Job Description:

Ascend Learning is a national leader in data driven, online educational solutions for learners, educators and employers in high-growth, licensure-driven professions spanning healthcare, fitness and wellness, skilled trades, insurance and financial services. We are passionate about accelerating learning while impacting job readiness, employment success and employee retention with the belief that our work changes lives.

Our culture is intentionally results-driven and selfless with a relentless focus on our customers. We believe in trust, transparency, freedom and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion and diversity of thought. Continual investment in our over 1400 employees is also a core principle realized through ongoing professional development and providing opportunities to grow, develop and lead. Ascend Learning is headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and remote workers in cities across the U.S. and in the U.K.

ATI Nursing Education is the leading provider of online instruction, remediation, analytics, and consulting solutions for nursing programs. Founded in 1998, ATI uses progressive data analytics and compelling content to help nursing students master core content, develop into practice-ready nurses, and succeed on the NCLEX. Together with nursing schools, we’re preparing the next generation of nurse leaders, ready to provide skilled and safe nursing care in a rapidly changing healthcare marketplace. Currently, ATI works with 20,000+ nurse educators, 2,500 nursing programs, and 225,000+ students.

ATI is currently hiring a Partner Support Specialist to join their sales team.  This is a remote position living in the assigned territory and covering South Texas.

Responsibilities to include:

• Working collaboratively with the Client Executive in assigned territory.


• Working in a sales support capacity to ensure service coverage, building strong collaborative client relationships, prospecting for new business and always keeping abreast of current market conditions in the nursing education field. 


• Responsible for accurately representing all ATI nursing products, product updates, service offerings and new technologies.


• Assisting the Client Executive with student orientations and faculty integration meetings.


• Provide information and/or follow up on customer needs as requested in a timely manner.


• Particular emphasis is placed on the Partner Support Specialist’s ability to work with the Client Executive to build and maintain strong, high quality relationships with customers simultaneous to increasing the size of the account base and sales volumes.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Education or related field


• 2+ years of consultative selling experience is preferred

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong preference for candidates who have been accountable for motivating and energizing audiences to embrace the need for assessment driven performance


• Strong communication skills.


• Candidates must be organized and possess the ability to work independently to implement shared strategies developed by the Partner Support Specialist and Client Executive.


• Success forming multiple customer relationships which have resulted in long-term relationships.


• Past success where it was consistently required to present one-on-one, to large, and small group audiences providing information/instruction but in an energizing and persuasive manner. Ability to read and react to audience response.


• Participates in territory management and planning with the Client Executive.


• Ability to manage multiple projects and resources simultaneously.


• Strong business acumen.


• Proficient with Microsoft Applications.


• Ability to travel 60% of the time to client meetings, corporate trainings, and conferences.


• Candidates for the Partner Support Specialist position are required to have a valid driver’s license and be able to maintain business expense submissions for reimbursement.

Candidates should be aware that Ascend Learning currently maintains a policy requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated by their start date.  Ascend Learning is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated where it is not an undue hardship to the Company to do so, as provided under federal, state, and local law. Exceptions to the vaccine requirement may apply for employees living or working in Montana.

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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