Role Description:

The consumer sales team (Admissions) is responsible for ensuring each potential student understands what it takes to be successful in a General Assembly course. In this role, you are responsible for driving revenue that allows GA to continue to grow, scale, and change lives.

*This is a contract role and on-site.*

Responsibilities:

• Manage the student application process, including scheduling and conducting interviews, providing guidance to prospective students on our courses, communicating the value of a General Assembly experience, and keeping applicants engaged and informed throughout the process. 

• Proactively manage and respond to a high volume of prospective students (100+ per day) through phone, video calls, email, and chat. 

• Achieve measurable results against a range of funnel management and activity metrics. 

• Own targets and manage a robust pipeline of prospective students in Salesforce; build and cultivate relationships on an ongoing basis to drive results

• Continuously learn and master the course catalog through training and independent research to provide a valuable admissions experience for students

• Work cross-functionally with different regional teams to drive enrollments and generate interest in courses

• Host and lead information sessions and sales events to convert sales

Qualifications:

• Bilingual: Fluent in Arabic and English

• 1-2 years proven experience in consultative sales, consumer sales, enterprise sales/partnerships, admissions or recruiting.

• Competitive personality ideal

• Exceptional closing skills

• A welcoming, understanding, and empathetic approach to leads.

• Goal-oriented with experience exceeding quotas and driving for results in a target-driven environment

• Able to think on your feet, try new approaches and bounce back when things don’t go your way

• Outstanding communication skills and ability to influence others internally and externally

• Ability to tie an individual’s wants and needs into a logical solution

• Confidence pitching to in both 1:1 and 1:many situations

Competency Rubric:

• Drive for Results
• Written and verbal communications
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Customer Focus