Full-Time

Sales Representative

Account Executive

Top Hat

Top Hat

201-500 employees

Campus-wide courseware enabling personalized learning

No salary listed

Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Hybrid

Category
Sales & Account Management (2)
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Required Skills
Sales
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree.
  • 2+ years of experience in a sales role.
  • A valid Driver's License is required.
  • Candidates must be located in the Greater Salt Lake City area.
  • Role requires 40-50% travel on campus annually and up to 75% during the busy sales seasons.
Responsibilities
  • Find, create, facilitate, and close new business opportunities in assigned accounts.
  • Represent and sell the full suite of Top Hat and approved partner products and services, including Top Hat's digital textbook content and SaaS platform.
  • Effectively position and message Top Hat's value proposition to professors or department leaders, using a mixture of inside and outside sales techniques.
  • Work closely with Customer Success Managers and internal product and marketing partners to ensure a great customer experience for professors and maximize revenue growth.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience selling to professors in person on campus is highly preferred.
  • Experience working in a metrics-driven environment and remaining positive when facing common objections.
  • Coachable and strong ability to interpret and apply feedback.
  • Ambitious with drive to succeed.
  • Proven ability to identify, drive, and close large or complex deals and run the full sales cycle including cold calling, demos, discovery, solution presentation, negotiation and closing.

Top Hat provides a campus-wide education technology platform with courseware and classroom tools to help educators personalize learning and improve equity. Its offerings include Top Hat Pages for content personalization, interactive response tools for in-class engagement, and hundreds of fully editable textbooks. Educators customize materials, deploy activities in class, and scale across entire campuses, while students interact with digital content and questions. The platform stands out with a large editable library, ease of use, and a focus on scalable, equitable learning across courses and institutions.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$234.9M

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

2009

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Title II ruling drives demand for Ace, automating accessibility for 1,500+ institutions.
  • Indiana University study shows 11.5% withdrawal reduction, proving retention ROI.
  • Leaders Fund investment fuels Marketplace launch, targeting $300B textbook market.

What critics are saying

  • Kahoot! captures share with cheaper quizzes, eroding Top Hat subscriptions in 6-12 months.
  • Pearson dominates Marketplace, stranding Leaders Fund investment in 12-24 months.
  • Ace fails Title II compliance, triggering university lawsuits by April 2026.

What makes Top Hat unique

  • Top Hat Marketplace enables professors to publish affordable textbooks, bypassing traditional publishers.
  • Ace Content Enhancer automates WCAG 2.1 AA compliance for Title II deadlines in April 2026.
  • Interactive tools like quizzes and polls transform passive lectures into active learning environments.

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Leaders Fund
Dec 11th, 2025
Top Hat raises funding to transform university learning with modern platform and textbook marketplace

Leaders Fund has announced an investment in Top Hat, a platform modernising university education for professors and students. The company serves over 19 million students in the USA passing through higher education institutions annually. Top Hat is launching Top Hat Marketplace, an alternative to traditional textbook publishers where professors can publish, share and collaborate on course materials. The platform aims to reduce students' financial burden whilst transforming how educators author and adopt textbooks. Leaders Fund cited Top Hat's leadership team, led by CEO and founder Mike Silagadze, as a key factor in the investment decision. The firm believes Top Hat addresses younger students' expectations for modern technology in their learning experiences, similar to how consumerisation of IT transformed enterprise software.

Top Hat
Oct 28th, 2025
Top Hat Unveils AI-Powered Content Enhancer to Accelerate Title II Accessibility Compliance in Higher Ed

Top Hat unveils ai-powered Content Enhancer to accelerate Title II accessibility compliance in higher ed. New capabilities in Top Hat Ace enable educators to quickly and easily transform static course materials into accessible, interactive content. TORONTO - october 28, 2025 - Top Hat, the leader in student engagement solutions for higher education, today announced the launch of a powerful new accessibility tool in its AI-powered assistant, Ace. Ace Content Enhancer gives faculty the ability to upload existing course materials into Top Hat and receive actionable guidance to meet WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards with minimal effort. Following the U.S. Department of Justice's 2024 Title II ruling, public colleges and universities must ensure all digital content meets WCAG 2.1 AA standards as early as April 2026, depending on institution size. But for most professors, the path to compliance is anything but clear. The rules are highly technical, and without dedicated time or training, it can be challenging to ensure materials are fully compliant. Ace Content Enhancer removes this burden by scanning materials in Top Hat in seconds, identifying issues, and providing recommendations to help content meet the standards for accessibility outlined under Title II. "We're helping educators meet this moment by simplifying compliance and making it easier to create learning experiences that serve all students," said Maggie Leen, CEO of Top Hat. "More than meeting a mandate, this is an opportunity to create content that's more engaging, and ultimately more effective in supporting student success." A faster, simpler path to compliant courseware. With Ace's AI-powered Content Enhancer, faculty can: * Scan materials for accessibility issues instantly. Uploaded or existing content in Top Hat is analyzed in seconds, with specific accessibility concerns in text and images flagged for quick review. * Remediate with ease. Recommendations and features like auto-generated alt-text remove guesswork and save time. * Improve clarity for all learners. Suggested tone helps make content easier to understand and more effective. * Make content more relevant. Use Ace to generate real-world examples tailored to students' interests, academic goals, or backgrounds to boost engagement. * Reinforce learning through practice. Ace will suggest interactive, low-stakes questions to deepen understanding and support active learning. "Educators retain full control of their content, while Ace eliminates the guesswork, making accessibility improvements fast, intuitive, and aligned with instructional goals," said Hong Bui, Chief Product Officer at Top Hat. "We're providing a guided path forward so that accessibility doesn't come at the expense of interactivity, creativity, or sound pedagogy." The launch of Ace Content Enhancer reflects Top Hat's broader commitment to accessibility. It builds on existing capabilities - like automatic transcription of slide content - and reinforces the company's focus on ensuring all student-facing tools and experiences, across web and mobile, meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards, including readings, assessments, and interactive content. As the leader in student engagement solutions for higher education, Top Hat enables educators to employ evidence-based teaching practices through interactive content, tools, and activities in in-person, online and hybrid classroom environments. Thousands of faculty at more than 1,500 North American colleges and universities use Top Hat to create personalized, engaging and accessible learning experiences for students before, during, and after class. To learn more, please visit tophat.com.

Top Hat
Oct 22nd, 2024
Indiana University Faculty Who Focus on Student Engagement Using Top Hat See 11.5% Decrease in Student Withdrawal Rate

TORONTO - October 22, 2024 - Top Hat, a leading provider of student engagement solutions for higher education, has released the first significant finding in an ongoing research initiative with Indiana University exploring the impact of student engagement leveraging Top Hat on retention and academic outcomes.

Top Hat
May 1st, 2024
Time Magazine Names Top Hat One of the World's Top EdTech Companies

TORONTO - May 1, 2024 - Top Hat, the leader in student engagement solutions for higher education, has been recognized as one of the World's Top EdTech Companies by Time Magazine.

Top Hat
Mar 21st, 2024
Top Hat Unveils Latest Ace Innovation With AI-Powered Lecture Enhancer

TORONTO - March 21, 2024 - Top Hat, the leader in student engagement solutions for higher education, has announced new enhancements to Ace, a groundbreaking AI-powered assistant designed to create better teaching and learning experiences for educators and students.