Partner Impact Specialist

Discovery Education’s Corporate Partnerships team provides collaborative and customized solutions that align with external partners (business) goals while simultaneously providing value for students and teachers for critical issue and topic areas (STEM, literacy, human rights, civics, etc.).

Discovery Education is looking for a strategic, thoughtful Partner Impact Specialist to join our Corporate Education Partnerships team to drive partner growth and impact in education. In this role, you will support the Partner Impact team on a portfolio of funding partners that share our mission to positively impact student achievement. 

About the Role

Account Support

• Manage, update, and maintain designated partner content channels within Discovery Education’s digital learning platform, Experience to ensure maximum visibility and usage.
• Compile monthly and annual reports of program metrics, including analysis of top-level summary and trends in data patterns.
• Contribute to program strategy and provide proactive recommendations based on the management of the process to continually monitor/analyze results.
• Support marketing to meet current partner goals and find opportunities to enhance, expand and extend the current initiative.
• Understand overall business priorities of each partner and how they map to DE’s broader goals.
• Support production of partner deliverables, including communication with internal and external stakeholders and record-keeping

Project Management 

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team on overall development and execution of assigned program deliverables with specific eye on reporting and measurement and partner content representation and promotion.
• Monitor and support timely progression of partner deliverables through timely updates in project management software.
• Helps to ensure reporting is on time and in scope with requirements of partner and agreed to specifications.
• Plans and prioritizes program deliverables in conjunction with team leader(s).
• Demonstrates extreme attention to detail to ensure flawless deliverables to clients.
• Demonstrate a proactive, "problem solving-solution oriented" approach at all times and flags concerns or areas where goals may not be met in advance to inform plan to overcome obstacles.
• Maintain clear and complete lines of accountability.

Partner Relations  

• Support regular partner status touchpoints through meeting preparation and post-meeting follow-up emails with detailed notes

• Support team in creating partner facing communications, reports and presentation decks.
• Demonstrate poise, professionalism, and polish in all communications.

Requirements

You are a results-driven individual who works both collaboratively and independently to ensure the highest level of service is granted to partners and that program goals are met or exceeded. You have a growth mindset, thrive in a collaborative environment, and your superpowers are problem-solving and improve processes.

• Sales or account management executive with a minimum of 1-3 years of direct partnership account facing, sales, or development responsibility.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to share stories of impact through qualitative and quantitative data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and expertise in report writing and presentation development.
• Bachelor's Degree required in business management, communications, marketing, or equivalent work experience.
• Experienced and demonstrated understanding of sales processes, partner management, and strategies and tactics to grow revenue.
• Candidate must be highly organized, able to prioritize, and be driven by a strong work ethic and a sense of urgency.
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office tools, including One Drive, Slack, and Outlook, and presentation design (PowerPoint), Microsoft Excel, etc.  
• Legal right to work in the United States.