Remote Educational Sales Rep

We are seeking an experienced Remote Educational Sales Representative to promote accounting and business textbooks, educational materials, and related learning solutions to colleges and universities nationwide. This is a strong opportunity for a higher education sales professional with an established academic network and a track record of building relationships with faculty, department chairs, and academic decision-makers.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys consultative selling, long-term relationship development, and helping educational institutions identify materials that support student success. Candidates can expect a professional, relationship-driven environment with supportive leadership, flexibility, and the opportunity to grow new accounts within the higher education market.

Key Responsibilities

- Promote accounting and business educational materials to colleges, universities, faculty, and academic departments nationwide.
- Build and maintain relationships with professors, department chairs, program leaders, and academic decision-makers.
- Leverage an existing higher education contact network to generate leads, referrals, and new sales opportunities.
- Manage the full sales cycle, including prospecting, outreach, presentations, follow-up, and course adoption support.
- Develop new accounts and expand the higher education customer base through consistent business development activity.
- Stay informed on academic purchasing cycles, course adoption timelines, and faculty needs within accounting and business programs.
- Promote accounting and business textbooks, educational materials, or related academic solutions to higher education institutions. 

Compensation and Benefits

- Salary range: $54,608 to $65,765 per year.
- Flexibility to discuss a commission structure and additional earning potential for the right candidate.
- Remote role.
- Full-time or part-time schedule available, with full-time preferred.

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Additional Skills

Qualifications 

- Previous higher education sales experience is required.
- Must have an established network of contacts within colleges and universities.
- Experience working with accounting faculty, business faculty, department chairs, or academic decision-makers.
- Understanding of academic purchasing processes, faculty review cycles, and course adoption timelines.
- Strong relationship-building, consultative selling, and account development skills.
- Ability to work independently in a remote sales environment.
- Strong communication, follow-up, organization, and pipeline management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience selling textbooks, educational materials, EdTech, publishing solutions, or related academic products.
- Background in accounting or accounting education 
- An established network of contacts in higher education accounting programs
- Proven success generating referrals and converting faculty relationships into course adoptions.
- Experience managing a national higher education territory.