Admissions Counsellor (US Colleges)

Crimson Education; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Be part of the world's leading admis­s

Flexible remote-friendly environment

Global offices and remote options

Training budget and professional dev.

Psychologist on staff

Rapid internal promotions

Job summary

Crimson Education is the world’s leading college admissions consulting firm. We help ambitious students gain admission to top universities through expert guidance and data-driven strategies. This role partners with the student and Crimson team to drive long-term roadmaps for candidacy across applications.

The full-time Strategy Consultant (Admissions Counsellor) can be remote or based in offices globally; part-time options are available for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a top‑20 US university or Oxbridge; admissions consulting background preferred.
• Experience with US/UK undergraduate admissions at top universities.
• Passion for coaching young adults and global perspectives.
• Strong planning, organisational and project management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication; stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Provide overarching admissions strategies to students by creating individualized plans with Crimson team.
• Maintain knowledge of curricula, extracurriculars, and test planning to guide admission strategies.
• Guide students and parents toward best-fit schools to maximise acceptance chances.
• Conduct formal consulting sessions bi‑monthly with notes and action items.
• Maintain communication with students and families outside formal sessions via email and other channels.
• Lead development and presentation of marketing materials for seminars or expositions in local markets.
• Collaborate with local Sales teams in Initial Consultations to facilitate client understanding of Crimson’s products.
• Assist with Product and Resource Development initiatives to improve service.

Skills

Admissions counselling

Student coaching

Strategy planning

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree from top‑20 US university or Oxbridge

Job description

Crimson Education is the world’s leading college admissions consulting firm, with over 1,490 Ivy League offers and 2,410 to the US Top 15. We help ambitious students gain admission to the world’s top universities through expert-led guidance and proven, data‑driven strategies. Crimson students are 7x more likely to get into the Ivy League than their peers. We were recently featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.

Strategy Consultants (Admissions Counsellors) are exemplars of Crimson Education’s philosophy dedicated to making a difference in students’ lives by personalising blueprints that will become the basis of all academic, extracurricular and personal development.

You will partner closely with the student and lead the Crimson team (tutors, mentors, consultants) to drive progress through long‑term roadmaps and mentoring to build their candidacy through the application processes. This is a full‑time position that can be based remotely or in one of our many offices around the globe. We are open to part‑time candidates (25–30+ hours) who have high‑demand backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide overarching admissions strategies to students by creating individualized plans and executing on them in collaboration with the rest of the students’ Crimson team (Educational Coordinators, Academic Tutors, Application Consultants, ECL Mentors)
• Maintain expert knowledge of high‑school curricula, extracurricular and leadership choices, summer program applications, and standardized test planning to make recommendations regarding admissions strategies
• Utilise in‑depth knowledge of institutions of higher learning to guide students and parents towards attainable school goals, working with them to create lists of best‑fit schools of varied competition to maximise acceptance chances
• Conduct formal consulting sessions with students on a bi‑monthly basis, chronicling and sharing with relevant stakeholders notes and action items
• Maintain reasonable levels of communication with students and families outside of formal sessions through various channels (e.g. email, etc.)
• Facilitate or lead the development and presentation of marketing materials for seminars or expositions in local markets
• Collaborate with local Sales teams in Initial Consultations to facilitate potential client investment and understanding in Crimson’s products and services
• Assist with Product and Resource Development initiatives to better our service

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a top‑20 US university or Oxbridge (special considerations may be given to those with undergraduate admissions consulting backgrounds)
• Strong preference for experience with US/UK admissions consulting for the undergraduate level at top universities
• Passion for coaching young adults and appreciation of global perspectives
• Superior planning and organisational skills; experience in project management, event coordination, and product management a plus
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Stakeholder management (collaborating with a range of internal stakeholders, students and parents)
• Resilience when working independently under pressure, flexible and adaptive to working in a fast‑paced growing organisation
• Experience in education, coaching, tutoring, and admissions consulting preferred

Benefits

• Be a part of the world's leading admissions consulting firm
• Rapidly growing start‑up, with a flexible working environment where you will be empowered to structure how you work
• Limitless development and exposure – our internal promotions/role changes made 33% of all recruitment last year
• $1,000 NZD (≈600 USD) individual training budget per year
• Psychologist on staff
• Insightful fireside chats and workshops to help support our high‑performing and ambitious team
• Radical Candor is a feedback approach we live by
• We’re a global player with 28 markets across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!