Content Strategist, Alpha - $100,000/year USD

What You Will Be Doing

• Create and facilitate hands-on workshops (40% of your time) covering subjects including entrepreneurship, financial literacy, personal branding, and additional practical domains; leveraging your professional background
• Provide 1:1 coaching (60% of your time) as students execute real projects across specific areas such as business ventures, marketing initiatives, and software development, employing targeted questions to identify obstacles and drive measurable advancement
• Maintain rigorous standards for confidence, communication, and competence; stepping in when performance declines and establishing concrete commitments during each session
• Guide students in leveraging AI platforms (ChatGPT, Claude) for content generation, refinement, and efficiency gains
• Maintain direct communication with students and parents regarding progress, performance gaps, and action plans

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Covering traditional lectures or following a standardized curriculum
• Evaluating large volumes of homework assignments or emphasizing theoretical concepts
• Supporting unmotivated students through excessive accommodation or compromising standards for comfort
• Functioning within a slow-moving, bureaucratic educational institution

Key Responsibilities

Produce measurable advancement in students' confidence, communication abilities, and practical competence by coaching them to execute consistently at a high standard.

Basic Requirements

• Documented record of significant personal achievement in at least one practical domain: launching a business, building an audience, generating revenue, producing research, competing at an elite level, or equivalent
• Demonstrated capability to coach teenagers through resistance or avoidance behaviors
• 3+ years experience coaching/mentoring teenagers
• Direct, transparent communication approach: confident presenting to groups and providing candid feedback to teenagers and parents
• Proficiency with AI/technology tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)
• Available to work on-site in Austin, TX. Relocation support is provided
• Authorized to work in the US without requiring visa sponsorship

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Specialized expertise in at least one practical field (entrepreneurship, medicine, sales, technology, creative industries, finance, athletics) that you can integrate into coaching sessions and workshops with depth
• Background working in a startup or high-growth organization at any capacity

About Alpha

Join the team building school around student growth Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning, stronger mentorship, and more time for students to build real-world skills. Roles with real student impact: Alpha hires teachers (guides), operators, admissions experts, school & curriculum leaders, and remote team members. Education work that pays like it matters: Alpha offers six-figure roles for people ready to help build a radically better school experience. A culture built for builders: Alpha is fast-moving, ambitious, and student focused. It’s for people who want to improve the system, not maintain it. Alpha is where you can do the most meaningful work of your career. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited.

Working with us

• This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position.
• The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record.
• The compensation level for this role is $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year.
• The payment period is weekly.
• Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.