Literacy Engagement Specialist
Texas
Keywords: literacy K-12 Spanish bilingual dual-language reading-intervention professional-development strategy training
The Talent Search Group at PiP is searching for a Literacy Engagement Specialist, K-12, for the Central US region, on behalf of our client, the leading provider of language learning products in K-12 and Higher Education.
Candidates must live in Texas and be comfortable with significant travel through the year.
As a Literacy Engagement Specialist, you will be viewed as a literacy subject matter expert for the region. In this role, you will:
- Partner with regional field sales team members and sales manager on the creation and execution of strategic business development plans that will secure key account business for your Literacy products
- Partner closely with the Literacy Program Director on implementation of go-to-market strategies
- Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure leveraging of product capabilities and sales opportunities
- Research, collect information on and identify key questions for sales team members to utilize in presentations for Top 10 Tier 1 K-12 district target accounts
- Conduct regular follow-up planning and progress meetings with sales team members on shared goals
- Develop a deep understanding of your product portfolio and ensure key features are included in presentations and collateral
- Stay abreast of market trends, analyze the regional competitive landscape and develop resources showing how your product(s) can fill market gaps
- Act as primary resource providing training to sales reps and for customer implementations
- Assist with site based outreach, district and state level RFP submission responses
- Provide insight to Marketing and Product Development teams on customer perspectives
Candidates must have:
- Bachelor’s degree minimum
- 5+ years of experience as an Educator/Teacher, Program Facilitator, District Coordinator, Trainer or similar that has been focused on Literacy; a strong EL/K5 Reading Intervention background is ideal
- Knowledge of K-12 literacy market dynamics, competitive landscape, trends, customer needs and challenges
- Experience with state and/or district adoption, RFP and public solicitation processes
- Willingness and ability to travel overnight (by air or car) as needed 50-60% of the time without restriction and depending on time of year
The ideal candidate is fluent in both English and Spanish. Candidates must live in Texas and near a major airport in order to meet travel requireme
