Academic Counsellor - Direct Sales

Role & 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

Preferred candidate profile

• 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)