Assistant Manager - Admissions

Assistant Manager - Admissions Description: India’s premier sports management institute - The Global Institute of Sports Business (GISB) is expanding its team and looking to appoint an Assistant Manager - Admissions.  The Global Institute of Sports Business (GISB) is an industry-designed and experiential learning sports management institute that provides a practical approach to sports management education with a clear focus on furthering individual growth, fostering student employability and generating sector impact. At a minimum, the candidate must have relevant business development experience, a basic understanding of the global & domestic sports ecosystem, and be committed to furthering the sports landscape through education. Key Responsibilities include:

• Manage student outreach and business development activities like scheduling calls, setting up meetings, follow-ups, and service leads throughout the admission process.
• Liaise with prospective students, parents, and mentors to share required details about the programs.
• Build, identify, and manage relationships with universities, sports organizations, counselors, digital agencies, and education agents to increase student interest.
• Measure and report the performance of marketing efforts, gain insight, assess against targets, and make recommendations on the way forward.
• Work with the Department Head and Marketing team to streamline campaigns that support the admissions process.
• Support marketing team to organize events, seminars, and masterclass sessions at the institute or at key target cities to aid in student recruitment.
• Provide support in social media marketing operations and related activities including content capture and organizing.
• Coordinate with the marketing team for pre-sales collateral building.
• Understand and optimize methods to improve the effectiveness of the student outreach process.
• Represent the Institute at external conferences, education fairs, and other relevant opportunities to promote Institute programming and success stories.
• Support administrative and operations teams to enhance the student experience on campus and during off-campus activities.

• Minimum 2 years of Business Development/Sales/ Counselling Experience.
• Graduate from any stream.
• Prior experience working in the education sector is preferred.
• Sports Industry employment experience will be an add-on.

• Ability to achieve targets
• Highly organized
• Superior management/leadership qualities
• Basic understanding of the Sports Industry
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - English
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to connect with a wide cross-section of people
• Demonstrated empathy for others
• Interest and ability to hold others accountable to their word