Marketing Specialist – Academic

CertLabz; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 47,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

CertLabz seeks an enthusiastic outreach professional to identify and engage colleges and universities across multiple channels, building strategic academic partnerships and driving signups for the CertLabs platform.

You will connect with IT leaders, curriculum coordinators, and decision-makers, delivering region-specific strategies while maintaining ongoing communication and tracking outcomes.

Qualifications

• No experience required.
• 2–3 years of sales/marketing experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in any field is required.
• Master's degree or PhD preferred.
• Strong communication skills (phone, WhatsApp, email, in-person).

Responsibilities

• Identify and outreach to colleges, schools, and universities in person, by phone, WhatsApp, and email.
• Contact and engage academic decision-makers, including deans and faculty offices.
• Establish institutional partnerships and maintain active communication.
• Track proof-of-work for outreach and partner conversion activity.
• Present CertLabs platform capabilities to IT departments and curriculum coordinators.
• Develop and execute region-specific academic outreach strategies.
• Follow up with leads and nurture relationships through the full partnership lifecycle.

Skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Job description

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Identify and outreach to colleges, schools, and universities in person or by phone/WhatsApp and email, establish academic partnerships, and drive institutional signups.

• Identify and outreach to potential colleges, schools, and universities in person, by phone, WhatsApp, and email.
• Contact and engage academic decision-makers, including dean's and faculty offices.
• Establish institutional partnerships and maintain active communication.
• Track proof-of-work for outreach and partner conversion activity.
• Present CertLabs platform capabilities to IT departments and curriculum coordinators.
• Develop and execute region-specific academic outreach strategies.
• Follow up with leads and nurture relationships through the full partnership lifecycle.

Requirements

• No experience required.
• Good to have: 2–3 years of sales/marketing experience.
• At least a bachelor's degree in any field is required.
• Master's degree or PhD preferred.
• Strong communication skills (phone, WhatsApp, email, in-person).

This is a hybrid position. Some in-person work and outreach will be required.

Only applicants currently residing in Australia or New Zealand are eligible. Citizenship is not required.

This position will remain open until all openings are fully filled.

Compensation & Automated Deal Tracking

• You will be paid monthly after at least one deal is established. Payment is processed after proof of work.
• On onboarding, you will be assigned a unique Employee ID that automatically tracks every deal you bring in.
• You will receive instant email notifications every time a client signs up through your referral and on every deal confirmation.
• This ensures fully transparent, automated compensation, you get paid as soon as each deal closes.