Education Account Executive, France (12 Month Contract)

Canva; Paris; Hybride; EUR 40 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading design platform in Paris is seeking an Education Engagement Advocate to build relationships with schools and train educators on effective use of design tools. You will own the onboarding process, foster partnerships with educational leaders, and drive engagement in classrooms. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of the K-12 education market and experience in educational technology. This is a full-time contract position offering flexible remote work options.

Prestations

Flexible working hours

Remote work options

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of classroom productivity solutions.
• Experience in real-world teaching and instructional technology design.
• Ability to communicate effectively with educators.

Responsabilités

• Own the school onboarding lifecycle.
• Foster relationships with regional administration.
• Drive retention and engagement within districts.
• Identify high-value districts and source leads.

Connaissances

Understanding of K-12 Education market

Experience in selling education software

Collaboration skills

Business planning skills

Community management

Outils

CRM

Salesforce

Excel

Description du poste

Overview

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Alongside our global campuses we also collaborate with talented contractors and freelancers from all over the world to help us achieve our crazy big goals. While we support flexible remote-friendly ways of working for this role were focusing on Paris so we can best support our teams and keep collaboration flowing.

This is a 12-month contract working full time hours.

About the role

An Education Engagement Advocate at Canva is a key member of our team that is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with schools, Academies, Local Government and Ministries of Education throughout their region. They are passionate about education and have a deep understanding of the needs of educators.

Our Advocates work closely with school leaders to help them understand the benefits of using Canvas educational tools and resources. They provide guidance and support to educators as they integrate Canva into their curriculums and lesson plans and they offer ongoing training to ensure that educators are getting the most out of our platform.

Above all our District Engagement Advocates are committed to making a difference in the lives of students and how they learn the future-focused skills they will need to thrive in the 21st century. They are dedicated to helping educators create engaging and dynamic learning experiences that inspire and motivate students to succeed.

What youd be doing

Own the school onboarding lifecycle. Youll own strategy prospecting planning onboarding execution and results within identified districts.

Foster relationships with regional administration. Youll be responsible for managing the relationships with the key stakeholders and decision-makers at districts and getting them what they need be it technical documentation and support onboarding help teacher development resources Canva tips and tricks and strategic guidance

Serve as an ambassador of Canva Education with teachers and educators.

Provide Value to Customers and to Canva. Youll run a healthy and predictable business that delivers a jointly agreed customer transformation strategy focused on educational outcomes within customers.

Understand the Canva user lifecycle. Youll work closely with Canvas Education Community team to establish close relationships with our passionate community of educators and learners to know first-hand what they need to become successful Canva users.

Identify trends and usage patterns. Youll utilise data analysis to shape your strategic approach to sales and account management and to note emerging trends to share with Canvas Sales & Success Product and Marketing teams.

Drive retention and engagement. Youll continuously test learn and iterate on our lifecycle strategy at our identified districts to build meaningful and impactful relationships.

Seek out new customers: Youll identify high-value districts that have not yet signed with Canva, source strategic leads and close deals to bring Canva to those districts.

Youre probably a match if

• You have a strong understanding of the K-12 Education market understanding of classroom productivity solutions with an ability to communicate with Instructional Technology Specialists and teachers how Canva can improve student learning outcomes through design and collaboration.
• You possess experience in selling and / or adoption of education software solutions combined with real-world teaching and instructional technology design
• You have a deep understanding of how schools roll-out new technology in system-wide deployments
• You have excellent collaboration skills including being comfortable collaborating remotely and working with people outside your direct team
• You demonstrate good business planning skills with an ability to move from planning to implementation and complete projects to deliver high impact.
• You have experience in community management and understanding of social media best practices and tactics for education audiences

About the team

At Canva for Education our mission is to empower every student and teacher to design their best work and unlock creativity in the classroom. The Education Engagement team partners with schools and districts to bring Canvas tools to life ensuring they are not only adopted but meaningfully integrated into teaching and learning.

Were a collaborative mission-driven group that thrives on building strong relationships with educators administrators and district leaders. Together we focus on driving adoption supporting successful rollouts and creating long-term impact in classrooms.

As part of this team youll join a passionate community of advocates who believe in the power of design to transform education. We work cross-functionally with product marketing and customer success teams to ensure that every school and district we partner with feels supported inspired and empowered to use Canva to its fullest potential.

Other stuff to know

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Please note that contractor-accreditation meetings are conducted virtually.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above - we still want to hear from you!

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Remote Work: Yes

Employment Type: Contract

Key Skills

Business Development,Customer Service,Revenue Growth,ABC Analysis,Account Management,Communication,CRM,Excel,Salesforce,PMP,Customer Relationships,Business Relationships,Sales Goals,Sales Process,CPA

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1