About Us

Shorelight Education is reinventing the international education experience for students worldwide. Based in Boston, the company works directly with top-ranked, nonprofit American universities to build innovative programs and high-touch, technology-driven services that help talented students thrive and become global citizens.

Job Overview

The Assistant Recruitment Manager assists in executing a student recruitment strategy across the Philippines that targets international students seeking U.S. university degrees. The role includes the development and account management of Shorelight’s regional network of recruiters, schools, and universities, along with contributing to direct-to-student marketing campaigns that drive enrollments to Shorelight’s university partners. This role also works 20% of the time with the Regional Director and the regional teams to ensure communication across the region and to coordinate recruitment events, visitors in market, and other activities.

This position reports to the Senior Recruitment Manager in Southeast Asia, located in Bangkok.

Essential Functions

• Execute Shorelight university partners’ student recruitment strategies, partnering with Recruitment Managers as well as Shorelight’s global marketing team for all marketing and advertising strategies and collateral
• Help manage key channel accounts and partnerships to achieve enrollment targets for all university partnerships
• Follow a data-driven approach to recruitment, monitoring enrollment trends and report on all phases of recruitment process to the Recruitment Manager
• Maintain high levels competitor awareness, product knowledge, and market intelligence
• Travel extensively to attend recruitment and outreach activities, seminars, conferences, meetings, and training events to build strong and lasting relationships with current and prospective students, families, faculty, staff, agents, partners, and other external institutions and vendors
• Execute efficient and streamlined processes for all stages of the recruitment process with strong focus on converting inquiries to applications
• Work with the university liaisons to ensure smooth entry of our students into the school or program
• Assist the wider Southeast Asia team with coordinating events in region, help maintain the master sheet of all recruitment events in the region, and help coordinate visitors from overseas into the region
• Work with the Regional Director and Senior Recruitment Manager to generate status reports for the region
• Vet and distribute the leads generated by D2C campaigns in the wider region
• Work closely with the regional Admissions Officer
• Work closely with the regional Enrollment Services Advisor to boost student conversion rates post-application
• Coordinate familiarization trips with headquarters in Boston on behalf of the region

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in sales, marketing, communications, business, international relations, or related area
• 2+ years of experience in the international education/recruitment industry in the Philippines and Southeast Asia
• Strong sales and account management skills
• Proven track record of working collaboratively in a matrix governance model
• Strategic-minded and sales-driven, with strong drive for results
• Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced environment while remaining pressure-resilient
• Proficiency with technology and reporting programs/systems
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Exemplary customer service skills and foster a customer service culture within the work team
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Eligibility to work in the hiring location without sponsorship
• Strong working knowledge of the following languages: English and Filipino

Preferred Qualifications 

• Existing network and relationships within the education industry in the Philippines and Southeast Asia
• Strong working knowledge of key international educational markets, programs, and products
• Experience with U.S. higher education
• Experience in digital marketing and/or knowledge of the Filipino blogging community

Application Process

To apply for this position, please visit the Shorelight Careers page to submit an application with a resume and cover letter.

Shorelight Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer.