Partner Impact Specialist

We are looking for a highly skilled Partner Impact Specialist to provide collaborative and customized solutions that align with external partners (business) goals while simultaneously providing value for students and teachers in critical issue and topic areas (STEM, literacy, human rights, etc.).

Discovery Education is looking for a strategic, thoughtful Account Specialist and Partnership professional to join our Social Impact team to drive partner growth and impact in education. In this role, you will support the Social Impact team on a portfolio of funding partners that share our mission to positively impact student achievement.

In This Role You Will:

• Account Support
  • Manage, update, and maintain partner content channels within Discovery Education’s digital learning platform, Experience to ensure maximum visibility and usage.
  • Manage program results for custom and Coalition partners including research findings, trends, competitive activity, etc., to show impact to partners. Collect and pull qualitative and quantitative data to create program reports and presentations.
  • Contribute to program strategy and provide proactive recommendations based on the management of the process to continually monitor/analyze results.
  • Support marketing to meet current partner goals and find opportunities to enhance, expand and extend the current initiative.
  • Understand overall business priorities of each partner to identify new opportunities to deliver additional value.
• Project Management 
  • Collaborate with a cross-functional team on overall development and execution of assigned program deliverables with specific eye on reporting and measurement and partner content representation and promotion.
  • Helps to ensure reporting is on time and in scope with requirements of partner and agreed to specifications.
  • Plans and prioritizes program deliverables in conjunction with team leader(s).
  • Demonstrates extreme attention to detail to ensure flawless deliverables to clients.
  • Demonstrate a proactive, "problem solving-solution oriented" approach at all times and flags concerns or areas where goals may not be met in advance to inform plan to overcome obstacles.
  • Maintain clear and complete lines of accountability.
• Partner Relations  
  • Support team in creating partner facing communications, reports and presentation decks.
  • Demonstrate poise, professionalism, and polish in all communications.

Core Competencies for Success:

• Results-driven individual who works both collaboratively and independently to ensure the highest level of service is granted to partners and that program goals are met or exceeded
• Growth mindset, thrive in a collaborative environment, and your superpowers are problem-solving and improve processes
• Strong analytical skills with ability to share stories of impact through qualitative and quantitative data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and expertise in report writing and presentation development.
• Experienced and demonstrated understanding of sales processes, partner management, and strategies and tactics to grow revenue.
• Candidate must be highly organized, able to prioritize, and be driven by a strong work ethic and a sense of urgency.

Credentials and Experience:

• Sales or account management executive with a minimum of 1-3 years of direct partnership account facing, sales, or development responsibility
• Bachelor's Degree required in business management, communications, marketing, or equivalent work experience.
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office tools, including One Drive, Slack, and Outlook, and presentation design (PowerPoint), Microsoft Excel, etc.  
• Legal right to work in the United States

This role will sit in our Charlotte HQs with a hybrid work schedule.

The hiring range for this position is between $58,600 - $65, 950 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, this position is eligible for an Annual Bonus.