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Director of Sales and Retail Strategy – Boston (Up to $18/hr)

Verb Energy

Verb Energy

Director of Sales and Retail Strategy – Boston (Up to $18/hr)

Boston, MA
Part Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

    • Build a coordinated and strategic retail attack plan for Boston and surrounding neighborhoods (Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, etc).
    • Identify potential retail opportunities, approach independent retailers and strategic retail outlets, and close deals with retail and wholesale accounts. Follow through with these accounts to ensure product is selling at strong velocity. Conduct product sampling events on a weekly basis to build awareness in local markets.
    • Create monthly and quarterly marketing plans (both online and offline) to build brand awareness in Boston and encourage organic growth.
    • Find creative ways to drive growth through partnerships and activations with other Boston-based brands.
    • Create strategic plans to build awareness in select colleges and universities. Manage college ambassador programs on these campuses and ensure that college campus launches are successful.
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  • Qualifications

    We are looking for a creative, outgoing, and motivated candidate to spearhead our on-the-ground Boston retail and field marketing strategy. Since we are a small three-person team, the ideal candidate will feel comfortable assuming a great degree of independence and responsibility facing novel challenges and environments.

    We're ideally looking for someone who:

    • Has 1+ year of experience in marketing, sales, and/or business development.
    • Can provide examples and results of past projects.
    • Thrives in an environment where there are limited resources, and where product-market fit is just being established.
    • Has excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and an ability to use data to gain insights and drive decisions.
  • Compensation
    $16-18 per hour. Approximately 10-20 hours per week on an ongoing basis
  • Industry
    Consumer Goods
  • Fun Fact
    Our customers order by texting us.
  • About Us

    Verb Energy makes 90 calorie energy bars with as much caffeine as an espresso.

    We believe that everyone should be able to feel focused and energized every day.