Business Development Specialist **Kendall Hunt Publishing Company** 1 Positions ID: 76707 Posted On 08/04/2025 **Job Overview** Paradigm Education Solutions is seeking an exemplary Business Development Specialist to join our team. This position requires travel and will be based on prospect and customer demand. This position is based at our home office in Dubuque, Iowa. _Remote work is not available for this position._ Salary is commensurate with experience. **_What Will You Do?_** The Business Development Specialist is responsible for fostering relationships with key decision-makers at the institutional level in post-secondary education colleges and universities. This role will be responsible for selling to front-line decision-makers but also be able to work collaboratively and consultatively with high-level administrators to custom-fit our institutional solutions to the needs of their learners and instructors. **_Who Is Paradigm Education Solutions?_** Paradigm Education Solutions is a division of Kendall Hunt, www.kendallhunt.com headquartered in Dubuque, IA. Paradigm delivers educational technology that blends engaging instruction with hands-on learning experiences. This approach accelerates skill development, challenges students to think like professionals, and provides context for how students' skills are relevant in the real world. Our learning solutions for computer technology, health careers, business technology, and career development support learners in thousands of post-secondary programs, K-12 institutions, correctional facilities, and workforce programs nationwide. Visit our website at www.paradigmeducation.com to learn more. **_Who Do We Need?_** + Someone who will meet and exceed assigned revenue goals + Someone who will adopt and exhibit a challenger selling mindset + Someone who can work closely and proactively with the account managers, marketing, and product groups to find and develop leads and product solutions + Someone who can utilize CRM to manage all leads, opportunities, and products + Someone who has a bachelor's degree with five years of sales experience or equivalent sales experience serving high-level decision-makers + Someone who can travel during academic year based on prospect and customer demand + Valid driver's license **_Why Us? We Understand It's More Than Just a Job!_** Choosing a career path can be one of the most important decisions in one's life. Work is part of a person's identity. People need compelling reasons to remain at a job and a company day after day, year after year. As you consider a career change, we understand the benefits an employer offers are just as appealing as the job itself. Our companies offer - + Job Stability. Kendall Hunt and their family of companies have been around for over 75 years + Career Growth. Gain some great experience to promote to higher roles - many of our leadership and upper management staff worked their way up in our family of companies + Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance with Company paid life insurance, short term and long term disability + Generous company match on 401(k) plan, as well as profit sharing + A generous PTO package at hire, plus paid holidays + Scholarship and tuition reimbursement HRDept@kendallhunt.com An Equal Opportunity Employer Primary Contact 11828 Kelly Schanbeck Corporate Recruiter/HR Specialist, 563-589-1225 Phone Phone Phone Fax kschanbeck@kendallhunt.com Email True False True **Job Details** Categories Sales/Service Location Dubuque, IA Shift First Shift Job Type Employee Full/Part Full Time Pay/Salary Salary is commensurate with experience Benefits Health Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Life Insurance PTO (Paid Time Off) Paid Holidays **Qualifications** Education Bachelors Experience 2-5 Years Company ID 1103 Job REQ # \# Positions 1 Start Date 20250804 End Date 20250901 Featured Job 0 TH Ad 0 TH Comments **Similar Jobs** Business Transportation Insurance Sales Producer TRICOR, LLC Development Officer/Senior Development Officer Loras College Sales Support and Operations Specialist Sedona Staffing Services Accounting Specialist Cottingham & Butler/ SISCO Accounting Specialist Express Employment Professionals Lecturer of Agribusiness University of Wisconsin-Platteville Sales Specialist McGraw Hill Wedding Consultant (Formal Wear Specialist) Express Employment Professionals Campus Talent Acquisition Specialist Cottingham & Butler/ SISCO Sales Development Program Associate Flexsteel Industries, Inc **Share this Job** Kendall Hunt Publishing Company **About the Company** As a leader in customized education publishing solutions, Kendall Hunt has been privately owned and operated for more than 75 years. We currently employ approximately 225 people at our Dubuque, Iowa, headquarters, with an additional 70 people throughout the United States. Our mission is to meet the specific needs of the marketplace in a unique and progressive manner, and we are committed to excellence and employee growth and development. We offer career opportunities in sales and acquisitions, account management, project development, customer support, information technology, finance, accounting, clerical support and human resources. We provide a comprehensive benefit package and full-time and part-time flexible schedules, including internships. Our Higher Education Division is a leader in custom publishing of high quality educational products, services and solutions to the higher education market, including digital solutions and eBooks as well as printed material. Our PreK-12 Division is a leader in publishing solutions of innovative, hands-on inquiry based solutions for the PreK-12 market. We also collaborate closely with our related educational technology solutions companies to develop and customize publications that integrate multi-media and technology to meet the learning needs and expectations of today’s students. For more information, visit Kendall Hunt’s website https://www.kendallhunt.com _An Equal Opportunity Employer_