Salary Range: $65,000 - $78,000 plus commission
About Avant
Avant is dedicated to language proficiency solutions that help create a brighter future through the magic of language. We believe people are connected through language, and cultural identity is preserved and honored through proficiency. Avant provides solutions for the entire proficiency cycle, including placement and proficiency assessments offered in more than 139 languages, training, and data analysis with the goal of helping learners achieve credentials and true demonstrations of their skills. Avant Assessment is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Here is what you can look forward to in this position:
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to build strong relationships with diverse clients and partners, while presenting them with creative and cutting-edge solutions that address their specific needs. If you thrive in dynamic and impactful roles where you can make a difference, this position will suit you.
Responsibilities
- Serve as ambassador of Avant culture and integrity
- Delivering presentations to key stakeholders in a consultative and engaging manner that effectively communicates and articulates our products, research, features, and benefits.
- Identifying and proactively reaching out to priority, high potential accounts.
- Accurately maintain customer account information, track activity, enter orders and activity results within CRM and other online tools.
- Develop professional proposals and communications to help generate leads.
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team and develop comprehensive strategic and creative plans to meet the needs of clients and produce results.
- Maintain accurate market forecasts, provide market feedback and share competitive information to management.
- Seek out and participate in networking activities to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders that will lead to a future pipeline of opportunities.
- Travel to conferences and to visit prospective clients
Skills Requirements
- Successful business development, sales and account management track record in the education and business markets
- Experience selling or working with technology-based assessment and learning products
- Demonstrated ability to discover client needs and propose solutions to close new business opportunities and meet sales goals
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Collaborative team-oriented approach
- Google Suite & MS Office
- Familiarity with remote work tools such as Zoom, Slack, etc.
- CRM Knowledge (Salesforce, etc.), preferred
- Bilingual/Multilingual skills preferred
- Interest in language learning, a plus
- A 4-year college degree is preferred but not required