# School Strategy Specialist - Chicago at Epic Kids > United States · Unspecified · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aepickids%3A8013672003 (read 2026-11-04). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Epic Kids](https://alderhq.app/companies/epic-kids) - Location text: Chicago, IL; Epic kids - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Chicago, IL; Epic kids") - Posted: 2026-10-05 (30 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/epickids/jobs/8013672003 ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: not posted - Market band for similar posted roles (Chicago, n 393): p25 $70k, median $100k, p75 $158k ## Description (the employer's text) ### 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 Chicago. 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 Chicago. - 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 --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aepickids%3A8013672003 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.