Admissions Counsellor; US Colleges

Overview

Admissions Counsellor (US Colleges) at Crimson Education. This full-time role can be based remotely or in one of Crimson’s offices worldwide. Part-time options (25-30+ hours) may be considered for candidates with high-demand backgrounds.

• Provide overarching admissions strategies to students by creating individualized plans and executing them in collaboration with the student’s 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 inform admissions strategies.
• Utilize deep knowledge of higher education institutions to guide students and parents toward attainable school goals, creating lists of best-fit schools with varied levels of competitiveness.
• Conduct formal consulting sessions with students on a bi-monthly basis, documenting notes and action items for relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain proactive communication with students and families outside formal sessions through channels such as email.
• Facilitate or lead development and presentation of marketing materials for seminars or expositions in local markets.
• Collaborate with local Sales teams during Initial Consultations to clarify Crimson’s products and services for potential clients.
• Assist with Product and Resource Development initiatives to enhance service delivery.

• 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 undergraduate admissions consulting 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 is a plus.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Stakeholder management, including collaboration with internal stakeholders, students, and parents.
• Resilience when working independently under pressure; flexible and adaptive in a fast-paced, growing organisation.
• Experience in education, coaching, tutoring, and admissions consulting preferred.

• Be part of the world’s leading admissions consulting firm.
• Rapidly growing startup with a flexible working environment and empowerment to structure how you work.
• Strong development opportunities; internal promotions/role changes comprised 33% of all recruitment last year.
• $1000 NZD individual training budget per year.
• Psychologist on staff.
• Fireside chats and workshops to support a high-performing team.
• Radical Candor as a feedback approach.
• Global presence across 28 markets with options to work remotely or from offices.

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. Please monitor your spam/junk email folder for correspondence from Team Tailor.