Education Sales & Account Ops Specialist

The Renaissance Network, Inc.; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

American Reading Company (ARC) seeks a driven, early-career Account Management Specialist to join their Chicagoland team. This hybrid role combines sales prospecting with customer success and sales operations, coordinating proposals, campaigns, and district onboarding to ensure successful product adoption.

The ideal candidate has a mix of sales drive, logistics savvy, and a passion for mission-driven K-12 education.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in or with the K-12 education space is required.
• The role blends sales prospecting with operations/logistics coordination.
• Experience supporting customer success and account onboarding is desired.
• Strong hands-on experience with CRM tools (Salesforce) and proposal workflows.

Responsibilities

• Field prospecting and running outbound campaigns to districts and educational organizations.
• Manage the sales pipeline in Salesforce and keep data clean with campaign metrics.
• Author and tailor sales proposals and RFPs in collaboration with internal teams.
• Coordinate logistics for district implementations and drive successful product adoption with customers.
• Support ongoing account management and customer success initiatives, ensuring smooth handoffs.

Skills

K-12 education experience

Hybrid sales & ops mindset

Customer success & logistics

CRM proficiency

Tools

Salesforce

Proposal creation workflows

Job description

American Reading Company (ARC) seeks a driven, early-career Account Management Specialist to join their Chicagoland team. This hybrid role combines sales prospecting with customer success and sales operations, coordinating proposals, campaigns, and district onboarding to ensure successful product adoption.

The ideal candidate has a mix of sales drive, logistics savvy, and a passion for mission-driven K-12 education.