Student Recruitment

Read the overview on our job board page before you apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/theacademysf

We're going to be big on the Internet from day 1, but not every amazing student is going to see our announcement. The rest need personalized outreach, headhunting, and coaxing. Their parents will need to be brought on board.

That's where you come in.

You'll travel all over the country and scour the Internet searching for the best students. You'll build a relationship with them, and then recruit them to the Academy. Ideally, you already come in with a great network because you went to a top high school or college, were competitive in IMO or Speech and Debate. You basically get our target student because you were this student, or you have worked with them in a professional capacity.

I want to be clear that you must be a believer of the Academy. Students will be skeptical, and so will parents. It's new and weird and different. But you need to believe that for the right, entrepreneurial, ambitious, "cracked" student, this is the best option. And when I say best, I mean the very best. Better than a full-ride to Stanford, Oxford or Harvard. Better than starting a company (unless you're the next Dylan Field or Mark Zuckerberg).

But you should also be humble enough to understand that it will be tough. You must have empathy. The world has defined a path, and we're breaking it. Of course there will be some resistance, and that's natural. TBH it will force us to deliver an even better product so it isn't just natural, it's awesome.

Of course, to start, you'll either manage admissions or work closely with them so you need a keen eye for talent. You will need to elegantly share what makes the Academy exciting while also being willing to reject a student you spend 3 months talking to because they didn't quite meet the bar.

This is the perfect role for someone who founded or worked at a company targeting precocious high school (or college, though HS preferred) students. And yes, you must be willing to travel, infiltrate the networks, live in your texts, and manage a CRM at the same time.