Sr. Associate, Brand Marketing

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.

This role supports the fast paced strategic growth of Home Chef’s e-commerce business, with a key focus on supporting growth via new customer acquisition. The Sr Associate, Brand Marketing works closely with the Brand Director and other cross-functional teams internally at Home Chef to bring the brand to life across media channels in a way that drives growth.  This includes assisting in the execution of multi-channel (i.e. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Direct Mail, Affiliate, Influencer, TikTok, Email, etc.) creative requests, including timeline development and communicating with key stakeholders to see projects through to completion. Additionally, this role researches and builds creative strategies for new channels, leads cross-functional campaigns, populates reports and leverages customer feedback to improve acquisition efforts.

Detailed Responsibilities

Creative Development + Review

• Manage paid creative development for Kits business, including brief development, approvals and communicating with key stakeholders.  Projects include managing internal, vendor and partner deliverables across channels.  Work closely with the cross-functional team to see projects through to completion.

Marketing Strategy Implementation

• Bring marketing strategy to life by managing key execution details for the Kits team, including ownership of brand calendar, copy deliverables and merchandising.

Trends Thought Leadership

• Lead competitive and trends reviews, developing insights and applying learnings for the team. Key strategic partner for the full Kits team.

This position requires 0% travel.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field: Marketing would be ideal
• Individuals who are motivated, hungry to learn, data-driven and eager to get a valuable hands-on experience will be rewarded with opportunities to grow within this role.
• 2+ years of experience in a rigorous fast-paced work environment –  digital marketing, brand management, CPG, manufacturing, data analytics consulting, finance, etc.
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets proficiency
• Professional communication and relationship building skills
• Previous marketing and project management experience preferred
• Independent self-starter, driven to find solutions without significant oversight
• Intellectually curious
• Results driven active problem solver with a natural desire to get things done

More About Us

Perks And Benefits

• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

How We Work Together

• We are humble team players.
• We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.
• We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
• We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.
• We take ownership.
• We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be At Home At Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at hr@homechef.com.

Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.

Illinois Pay Range$65,000—$75,000 USD

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