Boarding School Sales Advisor, Girls Soccer Position Available In Manatee, Florida

Boarding School Sales Advisor, Girls Soccer
Bradenton, FL, USA Req #897
Thursday, January 2, 2025
About IMG Academy
Named one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation in 2024, IMG Academy is the world’s leading sports education brand, providing a holistic education model that empowers student-athletes to win their future, preparing them for college and for life. IMG Academy provides growth opportunities for all student-athletes through an innovative suite of on-campus and online experiences:
Boarding school and camps, via a state-of-the-art campus in Bradenton, Fla.
Online coaching via the IMG Academy+ brand, with a focus on personal development through the lens of sport and performance
Online college recruiting, via the NCSA brand, providing content, tools, coaching and access to a network of 40,000 college coaches
The Girls Soccer Boarding School Sales Advisor (internally known as a Student-Athlete Advisor) role acts as a subject matter expert on Academy programming and provides prospective families with guidance and support throughout the Enrollment process. This role is responsible for prospecting, identifying, and generating interest in the Boarding School program to reach the Academy’s enrollment goals. This role requires a flexible, proactive, and resourceful professional who can uncover potential customers, gather pertinent information, and qualify leads. The ideal candidate will have excellent research skills, be detail-oriented, and possess a strong ability tomunicate and build relationships with teammates and prospective clients.

Position Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the sport director to create effective strategies for increasing enrollment
• Assisting in the day-to-day business-related activities of the sport department as needed
• Identifying new opportunities for business development designed to increase Academy Program enrollment
• Hosting prospective families while on campus to learn about our Academy program
• Providing support and covering for other advisors including tours with prospective families, teams, groups and at times language translations
• Maintaining a thorough knowledge of IMG Academy’s campus, including the IMG School, to maximize effectiveness of tours to prospective families
• Supporting and maintaining a high level of understanding of the four-year model for the Academy program student-athlete
• Responsibility for the lifecycle of the enrollment process for Academy Program enrollments
• Demonstrating technical selling skills and product knowledge in all areas of the sport program
• Maintaining an accurate pipeline of prospective business and enrolled business
• Effectively managing the sport’s Academy Program scholarship opportunities
• Properly and effectively using the necessary CRM software
• Determining customer needs and expectations while making expert rmendations to maximize the customer’s experience
• Educating customers about terminology, features and benefits of sport programs
• Managing time effectively, meeting personal andpany goals and working effectively with other members of the advisor team
• Attending regular Student-Athlete Advisor team meetings and supporting peers, as needed
• Maintaining close relationship with related departments on campus to ensure proper client transition from sale to participation
• Adhering to allpany policies, procedures and business ethic codes
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field
• Experience with MS Office
• 3 years of Sales, Enrollment, Admissions, or College Recruiting experience
• Track record of sales revenue
• Experience cold calling, following up on leads and generating pipelines
• Desire to work collaboratively with colleagues
• Excellent written and verbalmunication skills
• Experience playing or coaching at the collegiate, club or professional level
• Knowledge of High School and College landscape related to the sport of soccer

Preferred Skills:

• Masters in an applicable field

Bilingual Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Ability to lift, move, push and pull equipment or boxes more than 40 pounds
• Should be able to handle outdoor temperatures for a reasonable period
• Must be able to move around campus which includes gym, turf, fields, etc.
• Ability to work flexible hours to include nights, weekends and holidays is required

Background Requirements:

Requires a background check upon offer
Requires a drug test upon offer

Benefits:

As a full-time member of our team, you will enjoy aprehensive offering listed below. Connect with your talent acquisition specialist to learn more about benefits for our part-time roles.
Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options
401k with an Employer Match
Short Term and Long Term Disability
Group and Supplemental Life & AD&D
Gym Discount Program
Pet Insurance
Wellbeing Program
and more!
Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.