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Higher Education Inside Sales Account Executive

Apple· Sales and Business Development
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)full-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Apple Education team focuses on transforming teaching and learning environments in higher education while growing top-line revenue. The role involves influencing education customers to expand use of Apple products through direct selling, driving sales growth in an assigned territory, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain sales, grow revenue, and deliver exceptional customer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Present Apple’s value proposition, total cost of ownership (TCO), and solutions for Education customers.
  • Generate demand to offers, events, and products through outreach campaigns.
  • Provide outreach to customer sets with calls to action (e.g., introducing/updating Apple solutions, driving awareness on funding for technology initiatives, completing orders, attending events, or meeting with field counterparts).
  • Exhibit integrity, honesty, and accountability; become a trusted advisor to customers and teammates.
  • Collaborate with Customer Success Specialists to provide resolution paths and engage cross-functional partners as needed.
  • Maintain deep expertise on Apple products and solutions.
  • Articulate Apple Education’s product strategy and Apple's leadership messages.
  • Identify and build sales opportunities and projects to increase sales or Apple footprint in accounts.
  • Provide timely and accurate pipeline and forecast information, administrative data, and sales activity reporting to achieve goals for accounts, revenue, units, and line-of-business.
  • Drive quarterly and yearly unit and revenue sales growth.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in an inside sales, business development, or similar function
  • Experience in technology sales, solution based selling, or related role is required
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • Background working with channel partners and/or supporting multiple routes to market is highly preferred
  • Expertise and understanding of the Higher Education vertical is a plus
  • Curiosity for continuous learning and eagerness to share knowledge with others
  • Outstanding customer focus
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to educate, inspire, and influence others with a sense of urgency
  • Strong relationship building and collaboration skills; Ability to build and maintain relationships internally and externally and partner cross-functionally with key Education stakeholders and internal partners.
  • Strong self motivation with the ability to cut through ambiguity and thrive independently in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment

Skills

Required:Inside salesSolution-based sellingCustomer relationship managementCommunication and presentationCollaboration
Nice to have:Education market knowledge
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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