K-12 Education Partnership Specialist

Music & Arts; Itasca (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Gig leave

Robust benefits (Medical, Dental, 401K

Job summary

Music & Arts, a division of Guitar Center, seeks an Education Account Manager to cultivate school partnerships and grow rentals, repairs, and product adoption. You will build educator relationships, drive programs, and coordinate with stores and logistics to support classrooms nationwide.

The role emphasizes relationship-building, proactive outreach, and cross-functional collaboration within a nationwide network of educators and stores.

Qualifications

• Sales, customer engagement, or community relations experience.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to travel throughout assigned territory.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; ability to learn CRM systems.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Responsibilities

• Build meaningful relationships with music educators, administrators, and district decision-makers.
• Expand footprint using databases and prioritized regional school lists.
• Establish weekly outreach rhythms (calls, emails, visits, virtual meetings).
• Develop strategic territory plans for new programs, educator support, and local engagement.
• Achieve weekly educator conversations, meetings, and school visits; respond to inbound leads.
• Maintain pipeline documentation in Salesforce with next steps and stages.
• Drive renewals, expansions, and new program creation across rentals, repairs, and products.

Skills

Sales

Customer engagement

Relationship building

Travel willingness

Microsoft Office

CRM systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Music Education or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

CRM systems

Job description

Music & Arts, a division of Guitar Center, seeks an Education Account Manager to cultivate school partnerships and grow rentals, repairs, and product adoption. You will build educator relationships, drive programs, and coordinate with stores and logistics to support classrooms nationwide.

The role emphasizes relationship-building, proactive outreach, and cross-functional collaboration within a nationwide network of educators and stores.