Account Director - Higher Education Sales

Role – Account Director

Location – London – Putney Bridge (Hybrid)

Is this you?

Are you someone who enjoys delivering complex solutions to clients and creating long term partnerships? Do you enjoy selling the best in class of digital products within the higher education / online learning space?

If so this could be the perfect role for you as it will give you the opportunity to build long-term strategic relationships with some of the finest colleges & universities in the UK whilst offering them the finest suite of digital marketing and data driven products available.

The Role

As an account director you will be responsible for looking after a number of our high value client accounts coupled with bringing in new business. You will be responsible for ensuring that our Higher Education clients receive the best in service along with return on investments from their spend on our products and services. A key part of this role using tools such as Google Analytics in order to produce reports for both internal and external consumption.

What you’ll need

For this role we need someone who has experience of working with/within the Higher Education sector, either from within an institution or in a commercial capacity. You will need a proven track record of success and have be focused on delivering the best outcomes for IDP Connect’s key stakeholders – our students and our clients. Finally managing contract negotiations, creating sophisticated business proposals and experience of SMART selling would be desirable.

What’s Next?

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About us

IDP Connect is a division of IDP Education, global leaders in student marketing and recruitment.

Working with institutions as true partners, IDP Connect understands and enhances our clients’ capabilities with the transformative power of data, insights and engaged student communities.

With an entrepreneurial mindset and focus on innovation, IDP Connect creates digital products in collaboration with students that connect them with the right institutions. It also offers a one-stop-shop of services for institutions – including in-country promotion, student placement, and onshore arrival services – enabling them to reach their global recruitment ambitions.

Currently undergoing an exciting period of growth and product development, IDP Connect is truly embedded in our key markets. We provide access to in-country knowledge and insight from 30+ international student recruitment markets, as well as an annual student audience of 98 million across our digital platforms. Our exclusive real-time data provides institutions with actionable insights to inform their marketing and recruitment strategies.

Together with its partners, IDP Connect plays a vital role in global higher education, building on the trust and connections it has with students throughout the world.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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