Research & Student Outreach Virtual Assistant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Conduct research on colleges, universities, undergraduate programs, departments, student organizations, research journals, and other relevant sources to pinpoint potential student users.

• Identify new, pertinent undergraduate/student prospects who are likely to benefit from the platform.

• Focus on current students and refrain from using outdated contacts.

• Gather student names, universities, email addresses, or suitably sourced contact details, along with qualifying information.

• Innovate new research techniques and sources for obtaining student contacts.

• Recognize undergraduate researchers and academically engaged students as potential early adopters and advocates.

• Confirm contact details and current enrollment utilizing appropriate public resources.

• Record contact sources and verification processes.

• Manage, refine, update, and organize the prospect/contact database.

• Assist in targeted outbound email campaigns, customizing messages, and articulating the platform’s value proposition.

• Perform follow-ups and monitor outreach, responses, registrations, and engagement metrics.

• Research and assist in LinkedIn prospecting, connections, following, and messaging in line with client guidelines and platform regulations.

• Create and structure ambassador/scholarly program prospect profiles, encouraging students to participate and contribute their work.

• Track qualified prospects, verified contacts, outreach volume, response and registration rates, engagement, follow-ups, and ambassador candidates.

• Determine which research and outreach strategies yield the best results to enhance prospect quality and foster community growth.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in internet and data research skills.

• Experience in lead generation and prospect research.

• Skilled in locating and verifying contact information.

• Exceptional attention to detail.

• High level of data accuracy.

• Ability to differentiate between current and outdated information.

• Strong written communication skills in English.

• Capable of conducting professional email outreach.

• Comfortable engaging in LinkedIn research and outreach.

• Highly organized and systematic in approach.

• Self-driven and proactive in work ethic.

• Capable of working independently.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• Quick learner with the ability to grasp new products and their target markets.

• Comfortable managing large volumes of information.

• Ability to identify high-quality prospects rather than just focusing on maximizing volume.

• Experience in lead generation, B2B/B2C outreach, academic research, student/university research, data enrichment, contact verification, email marketing, LinkedIn outreach, market research, or sales development is preferred.

• Familiarity with lead generation and data research tools is preferred.

• Experience with CRM or spreadsheet-based prospect management is preferred.

• Background working with startups or early-stage companies is preferred.

• Experience in promoting technology, education, SaaS, publishing, or social networking products is preferred.

• Proficient in using Google Sheets/Microsoft Excel, Google Search and advanced search operators, LinkedIn, email platforms, CRM/database tools, contact research and verification platforms, data enrichment tools, research databases, university websites, and online directories.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible scheduling options.

• Remote work arrangement available.

• No obligation to work during Chicago/US hours.