Become an Ivy Advisor

At Ivy Advisors, we have one single goal—to help people realize their potential.
Whether it’s teaching a class, reviewing an application, or coaching someone for an interview with admissions, you can make a difference in someone’s education journey.

 

Who you work with

At Ivy Advisors, we care about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. About 50% of our applicants are Ivy Fellows, who access our services at a more accessible rate. We are proud to work with applicants from various cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. We carefully select who we work with and we are eager to enable motivated and talented individuals who aspire to propel their careers.

 

What We Offer

 

Superior Pay

We offer above the market rate per hour.

High Flexibility

All sessions are conducted online, and you determine your own schedule. Our team members are distributed around the world.

Fulfilling work

At Ivy Advisors, you will make a direct difference in someone’s life. We surround ourselves with smart, talented, and passionate people.

 

What we believe in

 

Potential in all

 

We believe that talent exists in everyone, regardless of background. We strive to understand each person's unique talents, and we help them unleash their excellence.

 

Quality always

 

People deserve dedicated coaches who are experienced, compassionate, and fulfilled. We work hard to find the best coaches, and we keep them happy.

 

Real talk first

 

We operate with a transparent, team-based approach, set realistic expectations, and adhere to strict ethical standards.

MBA Coach

Requirements:

  • Degree from a top institution (undergraduate or graduate degree), top ten MBA or JD programs preferred 

  • Significant client-facing experience

  • Comfortable with using technology to interact online

  • High sense of urgency and responsiveness

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Flexible schedule

  • Adaptable to a diverse set of clients

  • Must start as a team member first, without facing clients

  • Must sign a non-compete

 

GMAT Coach

Requirements:

  • 90th percentile scorer in the SAT, ACT, GMAT, or GRE

  • Significant teaching experience

  • Comfortable with using technology to teach online

  • Flexible schedule

  • Adaptable to a diverse set of clients

  • Must sign a non-compete

 
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Job brief

If you live and breathe marketing, we need to talk. We’re looking for a flexible and versatile marketer who will be responsible for the growth of our inbound sales channels.

Marketing manager responsibilities include tracking and analyzing the performance of our campaigns, managing the marketing budget and ensuring that all marketing material is in line with our brand identity. To be successful in this role, you should have hands-on experience with web analytics tools and be able to turn creative ideas into effective marketing projects. 

Ultimately, you will help us build and maintain a strong and consistent brand through a wide range of online and offline marketing channels.

Responsibilities

  • Develop strategies and tactics to get the word out about our company and drive qualified traffic to our front door

  • Deploy successful marketing campaigns and own their implementation from ideation to execution

  • Experiment with a variety of organic and paid acquisition channels like content creation, content curation, pay per click campaigns, event management, publicity, social media, lead generation campaigns, copywriting, performance analysis

  • Produce valuable and engaging content for our channels that attracts and converts our target groups

  • Build strategic relationships and partner with key industry players

  • Prepare and monitor the marketing budget on a quarterly and annual basis and allocate funds wisely

  • Oversee and approve marketing material

  • Measure and report on the performance of marketing campaigns, gain insight and assess against goals

  • Analyze consumer behavior and adjust marketing campaigns accordingly

Requirements:

  • Demonstrable experience in marketing together with the potential and attitude required to learn

  • Proven experience in identifying target audiences and in creatively devising and leading across channels marketing campaigns that engage, educate and motivate

  • Solid knowledge of website analytics tools 

  • Solid knowledge of social media tools

  • Understanding of the MBA landscape

  • Numerically literate, comfortable working with numbers, making sense of metrics and processing figures with spreadsheets

  • A sense of aesthetics and a love for great copy and witty communication

  • Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in digital marketing and measurement

  • Comfortable with a remote work environment

  • BSc/MSc degree in Marketing or related field

 
 

Job brief

If you have a compelling sales personality and an appetite to chase and close new business from cold emails and warm leads, we need to talk. 

Ivy Advisors is looking for a Director of Sales and Business Development that is not afraid of getting on sales calls with MBA applicants and is excited about managing business development initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Schedule sales calls with MBA applicants 

  • Planning and overseeing new and existing business development initiatives

  • Develop relationships with partner institutions

  • Ultimately accountable for sales growth

  • Attending (mostly virtual) conferences, meetings, and events

  • Embeds best in class retail standards and monitors progress toward that standard

Requirements

  • MBA or JD highly preferred

  • Experience in sales, marketing or related field

  • Strong communication skills and tech savvy

  • Ability to manage complex projects and multi-task

  • Excellent organizational skills.

  • Ability to flourish with minimal guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty

  • This is a commission based position that can grow into a CEO / COO role

 

Job brief

If you excel at efficiently getting from A to Z, we need to talk. We’re looking for a hands on, flexible, and tech savvy Project Manager who will proactively drive projects to completion. 

The nature of the projects vary from creative projects, to administrative projects, to technology projects. 

Responsibilities

  • Determine and define project scope and objectives

  • Take ownership of projects and build necessary frameworks and tools that enable project advancement

  • Manage resources in an effective and efficient manner

  • Manage dependencies and continuously follow up with collaborators

  • Provide project updates on a consistent basis about progress and adjustments

  • Cross collaborate with team members by assigning tasks, delegating, and communicating expected deliverables

  • Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution

  • Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed

  • Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement

Requirements

  • Get it done attitude

  • Tech savvy 

  • Knowledge of various technology tools (Trello, Canva, GoogleDrive, Box, etc.)

  • Proven leadership skills

  • Risk management skills

  • Proven ability to build tools and frameworks that enable project advancement and completion

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills

  • Interpersonal skills

  • Ability to make important decisions under pressure

  • Problem-solving skills

  • Ability to delegate effectively

  • Time management skills

  • Friendly and approachable

  • Background in marketing or related field preferred but not required