Remote Academic Representative Jobs
Remote academic representative jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms and distributed teams in higher education, edtech, and professional development. Employers hiring remotely right now include Learner Education. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Academic Sales Representative
About Learner Education
At Learner Education, we connect students with exceptional tutors who help them build confidence, improve academically, and achieve their goals.
We're a fast-growing, fully remote education company looking for motivated, results-driven Academic Sales Representatives to join our team.
This is an inbound sales role, not a cold-calling position. Families are already reaching out to Learner for academic support. Your role is to understand their needs, communicate the value of our tutoring services, overcome objections, and confidently guide qualified families toward enrollment.
We're looking for individuals who can build meaningful relationships while maintaining a strong sales mindset and consistently delivering results.
What You'll Do
- Connect with prospective students and families who have expressed interest in tutoring services.
- Conduct discovery conversations to understand academic challenges, goals, and tutoring needs.
- Recommend appropriate tutoring solutions and clearly communicate their value.
- Confidently discuss pricing, handle objections, and close sales.
- Build trust and rapport through professional phone, text, and email communication.
- Proactively follow up with prospective families and move opportunities through the sales pipeline.
- Manage a high volume of inbound leads while maintaining a positive customer experience.
- Maintain accurate CRM records, including conversations, follow-ups, and enrollment outcomes.
- Consistently work toward enrollment, conversion, revenue, and performance goals.
- Take ownership of your results, welcome coaching, and continuously improve your sales performance.
Requirements
What We're Looking For
- 2+ years of sales experience, preferably in consultative sales, inside sales, enrollment, admissions, or another phone-based sales environment.
- Proven experience working toward sales quotas, KPIs, conversion goals, or revenue targets.
- Experience handling objections, discussing pricing, and closing opportunities.
- A proactive, self-motivated approach to managing leads and following through on commitments.
- Strong communication, organizational, and time-management skills.
- Accountability, reliability, and a willingness to receive and apply feedback.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, performance-driven remote environment.
- Comfortable spending a significant portion of the workday speaking with prospective families by phone.
- Reliable high-speed internet and a dedicated, professional home workspace.
Preferred but not required: Experience in education, tutoring, enrollment, or other high-volume consultative sales environments; familiarity with CRM systems; or a bachelor's degree.
Remote Work & Technical Requirements
Candidates must have their own reliable computer and home office setup suitable for a fully remote position.
- Computer with at least 16 GB RAM, Intel Core i5 (12th generation), Apple M1, or equivalent
- Windows 11 or a currently supported macOS version
- Reliable high-speed internet (minimum 25 Mbps download / 5 Mbps upload)
- Functional webcam and headset with microphone
- Dual monitors recommended but not required
Benefits
Compensation & Benefits
- Base Salary: 45,000–50,000 annually
- Uncapped Commission: Top performers can earn an additional $30,000+ annually
- Healthcare benefits
- Flexible PTO Policy
- Equity/share options
- Fully remote work environment
Schedule
This is a full-time, remote position with a set schedule.
Available shifts:
Option 1: Tuesday–Saturday
- Tuesday–Friday: 12:00 PM–9:00 PM ET
- Saturday: 12:00 PM–7:00 PM ET
Option 2: Sunday–Thursday
- Sunday–Thursday: 12:00 PM–9:00 PM ET
Shift placement is determined based on business needs at the time of hire.
Anticipated Start Date: We are currently interviewing candidates for an anticipated start date shortly after Thanksgiving.
Why Join Learner?
At Learner, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in students' lives while building a rewarding sales career. We offer a supportive, collaborative team environment, uncapped earning potential, and opportunities to grow within a rapidly expanding education company.
If you're a motivated sales professional who enjoys helping families, thrives on achieving goals, and knows how to turn conversations into enrollments, we'd love to hear from you!
Academic Sales Representative
About Learner Education
At Learner Education, we connect students with exceptional tutors who help them build confidence, improve academically, and achieve their goals.
We're a fast-growing, fully remote education company looking for motivated, results-driven Academic Sales Representatives to join our team.
This is an inbound sales role, not a cold-calling position. Families are already reaching out to Learner for academic support. Your role is to understand their needs, communicate the value of our tutoring services, overcome objections, and confidently guide qualified families toward enrollment.
We're looking for individuals who can build meaningful relationships while maintaining a strong sales mindset and consistently delivering results.
What You'll Do
- Connect with prospective students and families who have expressed interest in tutoring services.
- Conduct discovery conversations to understand academic challenges, goals, and tutoring needs.
- Recommend appropriate tutoring solutions and clearly communicate their value.
- Confidently discuss pricing, handle objections, and close sales.
- Build trust and rapport through professional phone, text, and email communication.
- Proactively follow up with prospective families and move opportunities through the sales pipeline.
- Manage a high volume of inbound leads while maintaining a positive customer experience.
- Maintain accurate CRM records, including conversations, follow-ups, and enrollment outcomes.
- Consistently work toward enrollment, conversion, revenue, and performance goals.
- Take ownership of your results, welcome coaching, and continuously improve your sales performance.
Requirements
What We're Looking For
- 2+ years of sales experience, preferably in consultative sales, inside sales, enrollment, admissions, or another phone-based sales environment.
- Proven experience working toward sales quotas, KPIs, conversion goals, or revenue targets.
- Experience handling objections, discussing pricing, and closing opportunities.
- A proactive, self-motivated approach to managing leads and following through on commitments.
- Strong communication, organizational, and time-management skills.
- Accountability, reliability, and a willingness to receive and apply feedback.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, performance-driven remote environment.
- Comfortable spending a significant portion of the workday speaking with prospective families by phone.
- Reliable high-speed internet and a dedicated, professional home workspace.
Preferred but not required: Experience in education, tutoring, enrollment, or other high-volume consultative sales environments; familiarity with CRM systems; or a bachelor's degree.
Remote Work & Technical Requirements
Candidates must have their own reliable computer and home office setup suitable for a fully remote position.
- Computer with at least 16 GB RAM, Intel Core i5 (12th generation), Apple M1, or equivalent
- Windows 11 or a currently supported macOS version
- Reliable high-speed internet (minimum 25 Mbps download / 5 Mbps upload)
- Functional webcam and headset with microphone
- Dual monitors recommended but not required
Benefits
Compensation & Benefits
- Base Salary: 45,000–50,000 annually
- Uncapped Commission: Top performers can earn an additional $30,000+ annually
- Healthcare benefits
- Flexible PTO Policy
- Equity/share options
- Fully remote work environment
Schedule
This is a full-time, remote position with a set schedule.
Available shifts:
Option 1: Tuesday–Saturday
- Tuesday–Friday: 12:00 PM–9:00 PM ET
- Saturday: 12:00 PM–7:00 PM ET
Option 2: Sunday–Thursday
- Sunday–Thursday: 12:00 PM–9:00 PM ET
Shift placement is determined based on business needs at the time of hire.
Anticipated Start Date: We are currently interviewing candidates for an anticipated start date shortly after Thanksgiving.
Why Join Learner?
At Learner, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in students' lives while building a rewarding sales career. We offer a supportive, collaborative team environment, uncapped earning potential, and opportunities to grow within a rapidly expanding education company.
If you're a motivated sales professional who enjoys helping families, thrives on achieving goals, and knows how to turn conversations into enrollments, we'd love to hear from you!
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Find JobsWhat Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote academic representative jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in education, business, communications, or a related field
- Experience in outside sales, educational outreach, or account management
- Ability to travel within an assigned geographic territory
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills for faculty or administrator audiences
- Proficiency with CRM tools and reporting on pipeline activity
- Familiarity with academic calendars, curriculum adoption cycles, and institutional decision-making
Tips for Your Remote Academic Representative Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote academic representative openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly. Remote postings often fill faster than on-site ones, so checking frequently and applying promptly gives you an edge.
Show async communication skills up front
Remote academic representative employers screen for written communication before anything else. Lead your application materials with concrete examples of outreach emails, follow-up sequences, or written proposals you have managed independently, without relying on in-person contact to close the loop.
Highlight CRM and virtual outreach tools
Remote employers want to see that you can manage a pipeline without hand-holding. Name the specific CRM platforms, video conferencing tools, and email outreach systems you have used, and describe how you used them to track relationships and move accounts forward from a distance.
Build a remote work portfolio before you apply
Put together a short portfolio of outreach results, territory management summaries, or enrollment campaigns you have led. Even informal or volunteer examples work. Having something concrete to share in a written or video interview makes your self-direction visible to a hiring team that cannot observe you in an office.
Remote Academic Representative Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote academic representative job?
Target remote-first edtech companies, online learning platforms, and publishers with distributed sales or outreach teams, as these employers hire academic representatives for fully remote work most consistently. Remote hiring managers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and the ability to manage relationships without in-person contact. Candidates who demonstrate async follow-through, familiarity with CRM tools, and a history of hitting outreach goals independently stand out.
Which companies hire remote academic representatives?
Remote academic representative roles are posted by Learner Education and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These tend to be remote-first edtech companies, educational publishers, and online institutions with distributed outreach or enrollment teams operating across the U.S.
Can you get a remote academic representative job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one with minimal supervision. Online learning platforms and edtech startups are more likely to hire entry-level candidates remotely. You can open doors by showing strong written communication samples, volunteer or internship outreach work, and comfort with the digital tools academic representatives use daily.
Do you need a degree for remote academic representative jobs?
Not always, though many remote employers in higher education and publishing prefer candidates with a bachelor's degree. What remote hiring managers weigh most heavily is demonstrated outreach effectiveness, relationship-building results, and comfort with CRM and virtual communication tools. A strong record of managing accounts or student-facing programs can carry as much weight as formal credentials in distributed team environments.
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