Zero-Proof Bartender & Campus Events Drink Designer

Middlebury College; Town of Middlebury (NY); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Middlebury College designs and delivers high-quality zero-proof beverage events for students, curating distinctive drink flavors and creating a welcoming environment for social gatherings. The role involves bar setup/cleanup, inventory, prebatch production, accurate labeling, and safe handling; plus engaging customer service, event promotion, and harm-reduction education for students.

This student employment position is paid at the Midd student wage scale of $14.95 per hour, with eligibility for

Qualifications

• Design and curate zero-proof drinks for college students.

Responsibilities

• Design and serve zero proof drink flavors appealing to college students using non-alcoholic ingredients.
• Attend to bar setup and cleanup and drink management for efficient workflow, including managing inventory levels, prebatch production and storage, accurate measuring and materials labeling, and safe and hygienic drink handling practices
• Provide engaging and timely customer service, including a welcoming environment with decorations, signage, and educational materials
• Assist in event promotion, including social media and flyer design, posting, and distribution
• Provide active and passive education on harm reduction and resources for challenges with substance use
• Understanding of flavor profiling to create complex and appealing zero-proof cocktails, and preferred, but not required, experience with non-alcoholic mixology techniques (e.g. shrubs, syrups, alcohol-free spirits)
• Ability to develop and standardize recipes for prebatching, ensuring consistency, scalability
• Knowledge of drink sanitation practices, especially for batch preparation, storage, and service
• Excellent organization and workflow planning, including bar setup, prep lists, efficient service, and follow through with meetings
• Design experience for development of promotional materials (e.g. Canva, social media, Google suite tools (docs, sheets, forms, etc.))
• Background in hospitality, culinary arts, or equivalent hands‑on experience in bar or café settings
• Comfortable speaking in front of small and large groups and working independently on projects and tasks.
• Understands the mission of the Center for Health and Wellness' Office of Health and Wellness Education

Skills

Zero-proof beverage design

Non-alcoholic mixology

Customer service

Event promotion

Harm-reduction education

Flavor profiling

Promotional materials design

Hospitality experience

Tools

Canva

Google Docs/Sheets/Forms

Job description

Middlebury College designs and delivers high-quality zero-proof beverage events for students, curating distinctive drink flavors and creating a welcoming environment for social gatherings. The role involves bar setup/cleanup, inventory, prebatch production, accurate labeling, and safe handling; plus engaging customer service, event promotion, and harm-reduction education for students.

This student employment position is paid at the Midd student wage scale of $14.95 per hour, with eligibility for