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Sales Manager – Higher Education, MORGAN HEALEY
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Education Partnerships Manager
Location: London, Hybrid (3 days in the office)
Salary: £45,000 Basic + Bonus
Our client, a fast-growing intellectual media and education platform, is recruiting an ambitious Sales Manager – Higher Education to drive the expansion of its content across universities and educational institutions worldwide.
At the heart of its offering is a rapidly growing digital educational platform, used by universities and schools globally to access cutting-edge debates and talks featuring leading thinkers, scientists, politicians and artists.
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded partnerships professional to help scale adoption across higher education.
As Sales Manager – Higher Education, you will play a key role in expanding the organisation’s presence across universities and educational institutions globally. You will lead sales activity within the education segment, building relationships with academic institutions and converting engagement into long-term subscription partnerships.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Developing and executing outreach to universities and educational institutions
- Initiating and managing subscription trials and converting these into long-term partnerships
- Identifying opportunities to align platform content with specific courses, curricula and student needs
- Driving new revenue through education sector subscriptions
- Managing and nurturing relationships with existing institutional partners
- Supporting and guiding sales activity within the education partnerships team
We are looking for a dynamic, commercially driven individual who is excited by the opportunity to bring world-class intellectual content to students and educators worldwide.
You will likely have:
- 2+ years’ experience in sales or partnerships within the education or EdTech sector
- A proven track record of originating and developing partnerships or subscriptions
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills
- A commercial mindset, with ambition and energy to drive growth
- The confidence, charisma and initiative to open doors and close deals
- A genuine interest in ideas, culture, education or intellectual debate
- A strong academic background (minimum 2:1 from a top university)
- Experience leading or mentoring team members would be advantageous.
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