Senior Admissions Counselor

Crimson Education; Sanger (CA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Individual training budget of $600 USD per year

Access to a psychologist

Insightful fireside chats and workshops

Job summary

Join Crimson Education as a Strategy Consultant, where you will make a difference in students' lives by personalising their academic and extracurricular plans. You’ll collaborate closely with students and lead a dedicated team to guide them through the admissions process. Strong written and oral communication skills, a bachelor’s degree from a top 20 US university, and experience in admissions consulting are essential.

Enjoy a flexible working environment within a rapidly growing start-up, with opportunities for personal development and a supportive team culture.

Qualifications

• Strong preference for experience with US/UK admissions consulting for undergraduate level.
• Passion for coaching young adults and appreciation of global perspectives.
• Experience in project management, event coordination, and product management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide overarching admissions strategies to students by creating individualized plans.
• Maintain expert knowledge of high school curricula and admissions strategies.
• Conduct formal consulting sessions with students bi-monthly.

Skills

Strong written and oral communication skills

Superior planning and organisational skills

Experience in education, coaching, tutoring, and admissions consulting

Stakeholder management

Resilience under pressure

Education

Bachelor’s degree from a top 20 US university or Oxbridge

Job description

Strategy Consultants (Admissions Counsellors)

Strategy Consultants are dedicated to making a difference in students’ lives, helping bridge gaps between present and future goals 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.

What success looks like

• 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 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.

What skills and experience you’ll need

• 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.

Why work for Crimson?

• 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; 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, we’d love to hear from you!