ESSAY SPECIALIST

ILUMIN Education is a San Francisco Bay Area based educational consulting firm that provides expert college admissions counseling and meaningful life coaching to high school students. 

ILUMIN is seeking a fully remote, part-time (hourly) Essay Specialist passionate about guiding high school seniors to craft unique and compelling college essays. Essay Specialists work one-on-one with students of varying skill levels to guide their writing at all stages of the college application process. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Build rapport to create a climate in which assigned students can comfortably share their life stories and write honest, vulnerable essays.
• Provide individualized guidance to students on brainstorming, outlining, drafting, and revising personal statements and other college essays.
• Meet and correspond with students regularly to facilitate essay development.
• Preserve and organize all essay drafts, email communications, and other written materials to maintain transparency and accountability.
• Provide quality, timely customer service to students and parents via email, phone, text, and video conferencing.
• Contribute to team efforts (e.g. marketing presentations, college essay workshops, internal projects, supporting Education Consultants) as needed.
• Attend regular team meetings for professional development, and regular 1:1 meetings with manager to discuss student cases.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience working with high school and/or college students on writing.
• Familiarity with the college admissions process and college essays specifically. 
• Professional writing and/or editing experience (writing samples may be requested).
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple client relationships simultaneously.
• Flexible schedule with evening and weekend availability from September to January.
• Must pass a background check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, creative writing, journalism, communication, or a relevant subject.
• Confident, flexible, energetic, and empathetic personality.
• Experience leading workshops and presentations for groups of students.

Salary will be commensurate with experience. Hours will vary depending on demand and availability.

We look forward to hearing from you!
 

ILUMIN Education is an equal opportunity employer.