If you love all things social media, marketing, and food, this may be your dream company!
WHO WE ARE
At Gourmand Group, we’re a creative social media marketing & PR agency that specializes in serving the food & beverage and hospitality industries in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.
Our mission is to amplify the stories of culturally-driven F&B and hospitality brands because we believe they deserve to be The Next Big Thing.
WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT
Gourmand Group offers end to end digital services, but our bread and butter is digital marketing, social media management, and content strategy. We’re thought leaders and innovators in the space, and we’re always willing to try new things to achieve the best results.
The best part, we serve amazing clients who all share a love and passion for food and community.
THE ROLE
We’re looking for a savvy Social Media Manager/Account Manager. This position reports directly to the Founder and requires independence, initiative, and creativity. It also offers a chance to gain great experience in social media, digital marketing, content strategy, and communications with our fun and innovative clients. There is potential for growth as we are prioritizing early team members as our future managers and directors.
You’ll spend your days developing innovative marketing campaigns, assisting our team with social media content, going out and creating content, and engaging with local business owners and foodies.
DETAILS
- Full-time position based in the Bay Area
- Reports directly to the Founder but is expected to display independence, initiative, and creativity
- Work remotely with some in-person working sessions and on-site client meetings and content shoots in the Bay Area
- Must be willing and able to travel to different locations in the Bay Area. Preferred if you have a car
- FT Salary: $72k - $75k/year (DOE)
ADDED PERKS
- SIMPLE IRA
- Quarterly Mental Health Days
- Monthly food stipend
- Lots of free food
- Great networking opportunities within the food, beverage, and hospitality space
- Entrance to fun and educational food events
WHO YOU ARE
- At least 2 - 3 years working in social media/digital marketing at an agency or in-house
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English, Marketing, or a related field is preferred
- Ability to use different applications (AirTable, Slack, video editing software, etc.)
- Ability to create original video content
- Experienced with managing multiple social media channels/client accounts at one-time
- Ability to analyze data and trends
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Self-motivated project manager
- Forward-thinker with the ability to work independently, thrive in an agency environment
- Energetic, creative, proactive and solution-oriented
- Ability to balance day-to-day execution and big-picture, strategic thinking
- Must be fluent in social marketing best practices and tools across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok including the different insight tools associated with each
- Excellent storytelling and copywriting skills with a knack for embodying a brand voice
- Experience with managing a social media editorial content calendar, as well as community management across social media platforms
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Creating and tracking marketing campaigns and the associated KPI’s
- Project management of client accounts
- Managing a social media editorial calendar
- Creating written and visual content for social media
- Leading meetings with our accounts
- Assisting with our in-person events in the Bay Area (a car isn’t required, but a method of transportation and the interest and ability to travel around the Bay Area is)
- Handling outreach to influencers and creatives
OUR IDEAL APPLICANT IS
- A lover of food! You’ll be talking about it a lot :)
- Detail-oriented. You will help us with big ideas as well as the nitty gritty details. Because we’re a lean team, we expect you to be professional, responsible, and accountable
- Motivated and independent. True to our values, we work best with individuals who take pride in their work and hold themselves to a high standard of integrity and accountability.
- Creative. We want you to bring your creative eye and ideas to the table. This means writing engaging copy, creating eye-catching short form videos, and collaborating with marketing campaign ideas
- Flexible. As much as we try to plan ahead, due to the nature of social media and our work, tasks and ideas may come in at different times. Being flexible or available to work evenings or weekends is desired
We’re looking for someone who takes pride in their work and is interested in growing and building with us. We want to be able to offer you experiences that contribute to your career as well--that’s really important to us! You’ll get weekly one-on-one time with our founder, Angelina Hong, who will make sure to give you mentorship and advice.
When applying, please submit your most recent resume and a cover letter including relevant links to your work.