Account Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

Founded in 2001, Applerouth began in Atlanta as a local tutoring group and a labor of love.  We’ve since grown into a flourishing national organization with more than 200 tutors and offices in Atlanta, DC, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle.  Our students come to us from all over the world and span the gamut from those in pursuit of perfect SAT scores to those struggling to overcome severe learning differences.  While we’ve expanded our reach, we’ve retained our down-to-earth attitude and innovative approach to education.

We’ve built our business on the motto “Better Tutors. Better Results,” but this emphasis on the quality of our team extends beyond well beyond our tutors.  We are proud of the fact that our instructors, material creators, sales consultants, and service providers all outshine those of other companies in the industry. 

Job Description

Applerouth Tutoring Services seeks a self-directed, organized and detail oriented individual to support business development operations and event planning. The Account Manager will serve as part of the business development team and will be committed to ensuring that we have the resources and information required to produce first-class experiences for potential clients and partner schools. This individual will recruit, hire and manage the proctors who staff our practice test events, and will ensure that presentation opportunities are well-staffed and that the presenter is adequately resourced. The position supports Atlanta’s Director of Business Development and will involve some direct communication with school administrators and our partner PTA organizations.


Major Responsibilities

1. Maintain Relationships with Schools and Organizations:

  • Work with Atlanta Business Development Director to implement and maintain high-quality interactions with prospects and school partners

  • Act as main point of contact for handling logistics details of off-site presentations and group courses

  • Staff presentations and coordinate marketing resources for presenters

  • Requires some local travel

2. Manage Business Operations:

  • Recruit, train and manage our team of proctors and ensure adequate staffing levels

  • Assist with the creation and system entry of private and public courses in the area.

  • Calculate and maintain records of net margins for partnership courses

  • Maintain school/district contract & facilities record

  • Handle invoicing and collections for institutional programs.

Qualifications

  • Strong organizational, managerial and project management skills

  • Superior written communication skills

  • The ability to manage and balance a variety of responsibilities

  • Must be willing to travel extensively around the Greater Atlanta Area

  • Experience in the tutoring or test prep industries strongly preferred

  • BS/BA required.

Additional Information

Type: Full-time, Salaried

URL: www.applerouth.com

Why Work at Applerouth?

  • The Team. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more fun, creative, intelligent group of people. Office meetings may sometimes get nerdy (in a recent one, we may have debated whether it’s grammatically correct to say “myriad of opportunities” versus “myriad opportunities”), but we have a lot of fun. Trivia nights, company lunches, April Fools pranks, etc. abound.

  • Autonomy. We hire the best, and we empower them to do the most. If you’re hitting your goals and keeping your clients happy, you won’t find many micromanagers among us.

  • Growth potential. Our materials and tutoring methods are at the cutting edge of education, and our fantastic results and customer service have contributed to rapid growth year over year. Since we promote from within whenever possible, this translates into myriad opportunities for motivated employees.

  • Fantastic benefits. For our full-time employees, Applerouth offers health/vision/dental insurance, a 401k retirement plan with company match, employer-provided long-term disability insurance, employer-provided short-term disability insurance, employer-provided life insurance, a generous vacation policy, and paid holidays.

Applicants will be considered for the position on the basis of their qualifications and ability to perform the job for which they are applying. Applerouth does not discriminate based on the basis of race, color, genetics, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or status as a special disabled or other veteran covered by the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974, as amended.