Sales Associate - Full Time

Cambridge Educational Services employs an elite group of highly talented individuals, and our employees are our most important asset. For those looking to go above and beyond, we have ample opportunity to reward hard-working individuals with additional compensation and benefits.

We are seeking a Sales Associate. The ideal candidate will be outgoing, highly intuitive with the ability to think abstractly to arrive at concrete solutions, and possess self-confidence, imagination, and ownership. Accepted candidates will undergo a six-month paid training period. This is a position best suited for former educators or candidates with experience in the education field. 

Cambridge is a small-to-medium publishing and consulting firm that partners with educators to achieve advancement for all students. Cambridge works directly with schools and organizations to provide data-driven assessments, supplemental curriculum resources for standardized tests and college and career readiness skills, teacher training, and student motivation seminars. To support our target audience, the Cambridge Grant Award Program has given over $10,000,000 to assist underserved youth. Over two decades, 4,000 partner schools, and 10,000,000 students, Cambridge has become the nation’s leader in campus-based college and career prep.

Job Type: Full time, part time, and intern level available 

Required responsibilities and skills:

• Achieve a preset six-month sales goal
• Establish new accounts by identifying potential customers, following leads with meaningful dialogue, analyzing customer needs and problems, and crafting solutions 
• Maintain existing accounts by establishing and cultivating personal relationships with clients, offering advice, and creating a partnership
• Expand sales to existing accounts by advising clients of changing conditions in the educational arena, notifying them of product and service additions and updates, and reminding them of the availability of and applications for existing and new products
• Leverage established company-client relations to promote other Cambridge products and services, to identify and close new client accounts, and to cross-sell additional Cambridge services and products 
• Attend local, regional, and national trade shows, conferences, and other events to publicize and promote products and services 
• Create and make presentations to professional and service groups using PowerPoint and similar applications
• Prepare effective written communications including E-mail, letters, marketing materials, proposals, etc. 
• Maintain clear and detailed activity records in the company database

Education and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher is preferred
• Sales or account management experience is preferred, but not required 
• Background in education is a plus

Compensation:

• Base salary commensurate with experience plus additional compensation opportunities
• Full-time benefits include: annual bonus potential dependent on department-based incentives, health insurance, pension plan, paid vacation and holidays, and flexible hours

Submit Resume and Cover Letter via e-mail to hr@cambridgeed.com