Growth Lead - School Admission Marketing (Account Strategist)

*** IMMEDIATE OPENING - Candidates who can join within 0-15 days will be given first priority ***

About DDC (Devesh Digital Creations): We are a Hyderabad-based digital marketing agency building a specialized admission growth vertical for schools. We work on results-based engagement models where we are accountable for enquiries, campus visits, and admissions - not just posts and ads. Our model: we take accountability for a school's admission targets and build the full enquiry-to-admission funnel to deliver them. We are looking for a senior strategist to own this vertical's client outcomes end-to-end.

Role & responsibilities

- Full ownership of admission growth targets for a portfolio of school clients - you own the outcome, the team executes with you

- Building admission funnel strategies: catchment analysis, competitor fee benchmarking, grade-wise seat targeting, and working enquiry math backward from admission goals

- Single point of contact for school managements and principals - monthly strategy reviews, target tracking, and expectation management

- Directing the internal team (performance marketing, content, design, telecalling) against funnel-stage targets

- Auditing and improving the lead-to-admission journey: enquiry handling, follow-up discipline, campus visit conversion

- Contributing to new school client pitches, proposals, and engagement structuring

- Monthly reporting to clients with funnel metrics: enquiries, visits, admissions, cost per admission

Preferred candidate profile

- TOP PRIORITY: Experience with school, college, edtech, or coaching institute clients - if you understand admission cycles and parent enquiry funnels, you will be fast-tracked

- 5-8 years in digital marketing with at least 3 years in client servicing/account management at an agency, OR growth/marketing roles in edtech/K-12/admission marketing

- You understand lead generation funnels deeply - not just branding and social media

- Strong client management skills - comfortable in rooms with school directors and correspondents

- You think in numbers: conversion rates, funnel math, cost per admission

- Telugu + English fluency preferred (client meetings across Hyderabad and Telangana)

- Immediate joiners or 15-day notice strongly preferred

Perks and benefits

- Build and lead a vertical, not manage an account list - this role grows into Vertical Head as we scale

- Performance bonus linked to client admission targets achieved

- Results-based client models mean your strategy directly shows in revenue

- Direct work with the founder on business growth

Location: Kothaguda, Hyderabad (Work from office). Interviews: online screening round followed by in-person round at our office.