Academic Counselor - Direct Sales

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The work

Summary of the Role

We are looking for highly motivated, energetic, and result-oriented Direct Sales Associates to join our high-growth EdTech sales team in Bengaluru and Chennai. In this role, you will be the face of the company, directly interacting with parents and students to understand their educational gaps and pitch our premium learning solutions. This is a hardcore direct role requiring a blend of persistent tele-calling, virtual counseling and field consulting to meet monthly revenue milestones.

The work

Responsibilities

• Lead Conversion: Initiate outbound connections with potential leads generated through marketing campaigns via cold calls, emails, and WhatsApp.
• Educational Counseling: Act as an academic consultant by identifying the specific learning needs of students, mapping them to our courses, and conducting impactful product demonstrations.
• End-to-End Sales Closure: Manage the complete sales pipeline from first contact, overcoming customer objections, to final payment collection and onboarding.
• Target Achievement: Consistently achieve individual daily talk-time metrics and monthly gross revenue targets.
• Relationship Building: Build a strong rapport with parents and prospective buyers to foster long-term customer trust and generate organic referrals.

Who they want

Required Skills and Qualifications

What’s in it for You?

• Experience: 0 to 2 years of proven experience in hardcore inside sales, direct sales, or business development. Experience in EdTech, BFSI, Telecom, or high-velocity B2C sales is a major advantage.
• Education: Any Graduate or Postgraduate degree.
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Proficiency in local languages (Kannada for Bengaluru / Tamil for Chennai) is highly desirable to build a local connection.
• Mindset: High resilience, target-driven attitude, and ability to handle intense market rejection.
• Logistics: Willingness to work on a rotational roster, including weekends (Saturdays & Sundays are critical business days in EdTech).
• Uncapped Incentives: Direct correlation between your hard work and earning potential with best-in-industry monthly incentive structures.
• Fast-Track Growth: Performance-linked promotions enabling top performers to step up into Team Lead or Sales Manager roles within 12–18 months.
• Comprehensive Training: Robust 1 week sales boot camp covering product knowledge, consumer psychology, and consultative selling frameworks.