Newsela

Customer Success Specialist

Newsela

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $68,000 - $70,000 per year

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About the role

  • Drive teacher activation, adoption, and ongoing engagement with Newsela products through targeted plays and outreach.
  • Partner with CSMs to identify usage gaps and execute strategies that move teachers from rostered → active → engaged.
  • Support execution of adoption campaigns, events, and initiatives that increase meaningful product use.
  • Support curriculum alignment work for schools and districts, connecting Newsela content and products to instructional goals, standards, and pacing.
  • Develop and deliver curriculum-aligned resources, mappings, or guidance that help educators see immediate classroom relevance.
  • Partner with internal teams to scale curriculum alignment efforts across priority accounts.
  • Provide temporary customer coverage during CSM leave or capacity gaps, ensuring continuity and momentum for customers.
  • Support priority accounts with proactive engagement tied to adoption, usage, and instructional impact.
  • Pull, analyze, and synthesize customer data from Tableau, Salesforce, Gainsight, and other internal tools.
  • Surface actionable insights for CSMs that inform outreach, prioritization, and customer conversations.
  • Track progress against adoption and engagement goals and recommend adjustments based on data.
  • Support renewal motions through targeted adoption efforts that strengthen value realization.
  • Assist districts during decentralization efforts for renewals, ensuring a seamless process for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Assist with preparation of complex renewal materials or quotes as needed, ensuring accuracy and alignment.
  • Create efficiencies for the CSM team by owning repeatable processes, playbooks, and executional work.
  • Maintain clean, accurate data in Salesforce and Gainsight to support forecasting, reporting, and customer health.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of CS workflows and specialist programs.

Requirements

  • 1+ years of professional experience in customer success, education, curriculum, operations, or a related role.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to partner effectively across teams.
  • Demonstrated ownership and solutions-oriented mindset: you take accountability for outcomes, not just tasks, and proactively identify paths forward.
  • Adaptive and flexible in a fast-changing environment, adjusting quickly as priorities evolve.
  • Comfortable managing multiple priorities with attention to detail and follow-through.
  • Experience working with data and CRM tools (e.g., Tableau, Salesforce, Gainsight).
  • Background as a former educator or experience supporting K–12 customers strongly preferred.
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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