Salesperson, Schools

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

📋 Description

• Take the lead in proactive outreach to Catholic schools, fostering relationships with principals, religion educators, curriculum coordinators, and school administrators.

• Create and oversee a sales pipeline targeting opportunities for Catholic school adoption.

• Arrange and conduct discovery meetings, product demonstrations, and follow-up discussions with prospective schools.

• Assess customer needs and suggest curriculum solutions that align with educational and catechetical objectives.

• Oversee assigned opportunities from initial outreach through the adoption and implementation phases.

• Act as the primary relationship manager for Catholic schools and homeschooling families.

• Collaborate with product and marketing teams to coordinate customer onboarding and implementation support.

• Keep communication lines open with school leaders regarding curriculum, resources, and professional development.

• Spot cross-selling opportunities for additional products and future curriculum offerings.

• Work in conjunction with Sales, Parish, Marketing, Product, Curriculum, Editorial, and Design teams.

• Maintain precise records of prospects, customers, opportunities, and follow-ups in HubSpot or another approved CRM.

• Prepare summaries of the pipeline, activity reports, forecasts, and sales reports.

• Track samples, proposals, pilot programs, curriculum evaluations, approvals, and adoption decisions.

• Acquire product knowledge and perform presentations and demonstrations for schools, parishes, educators, and potential customers.

• Represent Ascension at Catholic education conferences, diocesan events, catechetical gatherings, and professional meetings.

• Capture and follow up on leads generated from conferences.

• Adhere to established sales processes and suggest improvements for workflow, CRM, and follow-up practices.

• Engage in training and assist with the onboarding or training of interns and sales support staff.

• Perform additional duties as necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Education, Theology, Communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• At least 2 years of experience in sales, customer service, account management, education, publishing, ministry, business development, or a related field.

• Proven experience in supporting a sales process, managing customer relationships, or conducting customer outreach.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build trust among diverse stakeholder groups.

• Strong presentation abilities and the capacity to learn how to demonstrate curriculum products to educators and Church leaders.

• Capacity to listen to customer needs and propose suitable solutions.

• Exceptional organizational skills with a consistent focus on follow-up and documentation.

• Ability to manage multiple prospects, accounts, deadlines, and priorities within a dynamic environment.

• Familiarity with HubSpot or another CRM and sales tracking platform is preferred.

• Ability to interpret basic customer, pipeline, and sales data.

• A solid understanding of Catholic education, catechetical formation, parish ministry, or the Catholic market is strongly preferred.

• Familiarity with educational publishing or curriculum sales is an advantage.

• Self-motivated and comfortable taking ownership of assigned opportunities while seeking guidance when necessary.

• Willingness to travel to conferences, customer meetings, and Ascension’s headquarters in Exton, Pennsylvania, as required.

• Embody and uphold Ascension’s core values of humility, passion, and integrity.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

• Short Term & Long Term Disability

• Training & Development

• Work From Home

• Wellness Resources