President
REPORTS TO: Sandbox & Co Board of Directors
LOCATION: Boston, MA
WEBSITE:
http://fen.com/
https://www.teachervision.com/
http://www.sandboxandco.com/
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Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the President will drive strategy, operations, and innovation for Family Education Network (FEN) Learning with particular attention on the TeacherVision division. S/he will have accountability for execution of assessing market and competitive trends and customer needs, and translating these into product solution strategies while providing strong business growth through subscription sales. The President will have full responsibility for the FEN Learning P&L.
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FEN Learning creates, curates, and distributes valuable educational and learning content to teachers, parents, and students. Its audience resides in 200+ countries supporting 12 million users. Dating back to its introduction of Family Education as one of the
first digital parenting informational resources, to launching one of the first digital game/story sites with Funbrain in 1997 and first educational virtual worlds with Poptropica in 2007, the Company has a proven history of setting rather than just following industry trends.
The Brands-
TeacherVision.com- With over 20,000 worksheets, workbooks, whiteboard-compatible digital books, lesson plans, and activities to access, teachers who subscribe to TeacherVi-sion.com have quick access to a wealth of class management tools. Two in five U.S. teachers visit TeacherVision every month.
FactMonster.com- Educate, entertain, and engage. That’s what Factmonster.com does—and has been doing since 1998. It provides a safe learning environment combining essential reference materials, fun facts, and homework help for kids.
Infoplease.com- Parents, teachers and librarians turn to Infoplease.com for factual information on any topic under, and including, the sun. It is written and edited by trusted experts. Parents and teachers can confidently point students and children to the site, assured that it is a safe place for them to explore.
The Investor – Sandbox & Co
Sandbox is an industry-focused investor committed to building and supporting busi-nesses at the intersection of the digital, learning, and media sectors. Founded in 2014, Sandbox and its partners have a long track-record of acquiring, transforming, and scaling businesses and brands internationally for multinationals including Viacom, P&G, and Pearson. Sandbox & Co incubates interesting ideas and invests in interesting businesses across kids and the lifelong learning vertical. Sandbox specifically invests with minority stakes in high-growth companies with long-term capital commitment.
Based in downtown Boston MA and reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the President of FEN Learning will oversee all daily business activities while building and driving corporate strategy and executing steady growth. Direct reports include sub-scription sales, product development, and marketing. S/he will be responsible for assessing market and competitive trends, educational and assessment trends, and customer needs, while translating these into product and service solution strategies that drive educational improvements and strong business growth.
Specifically, the President will:
This is a true entrepreneurial challenge and not for someone who does best in a big com-pany environment. It takes a leader who knows how to gather market information, analyze it, evaluate existing core assets, create an infrastructure capable of scaling, and bring to market an innovate digital learning product to teachers, students, and parents via direct B2C marketing through subscription-based sales. In other words, it takes a superior product manager who also knows how to run an efficient company. Intelligence and a nimble, searching mind are critical.
For a proven leader in educational technology or consumer marketing, this position offers the following career opportunities—
The ideal candidate currently works or has worked as a CEO, President, GM, or other senior executive with P&L responsibility for a company or division selling subscription-based learn-ing/education products to teachers or parents. Alternatively, this executive works for another company selling products on subscription to a consumer market (for example, a wine club or performing arts organization). This individual is a proven leader whose team-building skills and results orientation are acknowledged by all.
Specifically, this individual will have the following experience and capabilities:
The President will be working long hours to drive the success of the company. This in-volves a range of personal attributes-- flexibility and adaptability; a great work ethic; strong leadership skills; an ability to analyze and evaluate one’s own (and other’s) performance and to develop plans to improve performance; excellent presentation skills; willingness to take responsibility for both success and failure; a thick skin; self-confidence; a positive attitude about self, company, marketplace; and a strong desire for success.
Compensation will include salary, performance bonus, and significant equity commensurate with the individual’s experience.
FEN Learning has an Employment Application, Work History and Background Check
(provided to candidates). The background check includes compensation verification, professional references, employment and education verifications, state and federal criminal history reports, and drug screen.
Resume and cover letter should be sent as Word documents to Jennifer Florence (Jennifer@bsgtv.com), and also posted on the BSG website (www.bsgtv.com). No phone calls please.