Senior Admissions Counselor

Crimson Education; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global reach

Flexible work options

Training budget

Psychologist on staff

Fireside chats

Office or remote options

Job summary

Crimson Education in Houston is seeking a Strategy Consultant (Admissions Counsellor) to design personalized admissions roadmaps for high school students and guide them through the US college process. You will partner with tutors, mentors, and consultants to build candidacy and communicate with families.

The role is full-time, with options to work remotely or from office locations. Candidates should have a top‑tier bachelor’s degree, strong coaching and project management skills, and a passion

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a top‑20 US university or Oxbridge.
• Strong preference for experience with US/UK undergraduate admissions consulting.
• Passion for coaching young adults and appreciation of global perspectives.
• Experience in project management, event coordination, and product management a plus.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Provide overarching admissions strategies to students by creating individualized plans and executing on them with the Crimson team.
• Maintain expert knowledge of curricula, extracurriculars, leadership choices, and test planning to advise admissions strategies.
• Guide students and parents toward best-fit schools and maximize chances of acceptance.
• Conduct formal consulting sessions bi‑monthly and document notes and actions.

Skills

Admissions strategy

Coaching

Project management

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree from top‑20 US university

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!