Account Executive

Account Executive

Reference number: JR246296

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Working pattern: 40 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of roles: 1

Salary: Competitive

We are looking for an enthusiastic and engaging Account Executive to promote Kaplan’s online English language assessment, Kaplan Test of English, which is used by test candidates and clients worldwide for educational or workforce evaluation purposes. Individuals also purchase tests to demonstrate proficiency to apply for educational institutions and to support job applications. Your key responsibilities will be identifying business opportunities and developing relationships with prospects and clients primarily, but not exclusively, in the Middle East and North Africa region.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate who is looking to expand their skills and build their career with an industry leader.

A detailed job description can be viewed here

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What you’ll bring to the role

• Build business by actively identifying opportunities, establishing and developing relationships with clients and prospective clients.

• Identify clients’ and prospects’ requirements and present products and services as solutions.

• Maintain relationships with clients by providing support, information and guidance; research and recommend new opportunities and service improvements.

• Identify new products or product improvements by remaining current on industry trends, market activities and competitors.

• Gather and report feedback from clients and prospects; advise on future product and service developments.

• Participate on behalf of the company in exhibitions and conferences.

• Collect and analyse account information, preparing data and reports.

• Build and maintain professional networks and management of client pipeline, ensuring integrity, compliance and protocol are followed at all times.

What we do

Kaplan International, a division of the education company Kaplan Inc., provides study opportunities, residential accommodation and services to students and clients around the world. Through our partnerships with leading universities and companies, our expertise in student recruitment, our exceptional teaching and a focus on customer service and pastoral support we welcome thousands of students from more than 100 countries onto our programmes as well as providing services to universities and companies to deliver on their goals and aspirations.

About Kaplan Group

Kaplan Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most diverse education and assessment providers with a more than 80-year history of expanding access to academic opportunity and global revenues of more than US$2 billion. We operate in over 30 countries and maintain relationships and partnerships with more than 1,000 school districts, colleges and universities, professional bodies and over 10,000 businesses.

Please apply with CV and cover letter no later than 21st April 2025.

In your cover letter, we would want you to answer (in 500 words max) the following questions:

1. Please describe your experience in B2B account management, especially within the education or assessment industry.

2. When you engage a new prospect, what’s your primary goal in the first conversation?

3. How would you describe an ideal client for a language assessment company?

Note, we recommend that you apply at the earliest as we reserve the right to close the role before the closing date if we have gathered a suitable shortlist.

Application Support

If you require support completing your application or wish to talk to someone about the role before applying, please connect at recruit request kaplanstaff.recruitment@kaplan.com