The Role
Manage leads and database, execute long-term sales strategy, make high-volume outbound calls, prospect daily, travel to meet prospective students, represent company at fairs, work occasional late shifts/weekends, and meet or exceed sales targets.
Summary Generated by Built In
We currently seek a sales professional who is dedicated to our mission of the importance of learning a language and to prospecting on a daily basis. Success will only come to someone who is self-driven, smart, organized, motivated, and can demonstrate a proven track record of finding and developing sales opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive sales through database and lead management
- Develop and execute long-term sales strategy
- Continuously manage and prioritize multiple tasks and work efficiently under pressure
- Maintain a daily high volume of outbound calls to potential customers
- Work as a team-player to best respond to customer needs
- Consistently demonstrate a positive attitude in approaching challenging situations
- Be eager to take the lead, and use all the tools at your disposal to help our customers travel on a language course abroad
- Develop and promote relationship building activities, including fairs and exhibitions
- Flexibility to work weekly late shifts and monthly weekend coverage may be requested. Extra hours as needed.
- Reach and exceed sales goals
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Sales oriented and target driven with 1-2 years of work experience in sales or recruitment (recent grads with strong work experience also welcome to apply)
- Goal oriented
- Competitive team spirit
- Creative with an entrepreneurial mindset
- Self-motivated and ambitious, strong ability to manage and complete projects with minimal direction
- Ability to prioritize, meet challenging deadlines and perform under pressure
- Travel to meet prospective students throughout the year
- Study abroad and previous sales experience is preferred
- This role will be based full time in our downtown office
Benefits
- On-site fitness facility
- Discounts on EF programs for Staff, and Staff Friends and Family for all EF Programs
- Free use of EF Hello: a premium Language Learning App
- Discounts with our global hotel and travel partners
- Referral Bonus for all referred staff hires (equivalent for 500 USD)
And much more…
At EF Language Abroad, we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we've helped millions of students discover new places, embrace diverse cultures, and gain fresh perspectives. We're dedicated to our mission of opening the world through education, harnessing the power of language learning to deepen the connection between people across the globe.
We offer immersive short-term and long-term language courses and programs across different languages in the countries where they’re spoken. Through blending classroom-based lessons with interactive exercises and real-world practice, our courses bring you to the heart of the language. Together, our global staff help students from around the world develop the language skills they need to achieve their dreams.
EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions are subject to a criminal background and/or reference checks, as applicable.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree
- 1-2 years of work experience in sales or recruitment
- Sales-oriented and target-driven with ability to reach/exceed sales goals
- Ability to maintain a high volume of outbound calls and daily prospecting
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and project management skills under pressure
- Self-motivated, ambitious, and entrepreneurial mindset
- Flexibility to work weekly late shifts and monthly weekend coverage; extra hours as needed
- Travel to meet prospective students throughout the year
- Study abroad experience and previous sales experience
- Position is full-time and based in the downtown office (on-site)
- Subject to criminal background and/or reference checks
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The Company
What We Do
A career at EF is something different. You’ll think boldly, own your job, and create a career you are proud of—and have fun doing it. When you join EF, you will join a global community of creative minds, innovators, and change-makers. Since 1965, we've created programs that help people see new places, experience new cultures, and learn about the world and themselves. People are at the heart of everything we do, and it all begins with the talented and collaborative EFers who bring our mission-opening the world through education- to life across 55 countries and counting.
