Field Marketing Specialist

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Field Marketing Specialist growing GT’s kombucha brand through LA-area events, sampling, and retail activations. Managing Brand Ambassadors and strengthening consumer engagement and market growth.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive brand awareness, consumer trial, and market share growth within the assigned market
  • Recruit, train, support, and coach Brand Ambassadors
  • Oversee Brand Ambassador activations driving product trial, education, and sales
  • Support local market strategy with the Field Marketing Manager
  • Execute sampling initiatives, retail activations, and pop-ups
  • Ensure product displays, merchandising, and educational materials meet brand standards
  • Identify and lead local events that increase brand awareness and market presence
  • Represent the brand and create connections with consumers
  • Build relationships with retail partners and support distribution, visibility, and in-store execution
  • Enhance shelf presence, point-of-sale materials, and merchandising
  • Partner with Sales on key accounts and sell-through programming
  • Monitor local market activity and competition
  • Support collegiate sampling programs and campus ambassadors
  • Plan event logistics, including product, assets, staffing, and performance goals
  • Oversee inventory, storage, marketing assets, equipment, cold storage, and company vehicles
  • Ensure proper vehicle use, care, safety training, and compliance
  • Track, analyze, and report activation performance, sales impact, consumer feedback, and learnings
  • Develop post-event recaps with actionable insights
  • Gather and synthesize consumer and market insights
  • Manage budgets, expenses, receipts, and reports
  • Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Logistics, and cross-functional teams
  • Support continuous program improvement and perform other assigned duties

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related major (preferred)
  • 4+ years of job-related experience
  • Valid driver’s license, proof of insurance and be able to drive a motor vehicle
  • Willing to travel locally 40-60% of the time, inclusive of nights and weekends
  • Able to lift 50lbs to aid event set-up
  • Demonstrated experience planning and executing events, retail activations, and local marketing campaigns, including logistics coordination and on-site execution
  • Experience recruiting, hiring, and onboarding part-time or full-time team members (e.g., brand ambassadors), with the ability to support training and performance expectations
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word); experience with event tracking, reporting, or CRM tools is a plus
  • Prior experience in the CPG food and/or beverage industry strongly preferred, with an understanding of retail environments and consumer engagement
  • Strong networking and community-building skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, field-based environment with minimal supervision
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong time management and prioritization skills
  • Creative thinker able to develop engaging activations, solve problems independently, and adapt quickly
  • Proven ability to manage high-pressure situations with professionalism, adaptability, and sound judgment
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and execute across various initiatives simultaneously
  • Passion for kombucha and interest in raw, organic, and functional foods

Benefits:

  • Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
  • 401K with Matching
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Discounts on the amazing GT’s product line (available for pickup at headquarters only)
  • Corporate Discounts with our partners through LifeMart (concert & sporting event tickets, cell phone service, gifts, restaurants, hotels, childcare, and more!)
  • Bonus eligible