Job Description:

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Inside Sales Specialist is responsible for driving sales growth and supporting district and school partners in achieving literacy and learning goals through Scholastic Education solutions. This role focuses on building and maintaining strong relationships with educators and administrators identifying customer needs and providing consultative support to align Scholastic products and services with district priorities.

The Inside Sales Specialist works closely with field sales customer support and internal teams to manage the full sales cyclefrom lead generation and prospecting to closing sales and ensuring a positive customer experience. Success in this role requires strong communication skills data-driven decision-making and a passion for supporting literacy and equitable learning outcomes for all students.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage an assigned territory of school and district accounts to achieve or exceed sales goals.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with educators principals and district leaders to understand their literacy and learning priorities.

• Conduct needs assessments and present Scholastic Education programs and resources that best address customer goals.

• Collaborate with field sales partners to align territory strategies and ensure seamless account coverage.

• Utilize Salesforce (or other CRM tools) to track leads opportunities and account activity accurately.

• Participate in outbound calling campaigns webinars and virtual meetings to engage customers and generate new opportunities.

• Stay informed on current education trends funding opportunities and state or district initiatives to position Scholastic effectively.

• Provide timely and professional follow-up to customer inquiries and ensure smooth handoff for fulfillment and implementation.

• Contribute to a positive collaborative team culture that reflects Scholastics mission and values.

• The ISR will travel approximately 20% of the time to provide customer support and attend educational conferences and corporate-sponsored training and sales meetings

About Scholastic

For more than 100 years Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has been meeting children where they are at school at home and in their communities by creating quality content and experiences all beginning with literacy. Scholastic delivers stories characters and learning moments that empower all kids to become lifelong readers and learners through bestselling childrens books literacy- and knowledge-building resources for schools including classroom magazines and award-winning entertaining childrens media. As the worlds largest publisher and distributor of childrens books through school-based book clubs and book fairs classroom libraries school and public libraries retail and online and with a global reach into more than 135 countries Scholastic encourages the personal and intellectual growth of all children while nurturing a lifelong relationship with reading themselves and the world around them. Learn more at .

Some benefits that we offer:

• Full suite of health and wellness benefits

• Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) with options for both Roth and Traditional Contributions

• Tuition-Free programs for undergraduate and graduate degrees

• Generous Parental Leave Program

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with opportunity for discounted stock at a 15% discount

Thank you for your consideration in choosing Scholastic.

Qualifications

HOW YOU CAN FIT (Qualifications)

Experience and Knowledge:

• A background in K-12 sales or education is preferred but is not mandatory.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong computer and digital presentation skills including Excel Google Suite and Outlook.

• Strong organizational and time management skills

• Experience in Education and/or Inside Sales preferred but not mandatory

• Proven track record of generating sales of 2 mm annually preferred but not mandatory

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EEO Statement:

Scholastic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is clear: there shall be no discrimination on the basis of race religion color sex pregnancy national origin marital status sexual orientation gender identity or expression age non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam veteran. Those factors shall not influence the determination of qualifications for a job or other opportunity within the company. Further all personnel actions (such as compensation tuition aid benefits transfers promotions and dismissals company-sponsored training social and recreational programs) shall be administered without discrimination.

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