Remote role, full-time, reporting to the Head of Counseling. You will guide high-achieving students applying to Ivy League and other ultra-selective universities, owning strategy from profile building through submission while delivering measurable outcomes, strong client experience, and rigorous project management.

Responsibilities include assessing academics, testing, activities, and personal story to set a probability-driven admissions plan; building balanced school lists; and creating 12–24 month roadmaps for coursework, testing, activities, summers, and research. You will coach narrative development and voice; lead the essay process from brainstorming to final polish; manage activity lists, honors, additional information, and résumés; prepare students for interviews with mock sessions and actionable feedback; advise on teacher recommender selection and strategy; and coordinate arts, engineering, research, and portfolio submissions when applicable. You will run milestone calendars and submission checklists, track status for all applications and financial-aid items, hold weekly meetings with students and parents, and maintain timely CRM notes, email summaries, and next-step plans. You will set expectations with families, align on scope, communicate data-driven progress updates, lead webinars and workshops, and create compliant guides and checklists. You will adhere to NACAC principles, maintain strict editorial boundaries, protect privacy, and obtain written consent before sharing materials.

Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree, 3+ years in selective college counseling or admissions reading at a T20 (Ivy preferred), demonstrated success guiding admits to highly selective schools, fluency with Common App, Coalition, UC, and financial-aid basics, advanced writing-coaching skills, comfort with admit-rate data and tradeoffs, strong project management with reliable follow-through, clear communication with students and parents, and evening/weekend availability during peak cycles (Aug–Jan).

Preferred qualifications include prior service as an admissions officer at an Ivy or T20 university, a graduate degree in education or writing, experience with international applicants, recruited athletes, arts or STEM portfolios, multilingual capability, and familiarity with scholarships, QuestBridge, and related special programs.

Key competencies include strategic thinking, narrative design and editing, stakeholder management, data literacy and forecasting, coaching and pedagogy, confidentiality and judgment, and calm performance under deadlines. Tools include Google Workspace, Zoom, and a CRM or project system such as Slate, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion, Asana, or Airtable, with document markup/version control and basic spreadsheets for timelines and offer tracking.

Success is measured by client NPS and renewal rate, on-time submission rate, offer mix at Ivy/T20 targets adjusted for profile strength, essay cycle time and internal rubric scores, parent communication SLA adherence, utilization, and accurate CRM documentation.

Compensation includes a competitive base with performance bonuses tied to utilization, client NPS, and outcomes; full-time roles may include health and retirement benefits and a professional development stipend. Contractors may be paid per package or hourly with outcome bonuses.

The schedule concentrates workload in August–January and March–April, with some evenings and weekends to match student availability.

Applicants should submit a résumé, a short cover letter detailing selective-admissions experience and outcomes, two anonymized essay before-and-after samples with coaching notes, a 150-word mock “Additional Information” draft for a hypothetical profile, and references upon request. The hiring process includes a screening interview, a practical exercise (strategy memo, essay feedback, and timeline build), and a final interview with a case debrief and a parent-scenario role play.