Personal Education Advisor (Instructional Designer Track)

Thinktown America, the American-based division of Thinktown Education, is seeking a motivated Personal Education Advisor (Instructional Designer Track) to work full-time in our New York office. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Current employee benefits and perks include, but are not limited to:

The ideal candidate applying for this position should have:

Opened in 2009, THINKTOWN Education is an international organization that provides one-stop education solutions for students in grades 6-12. We specialized in the services like test preparation, academic improvement, and holistic educational development and consulting, particularly for students who are currently studying or planning to study at institutions of higher education in the United States. Over the past ten years we have served over 22,000 students and their families in more than 2,200 schools worldwide.

With two headquarters in New York City and Hangzhou, and four satellite offices in New Jersey, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, Thinktown now has more than 600 full-time employees globally, about 30 of them locate in New York and New Jersey. Given that Thinktown is still in a start-up period in the US and is growing rapidly, we are expecting every newly join employee to take multiple roles and develop all-round capabilities, while at the same time offering them more opportunities and choices for their career development and help them become future leaders in the company and the industry.

This Multi-Role System is also a product of our highly-collaborative Company Culture. At Thinktown, we view our team as a football team and everyone acts as a team player, our success is based on everyone’s responsibility for their own part and also the willingness to share with and help other team members.

Thinktown’s Multi-Role System: Overview

As a Personal Education Advisor, you will focus on a particular track as indicated in the job posting title, at the same time, you will also act as one or more of these 14 roles as described below, according to personal conditions and company needs.

1.ES: Edit application essays and school academic essays with students

2.BS: Brainstorm application essays and school academic essays with students

3.Sales: Research and prepare materials for sales pitches to students and their parents, provide students and their parents with consultancy session and sell thinktown products

4.Tutor: Conduct lectures and training sessions either online or in person

5.Supervisor: Course arrangement and follow-up

6.Consulting Associate of Education (CAE): Provide high level college application and career planning counseling to students which includes: (1)School and major selection, daily communication and follow-up with students and parents, phased application material collection and collation (2)Course selection guidance (3)English-test planning and counseling (4)Academic competition planning and counseling (5)Extracurricular activities design, planning and follow up

7.Curriculum Practice Specialist (CPS): Provide high and middle level college application and career planning counseling to students which includes: (1)School and major selection, daily communication and follow-up with students and parents, phased application material collection and collation, application status follow-up, application tables fill-in, visa guidance (2)Course selection guidance (3)English-test planning and counseling, English-writing tutoring, mock interview (4)Academic competition planning and counseling (5)Extracurricular activities design, planning and follow up (6)Information research, students’ information collection and collation

8.Personal Education Advisor (PEA): Provide top-level planning of educational goals, family education counseling, youth mental health counseling and American society and culture consulting

9.Instructional Designer: Design client-tailored education curricula and programs, provide professional consultations to prospective clients, work with other Instructional Designers and Product Managers to define the scope of learning experiences, clarify learning objectives, timelines, and projected outcomes.

10.Business Product Manager (BPM): Support one or part of an educational product, which may involve conducting market research, writing product handbook, coordinating strategies, monitoring project progress and collecting regular product feedback

11.Global Event Coordinator: Help coordinate both internal and external events; Support building and adhering to an event budget to avoid project overruns; Coordinate and maintain external relationships with students, parents, and event partners

12.Content Strategy Specialist: Co-manage Thinktown’s media accounts and platforms (Wechat, Facebook, Offical website) and optimize content, plan and write for account articles especially for Wechat; Design marketing content for our main products

13.Essay Management Coordinator: Ensure the quality of application essays and relevant documents through our online essay platform (Help improve the platform if needed); Facilitate the communication between different parties (clients, consultants, and editing specialists) regarding essay quality

14.Arts Management Coordinator: Assist in managing art products and programs which may include courses, art-related events and art-related counseling

Thinktown’s Multi-Role System: Example

Employee A is in Business Product Manager track, 70% of his time is spent on a specific education product development which is “1V2 VIP online course”, as he is also interested in BS and CPS role, he also does brainstorm with students for 20% of his time and provides college application and career planning counseling to students for 10% of his time.

To apply for this position, please click the link here and fill out the required information to complete your application. Please indicate your preferred roles in the application form.

Thinktown America is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment for all employees.