes with SMART solutions. Your duties will focus on developing the end-user customer base for SMART in the South-East Pod. Some of the specific duties will include: 

Responsibilities: 

• Build and maintain sustainable relationships with key decision makers and stakeholders in the education sector. 

• Use SMART’s sales process to acquire new education customers. 

• Expand SMART solutions in defined education customers. 

• Develop relationships in strategic education consortiums, training centers, and DOEs. 

• Develop and implement professional development plans that align with instructional goals. 

• Create engaging and innovative PD resources to be used both in-person and virtually 

• Foster a thriving community of ambassadors by identifying, recruiting, and onboarding ambassadors. 

• Engage an online community through connecting and posting on social media 

• Attend at local and regional trade shows, seminars, conferences and customer events 

• Work with SMART's marketing and product management teams  

• Produce high-quality sales and professional development activity reports 

• Collect and analyze data to measure the impact of professional learning and make necessary improvements. 

• Operate at very senior levels within complex customer organizations with multiple decision makers. 

Skills Required 

• Outstanding interpersonal skills and a desire to work in a team environment that consists of the Pod Director, Area Manager, Area Representative, and Demand Gen Manager 

• Strong working knowledge of SMART’s products and the ability to learn new SMART solutions as they are introduced  

• Ability to present in front of large groups with the confidence and knowledge of both hardware and software as presentation tools. 

• Strong education acumen  

• Must demonstrate a high level of proficiency with technology. 

• Must be a self-starter and can learn new skills independently. 

• Strong ability to analyze and solve problems 

Education and work experience 

• Degree in business, education, marketing or a related field 

• Ideal experience as a former educator  

• At least two years of experience in education or sales for a fast-paced, technology-driven business 

• Proven aptitude for developing relationships with key decision-makers 

Supervision provided and received 

• The Education Solutions Consultant is a field-based position working independently with the guidance and direction of the Regional Solutions Manager. 

• The Regional Manager will have weekly-1-1 conversations and travel in the field throughout the year. 

Working conditions 

• Successful candidates must be able to work independently from a home office with the ability to travel 70% of the time. 

• Successful candidates must be able to get a passport and have the ability to travel to Canada. 

• Successful candidates must pass all district level background checks to work in the k-12 environment effectively. 

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