MARKET MANAGER – JOB DESCRIPTION

About Fresh Picks:

Fresh Picks is a personal grocery service for local, fresh & healthy food. We believe food should be a source of health, happiness and an enduring source of generational impact. We deliver incredibly fresh, top-quality local groceries to homes and offices across 180 Chicagoland zip codes.

About This Role:

A Market Manager represents Fresh Picks at public-facing consumer events such as markets, tabling events, pop-ups, and festivals. The Market Manager is an ambassador, salesperson, and enthusiastic marketer for the company’s services, products, and mission. This is a seasonal role with the opportunity to develop into a permanent part-time or full-time role.

Responsibilities:

• Represent the company enthusiastically at consumer-facing events
• Sell subscription services and local foods at events
• Educate customers about Fresh Picks services and local food offering
• Lead new customers through the process of signing up for subscriptions
• Schedule, set up, and tear down booths and tabling set-ups at events
• Support the sales & marketing team's strategic growth initiatives
• Contribute towards a team culture

Qualifications:

• Passionate about the local food system and its supplier community
• Eager to learn and try marketing and sales tactics & strategy
• Must be self-motivated, proactive and solutions-oriented
• Adaptable in a fast-paced startup environment & supportive of change
• Familiar with Google Workspace or equivalent and basic e-commerce
• Clear communicator with customers and community members
• Efficient with reporting and data analysis
• Comfortable and confident with in-person interaction
• Likes to have fun at work and be a positive contributor
• Able to safely lift up to 50lbs
• A valid driver’s license required

Typical Activities Include:

· Proactively engaging customers and initiating in-person dialogue

· Attend tabling events and pop-up events, often on weekends and weeknights

· Assist with set-up and tear-down at events

· Brand ambassador activities and marketing material distribution

Hiring immediately!

Fresh Picks is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.

This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits and termination.