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# School Strategy Specialist - Los Angeles at Epic Kids Inc.

- **Company:** Epic Kids Inc.
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/epickids/jobs/8013671003

## Job description

## About Epic

Epic is a digital reading platform for kids 12 and under, with a library of high-quality children’s books, audiobooks, and read-to-me titles. Epic is free for educators, and teachers and librarians across the U.S. use it every day to get kids reading more, with more joy. Many of our biggest champions are school librarians and ELA teachers who brought Epic into their buildings on their own.

## About the role

As a Strategic Partnerships Specialist, you’ll be Epic’s local, in-person presence in your community, based in Los Angeles. Your mission: help more educators discover Epic, bring it into their classrooms and libraries, and make reading with Epic part of their everyday routine.

You’ll work with schools and districts in your area, building relationships with teachers, librarians, and school communities. You’ll help educators who already love Epic share it with their colleagues, support teachers as they get started, and introduce Epic to schools that haven’t discovered it yet. This is a grassroots, educator-to-educator role. Epic is free for educators, so this isn’t about selling. It’s about being a trusted local voice who shows teachers how Epic fits into their day.

Along the way, you’ll share what you learn in the field and help shape the school partnership playbook that guides this work as it expands to new markets.

## What you’ll do

- Own your portfolio. Work a list of 10 to 15 priority districts and their elementary and K-8 schools, prioritized by tier: schools with only a few active teachers, schools with recent sign-ups who never activated, and schools new to Epic.
- Ignite school wide adoption. Partner with school librarians, existing Epic champions, or library media specialists, to turn one user into a whole school, and re-engage stalled teachers, with a class, students and daily routines like independent reading and read alouds.
- Showcase Epic where educators gather. Lead short demos at back-to-school night and PD at staff meetings, literacy nights, and association events, and industry conferences. Rally schools to attend Epic’s onboarding webinars, co-hosting local sessions where possible.
- Unlock district doors. Build relationships with district library services, ELA and literacy coordinators, instructional coaches, and school leaders who can help Epic reach more classrooms. Flag where Epic isn’t yet on a district’s approved app list and connect the right district contacts with Epic’s team to move data privacy agreements forward.
- Champion healthy screen time. Learn local literacy goals and screen-time concerns, and packed schedules, and position Epic as support for what schools already prioritize.
- Track and celebrate. Log activity in a shared tracker, document weekly learnings and wins for the partnership playbook, and nominate standout educators and schools for recognition.

## Who you are

We care more about your connection to kids, books, and classrooms than your title. You might be a great fit if you are:

- Former school principal, assistant superintendent, instructional coach, or education leader with deep, active relationships in Los Angeles (CA).
- A current or former school librarian, library media specialist, or district library director
- A current or former classroom teacher, especially an ELA or reading teacher, pre-K through 7th grade
- A reading specialist, literacy coach, or instructional coach who supports K-8 teachers

You also bring

- Familiarity with the K-8 education landscape and how teachers and librarians choose the tools they use
- Relationships with educators in your market: teachers, librarians, coaches, and school staff. A superintendent’s phone number is not required.
- A genuine love of children’s books and getting kids reading
- Confidence presenting to teachers, whether in a staff meeting, a library, or a webinar
- A partnership instinct: comfort opening doors, following up, and moving from a first conversation to lasting use
- A self-directed, organized work style and comfort with simple tracking tools like Google Sheets
- Reliable transportation and the ability to visit schools in your market several days a week or as needed
- Comfort with a performance-based compensation component

## Nice to have

- You already use Epic as an educator, librarian, or parent, or you’re an a current or past Epic Ambassador looking for a career change.
- Experience in community engagement, edtech partnerships, customer success, or education sales or your school’s PTA
- Connections to local library media associations, reading councils, literacy organizations, or regional education conferences
- Experience working with or inside a county office of education, BOCES, or other regional education agency
- Spanish or another language widely spoken in your market’s school communities

## How we’ll measure success

- New teacher and librarian sign-ups in your portfolio
- Activated teachers: classes created, students added, and kids reading
- Growth in active teachers and daily student reading across your schools
- Schools moving up tiers, from a single user toward school-wide adoption
- School visits, educator meetings, and presentations delivered
- Quality of field insights contributed to the playbook

## What we provide

- Onboarding and training on Epic, plus ongoing support from the Educator Engagement team
- Usage data and a prioritized school list for your portfolio
- Presentation decks, one-pagers, printed materials, and Epic swag
- Coverage of approved travel, meals, and materials

## Compensation and terms

- Compensation: $50 per hour and quarterly bonus of up to $5K based on target achievement.
- Time commitment: 25 - 30 hours per week, with 2 to 3 days in schools.
- Start date: November 2, 2026 (flexible)
- Commute: Mileage reimbursed based on actuals as per IRS standards ($72.5 cents per mile)

## About Epic Kids Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Epic is the leading digital reading platform for kids aged 12 and under, offering a safe, ad-free library of over 40,000 books, audiobooks, and videos.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of TAL Education Group; previously acquired by BYJU’S in 2021)
- **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Suren Markosian, Kevin Donahue

## Core Business
- Primary industry: E‑learning / Children’s Digital Publishing
- Target customers: B2C (parents and families) and B2B (K–12 educators and schools)
- Mission: “Unlock the potential of every child by making reading something kids want to do — fun, safe, and accessible for all.”

## Products & Services
- **Epic! App (iOS, Android, Web)**: A subscription‑based digital library featuring 40,000+ books, audiobooks, and learning videos from 250+ publishers including HarperCollins, Macmillan, National Geographic Kids, and Sesame Street. Offers personalized recommendations, reading rewards, and educator dashboards.
- **Epic School**: Free version for teachers, used in over 2 million classrooms. Includes tools for assigning books, tracking reading progress, and differentiating instruction.
- **Epic Originals**: Proprietary content created by the Epic team; Epic Originals have been read over 400 million times.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (acquired by BYJU’S in 2021 for ~$500 M; now part of TAL Education Group since 2025)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $32 M (latest available); total funding of $51.45 M (Seed through Series D)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Reach Capital (led Series C), with participation from 10+ investors including top children’s publishing executives. Key publisher partners: HarperCollins, Macmillan, Sesame Street, Smithsonian.
- **Growth Signals**: Reached 50+ million children worldwide; 49.6% headcount growth year-over-year (68 employees); over 1 billion books read annually on the platform; 90% of educators would recommend Epic to colleagues.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unmatched safety & trust**: Ad‑free, COPPA‑compliant, and curated by literacy experts — a key differentiator for both parents and schools.
- **Exclusive content & partnerships**: Deep relationships with 250+ publishers and a growing library of Epic Originals that can’t be found elsewhere.
- **Educator‑first model**: Epic School is free for teachers, driving adoption in classrooms and creating a natural B2C funnel through family sharing.
- **Scale**: Used in over 2 M classrooms, giving Epic a massive distribution advantage in the K‑12 edtech space.

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding the Epic Originals pipeline and deepening publisher relationships to keep content fresh and exclusive.
- Growing international reach and supporting multilingual literacy (currently operates in 6 countries).
- Leveraging the resources of TAL Education Group to accelerate product development and enter new markets, especially in Asia.
- Enhancing AI‑powered recommendations and reading‑level tracking to improve personalized learning outcomes.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission‑driven culture**: Employees are united by a belief that reading unlocks every child’s potential. The company reports 95% of parents say Epic improved their child’s reading skills.
- **Work environment**: Remote‑first with co‑working hubs in San Jose, Redwood City, and Chino, CA. Many roles are listed as “Remote” or “Hybrid,” offering flexibility.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapid headcount expansion (+49.6% YoY) and backing from a global education leader (TAL) signal strong investment in talent.
- **Engineering culture**: Teams work on full‑stack, infrastructure, and content tools to support a platform serving millions of daily users. Stack includes cloud‑native technologies (Kubernetes, AWS).
- **Employee ratings**: 3.6/5 on LinkedIn (54 reviews) with work‑life balance scored at 4.0 and culture at 4.0. Notable perks include a focus on impact rather than bureaucracy.

## Sources
1. [Epic Careers Page](https://www.getepic.com/careers)
2. [Epic About Us](https://www.getepic.com/about)
3. [Built In Company Profile: Epic for Kids](https://builtin.com/company/epic-kids)
4. [LinkedIn Company Page: Epic for Kids](https://www.linkedin.com/company/epic4kids)

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