Job Type

Full-time

Description

Reporting to the Manager, Curriculum Development and Customer Success, the Curriculum Specialist is responsible for supporting sales, marketing, and customer success teams as they build and maintain loyal customers in K12 schools. The Curriculum Specialist will leverage experience in classrooms and libraries to bring an educator's perspective to the customer experience. The Curriculum Specialist will work remotely with occasional travel to customer sites, conferences, and sales meetings.

Responsibilities

• Product presentations - create and present product demonstrations with an educator's perspective to the sales team and to school districts that are evaluating new BDR products
• Curriculum Consultation - assist current and prospective customers in aligning BDR resources to their curriculum and provide support in curriculum alignment in the RFP process
• Conferences & Webinars - create session content and present at various conferences and on webinars, and provide support to educational leaders that are presenting on behalf of BDR at conferences
• Professional Development - develop and deliver in-person and virtual professional development for new and existing BDR subscribers as part of our larger customer success program
• Content Development - assist marketing with developing deliverables for content marketing such as implementation guides, training handouts and customer newsletters

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• MLS degree
• 5+ years classroom or K-12 library experience
• Deep and current knowledge of curriculum standards and instructional pedagogy
• Experience utilizing BDR resources in classroom or library
• Engaging presentation style and ability to relate to educators
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally with other BDR teams
• A customer-facing approach, a willingness to roll up sleeves, and a keen appreciation of the importance of customer relations and service to the success of the business
• Ability to travel up to 20%

The ideal candidate is:

• Collaborative - reaches across borders and "silos" to work with counterparts; endeavors to understand difficulties others face and, where appropriate, helps to sort them
• Communicative - speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; demonstrates group presentation skills
• Organized - prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; develops realistic action plans
• Dependable - able to work and resolve problems independently
• A self-starter - displays initiative and solid decision-making ability
• Creative - displays original thinking; meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention
• A life-long learner - strives continuously to build knowledge and skills
• Appreciative of the systems and detail required to support business objectives as well as the entrepreneurial spirit that drives advancement

Location

Candidates must reside in one of the following states:

CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV

Equal Opportunity Employment

Bloomsbury Publishing USA is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Our company has always followed and will continue to follow, a policy of providing equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sex, ethnicity, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We welcome and celebrate talent from all backgrounds and believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are crucial elements to our success. We are dedicated to actively and continuously improving our practices to better support all of our employees. For more information about Bloomsbury's diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, please see our Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid parental leave
• Hybrid Work Schedule

Salary Description

$60,000 - $65,000/yr