Education Strategy Consultant, Crimson Rise

New Zealand-based Edutech company Crimson Education was founded in 2013 from the idea that through personalised education, we can transform students into the world leaders of tomorrow. Since then, we have rapidly grown a mission-driven team that is dedicated to building the education system for the 22nd century. Our network includes 2,400 tutors and consultants worldwide who work with over 20,000 students.

With university admissions rates on a continued decline, Crimson is proud to have built the world’s first and only global program featuring strategic mentorship, extracurricular development, and academic support for students aged 11-14- Crimson Rise. 

This is a full time position, fully remote, with an immediate start.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

As a Crimson Rise Strategy Consultant, you will work directly with young students (typically ages 10-14, occasionally younger) and their parents to develop and execute academic, extracurricular, and personal growth goals in line with desired academic or professional pathways. You’ll be responsible for

• Creating, maintaining, and ensuring execution on strategic roadmaps
• Leading a team of experts to support execution of these roadmaps
• Identifying age-appropriate, interest-aligned competitions and activities
• Communicating the latest university admissions trends
• Partnering with parents to ensure a quality service experience and tangible growth

Services You’ll Provide

• Guide students in pre-college academic strategy, including:

  • Assessing academic performance and proposing improvement/growth solutions
  • Advising on grade improvement
  • Advising on pros/cons of public, private, boarding, online, and homeschool
  • Advising on curriculum selection
  • Selecting courses, activities, summer programs, and super-curricular programs
  • Ideating advanced capstone projects that can scale throughout high school
  • Building advanced competitions plans that span high school
  • Optimizing recommendations for university admissions based on shifting trends and student’s location, background, resources, and strengths

• Provide holistic, consultant-led coaching to students 1:1, including

  • Organization, time management, goal-setting, and study skills
  • Guided interest identification and career research
  • Guided project brainstorming and activities selection
  • Tailored reading lists and guidance on vocabulary improvement
  • Introduction to university admissions and expectations
  • Reflections on priorities, interests, motivators, strengths, and stress management
  • Helping students become healthy, clear-minded thinkers confident in inherent value and able to engage passionately with their interests and the world around

• Support sales and marketing teams across Crimson in understanding / presenting the Rise program to prospective clients.

Required Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree from a Top 30 US or Top 20 UK university
• 2+ years professional working experience
• 1+ years experience educating, coaching, or working with 11-14 year-olds
• Entrepreneurial/competitions experience at high school/college level strongly preferred
• Track record of acceptances to top universities/private schools preferred

Required Skills

• Research and analysis
• Creative thinking under pressure
• Global awareness and cross-cultural communication
• Solution orientation
• Collaborative mindset

Why work for Crimson?

• Competitive salary with growth opportunities in a student-focused, team-driven environment, housed within one of the world’s most exciting and rapidly growing startups
• Individualized mentoring and development opportunities with members of Crimson’s leadership team
• Flexible work hours, 100% remote
• Learning and development budget
• Commission available for those who wish to upskill in sales

If you're passionate about education and people and looking for 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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