Universal Yums was founded in 2014 with a simple concept: give people an opportunity to try unique foods and flavors from around the world. Our flagship product is a monthly subscription box offering snacks and candies from a different country each month. We've shipped over 5,000,000 boxes and have been featured in Forbes, Buzzfeed, and The New York Times for our novel product and rapid success. If this sounds exciting, read on and apply!

About the Job

This is a full-time job unlike any other.

You’ll work directly with the co-founder of Universal Yums to successfully launch our new products in-market. This is a job that requires a “jack-of-all-trades” skill set: to be successful, you’ll have to bounce from talking to store owners to setting up our Amazon ads account. Your (and the co-founder’s) goal is to create the most-compelling products as quickly as possible and build their initial path to success before putting the Company’s full growth engine behind it.

Could a product get more fun than Universal Yums? Each month, we send a box of snacks and candies from a different country each month to our thousands (and thousands) of customers. One amazing, well-loved product down, countless more fun, clever, and beautifully designed products to go!

Job Responsibilities

• Identify retail partners for new products. Seek feedback from these partners on our initial product prototypes.

• Sell finished products into new retail partners. Use feedback from retail partners and/or in-store checks to improve results for all parties.

• Set up our Amazon product pages, drive reviews to listings, and monitor customer satisfaction and sales velocity to tweak our product development plans for Amazon.

• Build a launch plan for each new brand we launch, using social media influencers, affiliate links, and media partnerships to generate buzz and excitement.

• Organically build excitement around new brands using Reddit, Tiktok, and other discovery platforms.

• Develop social media content for new brands, engaging with customers to mine valuable insight on how to improve and scale the product offering.

• Partner cross-functionally with our Marketing & Creative departments to launch new brands on established marketing channels such as Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and Email.

You could be the right person for this position if…

• You don’t take no for an answer.

• You’re a good problem-solver.

• You’re detail-oriented with impeccable follow-through.

• You like figuring things out independently.

• You’re not afraid to talk to anyone.

• You look for unlimited growth opportunities and have a desire to make money.

• You want to start your own business someday and want to learn alongside a founder with a proven track record of success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Experience working in an office environment and directly interfacing with senior executives.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Avid user of at least one of the following social media platforms: Tiktok, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter

Additional qualifications which are helpful but not required are:

• Experience working at a start-up

• Experience in the food and beverage, retail, or CPG space

• Experience identifying, pitching products to, and negotiating contract terms with new and/or established retail partners

Location

• Hybrid work arrangement requiring a mix of on-site, remote, and field work

The Sweet Perks

We recognize that a job is more than just a 9 to 5. As an employee of Universal Yums, you can expect:

• Unlimited snacks

• Friday lunches

• Yum Yum Box Subscription

• Pay increases

• Summer break

• Health benefits

• Mental health support

• Referral Program

• Parental leave

• An international trip

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location