Associate Brand Manager

What are we looking for?

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• MBA preferred

Experience:

• 1-3 years marketing experience, preferably with a CPG company, agency, or management consulting role

Skills:

Qualified candidates will have demonstrated the following skills through specific work experiences and identifiable business results:

• Strong knowledge and interest in healthy food trends         
• Highly curious & results-driven behavior
• Strong project management skills
• Self-starter – comfortable ‘figuring it out’
• Quantitative strength –very comfortable with numbers
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Cross-functional project team experience
• Ability to influence and lead others

Five capabilities that differentiate this role and are key to candidate success:

1. Drive and own results
2. Learning & growth mindset
3. Be a builder
4. Embody a strategic mindset
5. Influence and inspire

You will thrive here and may just do the best work of your life if…

• You want to be an integral part of shaping and nurturing an amazing brand
• You can be flexible in your approach to challenges and abandon past practices if they don’t make sense or would lead to a poor outcome
• You enjoy making decisions and finding ways to say ‘yes’ as often as possible to impactful and important priorities for the business or team
• You are comfortable being natural, casual, open, and even a bit playful at work
• You can be friendly, vulnerable, and self-deprecating in one moment, and deal with a challenging, delicate matter as a professional in the next
• You can do periods of focused, deep work on projects that drive the needle

This may not be your ideal next career move if…

• You like a lot of structure, rules, and uniformity
• You like order, hierarchy, command and control management
• Dealing with ambiguity or experimentation are not your jam
• You try to resolve challenging interpersonal situations over email or instant messaging
• You like managing from behind your computer and demonstrating excellence through email
• You tend to chase whatever shiny object presents itself during the day even if non-strategic                                                                                                                                                                                                              

If we haven’t convinced you to apply already, here are some of our favorite perks and benefits:

• Summer hours (and of course a hefty PTO package plus 11 holidays)
• 401K match. Literally free money.
• Free food. Plus kombucha, cold brew coffee, sparkling water…all on tap.
• All people and roles are bonus-eligible.
• Quarterly team building events/happy hours (city-wide scavenger hunt, bowling, ropes course, putt-putt)
• Bring your dog to work (3 days/week)