Public Speaking Trainer/Coach

This is an independent contractor position and you must be located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We are hiring trainers who are excited about the opportunity to teach full-day "bootcamps", 1-hour group classes, and 1-on-1 coaching.

As a trainer, you'll be working with clients to improve their speaking skills so they can excel in their work environments. You'll learn and then teach vetted frameworks and techniques in different areas of speaking.

Expectations:

• Learn and teach new training material quickly
• Have reliable internet and location for virtual meetings and trainings
• Facilitate 1-hour group workshops virtually at least once a week on weekdays (or at our public office in San Francisco, eventually)
• Facilitate full-day trainings virtually on weekdays or Saturdays (or at our public office in San Francisco)
• Answer internal team or client questions via email
• Record off-the-cuff video content for social media

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent educational experience
• 5 years of professional experience, ideally in larger companies/teams, or equivalent
• Consistent experience presenting and speaking in front of groups (meetings, facilitation, presentations, and/or teaching)
• Comfortable in front of the camera for social media posts
• Comfortable with speaking and presenting on Zoom and learning new technology or processes
• Familiar with the world of professional development
• Great with Google Docs and learning new software

Bonus Qualifications: (any of these are a plus!)

• Consulting experience
• Teaching experience
• 1-on-1 client work experience
• Experience working with executives, managers, or leadership teams
• Experience with influencing groups (sales or marketing)

About You:

You’re most satisfied when you’re helping others grow. You love teaching, facilitating, and working directly with people. You’re friendly, personable, and take pride in your communication skills, but you’re humble and open to learning from anyone. You enjoy learning about a wide variety of subjects.

About Us:

Magnetic Speaking is a public speaking training company that helps smart, thoughtful professionals become excellent speakers. Our clients are often analytical professionals who want to present themselves and their work effectively. From AI research directors, environmental policy analysts, engineers, marketers, founders, and much more, we’re proud of the wide variety of clients we help.

This position might be right for you if:

• You want to be an excellent trainer and facilitator
• You have another source of income and this would be a side gig for you (i.e. freelancer, etc.)
• Open and available to learn new material

This position might not be right for you if:

• You don’t have any flexibility in your schedule
• Not comfortable with a start-up/small company environment
• You have a conflict of interest with Magnetic Speaking