Premium Rum Brand Ambassador

TEAM Enterprises; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TEAM Enterprises is seeking a dynamic Brand Ambassador in the Richmond, VA area to drive category leadership and brand experiences. You will coordinate tastings, trainings, and promotions across accounts and distributors, building relationships to grow volume and brand presence.

The role requires strong communication, event management background, and willingness to travel up to 20%. Compensation ranges from $80,000 to $85,000 per year, with equal opportunity employment.

Qualifications

• Brand ambassador experience or aptitude preferred.
• Strong sales and promotional skills.
• Ability to manage budget for programs and events.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% and represent brands professionally.

Responsibilities

• Serve as brand category & mixology expert for local markets.
• Drive brand placements and promotions at influential accounts.
• Coordinate with events and distributor partners to execute activations.
• Maintain calendar of activities and communicate with sales teams.

Skills

Brand ambassador

Sales

Event promotions

Budget management

Public speaking

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

WHY YOU'LL DIG YOUR GIG

In short, our purpose at TEAM is to blow people’s minds and steal their hearts with incredible brand experiences. We want you to help us help our brands do amazing, unprecedented, wildly creative things, creating moments that people never forget and that people will want to share with others. To make all that great work happen takes a lot of coordination and organization behind the scenes.

WHO WE ARE

TEAM is an award-winning experiential marketing agency that develops and executes creative marketing campaigns rooted in strategy, insights, and decades of learning. We partner with the best brands and people to deliver experiences that create inspiration at the point of engagement. Our roster of talent is essential to executing quality campaigns which live up to our high standards. Visit us online on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

THE TEAM DIFFERENCE

People may forget your witty hashtag and your latest campaign tagline, but they will never forget how you made them feel. That’s because what a brand does is much more important that what is says. Actions speak louder than advertising and marketing. Experiences are what create real connections that lead to brand love and that’s what we do at TEAM. We’re a fun, collaborative, hard working group with a great office environment who takes care of our employees, to ensure that both in work and in life you experience something greater.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Serve as brand category & mixology expert.
• Strengthen category leadership by obtaining menu placements in influential accounts.
• Align and with key local industry events and participate where the opportunity fits our strategy.
• Execute brand promotions, tastings and trainings as needed throughout your market within accounts, consumer/trade events and distributor partners.
• Stay informed of customer and consumer trends, share insights.
• Maintain calendar of activities and promotions and ensure effective communications with distributors and sales team.
• Provide bi-weekly market activity report to Regional Market Manger to include list of objectives, accomplishments, competitive activities, special projects and/or any needs.
• Call on key On and Off premise accounts, responsible for developing strong relationships, building brand awareness with the ultimate goal of increasing volume growth, menu placements and assisting Distributor partner in attaining our objectives.
• Utilize sales report to measure brand performance within your accounts, contribute to analysis and recommendations arising within territory.
• Ride with distributor sales representatives as needed.
• Participate in out-of-market sales blitzes.
• Work closer to maintain Top Volume accounts, reduce losses.
• Timely submission of weekly required program documents and deliverables.
• Manage assigned budget.
• Quarterly visit other markets as needed.

WAYS TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD

• Passionate, self-motivated, creative, responsible
• Proactive communicator
• Comfortable speaking to small groups and being seen as an expert
• Great with people; from bartenders to distributors to consumers
• Event management or promotional background is a plus
• Previous experience in sales preferred
• Previous experience as a Brand Ambassador preferred
• Has sound financial skills and experience managing a budget
• Willingness to travel up to 20%

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

TEAM is committed to building diverse teams and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, sex, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or other characteristics. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request reasonable accommodation, contact [e-mail]

Compensation

$80,000 - $85,000