Executive Director, Collegiate Partnerships

Job Title: ExecutiveDirector, Collegiate Partnerships

Organization: BrandEd

Department: Global Enrollment & Marketing

Reports to: VP Global Enrollment & Marketing

Classification: Full time

Location: Flexible

Position Purpose

BrandEd partners with prestigious companies to deliver relevant, experiential learning programs taught by industry experts from the world’s best brands. The BrandEd portfolio currently includes Sotheby’s Institute of Art, The School of The New York Times, City Football Leadership Institute, and Condé Nast College. Our academic programs range from pre-college to master’s degrees with campuses in New York, London, Madrid and Online, and partnerships around the world.

BrandEd is hiring an Executive Director of Collegiate Partnerships to help accelerate our growth and impact with colleges and universities to reach current undergraduate students. The candidate will have significant experience and passion in building relationships with college and university partners, as well as working cross-functionally with marketing & sales to drive go-to-market alignment across the business. Experience building partnerships for study abroad, summer and January Term programs is desired.

Responsibilities

Specific duties and responsibilities include the following, but the individual will also be expected to perform all the duties necessary, which are customarily performed by a person holding this position or one similar to it. Other duties may be assigned.

Essential Functions

• Identifies potential college and university partners to target for development of program pipelines with a focus on the undergraduate student market
• Develops and maintains a system of analyzing and tracking outreach efforts and activities across multiple relationships and programs
• Forecasts and delivers partnership metrics (monthly and quarterly sales projections and goals) including monthly market overview presentations to Senior Leadership Team
• Facilitates feedback mechanisms with partners to monitor progress towards goals as outlined by the partnership agreement and identifies opportunities for improvement and expansion
• Ensures successful implementation of agreed upon scope of partnership by collaborating with individuals and departments across BrandEd
• Creates customized pitch decks and other presentation materials for potential partners
• Participates and effectively represents BrandEd and its schools at external events
• Organizes conferences and other events in collaboration with partners
• Facilitates negotiation and management of terms of partnership
• Support partners through email, phone, online presentations, and in-person meetings
• Collaborates with program teams to ensure the successful delivery of students
  
  

Essentials Functions

• Excellent communication, marketing, relationship building and project management skills
• Outstanding organizational and event management skills
• Experience with customer relationship management software platforms
• Ability to present effectively to senior management
• Ability to lead and influence across geographically dispersed teams
• Strong business acumen, independent decision-making abilities, a highly professional demeanor, and excellent interpersonal skills
  
  

Required

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 8 years relevant work experience preferably in business development, sales and marketing or other client facing and relationship management roles in the education sector
• Established relationships with universities, education institutions and industry partners around the world
  
  

Language Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent command of the English language
  
  

Physical Demands

The physical demands listed here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Under the ADA, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds
  
  

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics listed here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Under the ADA, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Basic office environment
• Hybrid or remote work schedule
  
  

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by an individual assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified. BrandEd reserves the right to modify this job description in its sole discretion.

BrandEd is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.