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Culinary Associate

Wagstaff Media & Marketing

Culinary Associate

National
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Wagstaff Media & Marketing is an integrated public relations and marketing agency devoted to the culinary, travel and wine and spirits industries. We offer a comprehensive suite of communications, digital marketing, and branding services for our restaurant, hotel/resort, travel destination, wine and spirits, and hospitality lifestyle clients.

    Wagstaff is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and welcoming team. We operate on the belief that we are stronger together. At Wagstaff, you will be a part of an intrepid, transparent, genuine, and sharing culture where we strive to make things better for our team members, clients, and communities. 

    We are looking for a dynamic Public Relations Culinary Associate to join our team of versatile storytellers and marketers who are professionally dedicated to their passions for food, wine, and travel.

    RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Offer client-facing and behind-the-scenes support
    • Execute strategy, with focus on specialized areas such as social media posting and community management, media pitching, copywriting, influencer marketing, etc.
    • Present during client meetings, as needed, and actively participate in drafting new business proposals.
    • Conduct research, reporting, list building, content creation, and drafting presentations/decks.
    • Copywriting such as press releases, fact sheets, briefs, recaps, event run-of-shows, and itineraries.
    • Advocate for the client, and proactively pitch and secure A-list media coverage; share results with client in a timely manner; engage with influencers. Research and help develop strategic partnerships.
    • As needed, assist in coordinating (and attending) events on behalf of clients. Provide general support to the overall client team on all initiatives in the marketing campaign.

    REQUIREMENTS:

    • 2-3 years of experience working in a hospitality PR setting or working with culinary focused clients, agency experience is a plus
    • Must be able to manage time and deadlines autonomously on a daily and weekly basis
    • Comfortable working independently and as part of a multi-functional team
    • Solid and professional communication skills
    • Adaptable, solution-oriented, and resourceful when tackling challenges and obstacles
    • Self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion
    • Highly motivated to learn new things and improve your skills.
    • Driven and compassionate
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and other platforms such as Adobe to be able to communicate, report results, create tools and templates for client work
    • Experience with creating, managing, and engaging Social Media platforms
    • An overall passion for the hospitality industries – luxury and lifestyle, restaurants, travel/destinations/hotels/tourism, wine & spirits. Must be able to communicate in a clear and professional manner

    Wagstaff offers a variety of benefits and perks including medical, dental, vision, flexible-spending and life insurance plans as well as, 401(k), ample PTO, hospitality allowance, remoting capabilities and more.