Lead Salesperson - Crimson Athletics

Crimson Education; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a rapidly growing company as an Athletics Advisor, where you’ll help student-athletes achieve their academic and athletic goals. Utilize your sales experience and athletic background to lead consultations, build relationships, and close sales in a flexible, remote role with high commission potential.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Individual training budget

Access to psychologist

Fireside chats and workshops

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of consultative sales experience.
• Former college athlete or coach.
• Thrives in high-performance environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Zoom consultations with families about athletic and academic goals.
• Close high-value sales to reach monthly revenue targets.
• Stay updated on NCAA rules and college admissions trends.

Skills

Consultative Sales

Relationship Building

Communication

Organization

Job description

Join Our Team as an Athletics Advisor – High-Earning, High-Impact Role

Are you a former college athlete or coach? Do you understand the recruiting and admissions process and want to help student-athletes reach the next level?

Crimson Athletics, part of Crimson Education, is looking for a driven, competitive Athletics Advisor to lead one-on-one consultations with families and student-athletes. This is a full-time, remote role with strong commission potential for someone who’s self-motivated, disciplined, and passionate about helping young people succeed in both sports and life.

In this client-facing role, you’ll use your athletic background, sales ability, and relationship-building skills to design custom Crimson programs that help student-athletes reach their academic and athletic goals. Crimson Athletics is redefining the recruiting process by combining elite athletic coachingwith world-class academic support. Backed by Crimson Education, the global leader in college admissions consulting, we’re on a mission to unlock opportunity for student-athletes across the U.S. and beyond.

What are the main responsibilities for this role?

• Lead Zoom consultations with families to assess their athletic and academic goals
• Clearly explain Crimson’s services and how we can support their journey
• Build trust-based relationships with student-athletes and parents by listening well and communicating with confidence
• Close high-value sales and follow up consistently to hit monthly revenue targets
• Work with the marketing team to convert warm leads and improve conversion rates
• Maintain a strong sales pipeline through referrals, events, partnerships, and outreach
• Stay up to date on NCAA rules, recruiting timelines, and college admissions trends

What we're looking for :

• 2–5 years of consultative sales experience (education or sports background a plus)
• Former college athlete, coach, or someone with a deep understanding of recruiting
• Thrives in high-performance environments and is motivated by mission and results
• Excellent communicator who builds trust with both teens and parents
• Organized and proactive — takes ownership of schedule and follows through
• Consistently hits or exceeds sales targets through disciplined execution
• Loves helping others make informed, life-changing decisions

Why work for Crimson?

• 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 up 33% of all recruitment last year
• 1000 individual training budget per year, we love to ‘Level Up’ (it’s one of our core values)!
• 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 (and growing) across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!

If you're passionate about growing in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and want to work with cutting-edge technology, then we'd love to hear from you!

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