Account Executive - IL
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HMH is seeking a Field Sales Account Executive focused on ELD and intervention solutions in the Greater Chicago metropolitan area. The role builds relationships with school districts, focuses exclusively on new business, and develops strategies to address customer needs and achieve sales targets. The position requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience, 4–5 years of educational or technology sales experience, and travel up to 60%.
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Date:Nov 2, 2026
Location: Chicago, IL, US
Company: HMH
HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students’ potential and extend teachers’ capabilities.
HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries. For more information, visitwww.hmhco.com
Location: Field Sales Account Executive, ELD & Intervention - IL. Candidates should reside in the Greater Chicago metropolitan area.
HMH is seeking a dedicated, compassionate ELD & Intervention Account Executive responsible for building strong relationships with school district administrators and teachers to deliver targeted solutions that drive student success. Focusing exclusively on new business, this role involves identifying and meeting the needs of school districts within an assigned territory.
Job Responsibilities
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Develop tailored strategies to address customer challenges while achieving sales targets.
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Build trusted relationships by understanding district needs and delivering exceptional support.
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Plan and execute strategic sales calls with clear objectives and actionable outcomes.
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Stay ahead of market trends and inform Area Management of key insights.
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Act as a resourceful problem-solver, addressing customer inquiries with urgency and care.
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Communicate product features and benefits effectively to decision-makers .
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Maintain up-to-date knowledge of state and local adoption cycles to seize timely opportunities.
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Collaborate with internal and external resources to maximize territory success.
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Keep Salesforce.com updated with current information.
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Travel within your territory up to 60%, combining domestic air travel and driving.
Education and Experience
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This position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Education , Business, Marketing or Liberal Arts, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Must be able to travel up to 60% of the time throughout the assigned territory.
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4-5 years of Educational/Technology sales experience required .
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Classroom teaching experience is a plus.
Salary Range: $78,000 - $85,000 + uncapped sales incentives
HMH is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity, ethnic/national origin, ancestry, age, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, citizenship status, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran, other covered veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity. We actively participate in E-Verify.
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How this job compares
Set against the 52,830 open Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$78–85K/yr
- Illinois median$90–135K/yr1,132 salary ranges
- US median$95–144K/yr25,486 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $82K, is 29% below the Illinois median midpoint ($115K) — in the middle half of Sales salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,892 open Sales jobs in Illinois and 52,830 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Sales postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (29,238 postings).
- Education
- 10,283 of the 52,830 open Sales jobs (19%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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