Acquisitions Manager - Dallas, Texas

Great River Learning•Dallas, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Acquisitions Manager at Great River Learning (GRL) is responsible for identifying business opportunities with colleges and universities, interviewing professors, and persuading potential author candidates to work with the company. The role involves competing with other companies to secure partnerships with talented educators for developing interactive and engaging course materials. If developed materials prove successful locally, there is potential for national marketing. This position is remote but requires eight weeks of overnight travel per semester to college campuses in Northern and Western Texas and Oklahoma. Travel occurs from late August through late November and again from January through late April, with travel starting on Sunday and concluding on Friday, involving campus visits and meetings with professors.

Requirements

Skills and abilities to become a sales professional.
Competitive, highly organized, and self-driven.
Ability to see time as a valuable resource and utilize time between appointments effectively.
Possesses leadership, motivation, and purpose to maintain self-accountability.
Bachelor's degree.
Two years of sales experience.
Valid driver's license.
Positive and 'can do' attitude.

Responsibilities

Proactively plan and schedule the week by sending emails and making phone calls to schedule meetings.
Run meetings to interview, identify business opportunities, and recruit college professors to become GRL authors.
Make the most of time on campus during travel by making additional phone calls to higher priority contacts or department chairs.
Follow-up with prospective and existing authors.
Maintain CRM records for all prospective, in-development, and existing publications, including notes and next steps, to ensure information is available to both the acquisitions manager and the in-house team.