Marketing Manager

sweetgreen
Los Angeles, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with 3-5 years of culturally-driven brand marketing experience working in the restaurant or food industry, who thrive in collaborative, high-impact environments.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 3-5 years of brand-building experience in the food or restaurant industry
    — “Minimum 3-5 years of Brand-Building and Culturally-Driven Integrated Marketing Communications Experience”
  • Individuals who have successfully led product launches and campaign execution
    — “Lead new product launches and go-to-market campaigns by contributing consumer-insight driven, breakthrough strategies and briefs”
  • Professionals with a strong background in managing cross-functional teams and creative partnerships
    — “Manage internal and external partners, including experiential, PR, social, digital, media, and tech teams”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a clear financial understanding of the business and its operations
    — “Drive decision-making through a spirit of business ownership -- contributing a clear financial understanding of the business”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in driving brand innovation and cultural relevance in marketing campaigns
    — “serving as a key stakeholder in brand strategy and execution”
  • Showcase your ability to use consumer insights and data to shape marketing decisions
    — “Experience in using consumer insights and data to drive decision-making”
  • Emphasize your proven track record in executing high-impact brand campaigns
    — “Successful track record of program and promotion execution”
  • Demonstrate experience in off-premise packaging and product innovation strategies
    — “Oversee brand strategy and off-premise packaging and product innovation”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Successful brand campaigns
  • Innovative menu offerings
Typical background
Brand or product marketing experienceExperience in integrated marketing communications

Skills & requirements

Required

Brand StrategyProduct Launch StrategiesGuest Engagement PromotionsBrand ExperiencesMenu InnovationChannel StrategyConsumer InsightsData-driven Decision-making

Preferred

AI Tools UsageCross-functional Collaboration

Stack & domain

Brand StrategyExecution Of Brand Communications CampaignsProduct Launch StrategiesGuest Engagement PromotionsBrand Experiences And InnovationsMenu InnovationChannel StrategyConsumer InsightsData-driven Decision-makingFinancial UnderstandingCommunicationAttention To DetailOrganizational SkillsTeam SkillsProblem-solvingCuriosityResilienceMarketingBrand ManagementProduct MarketingCultural MarketingIntegrated Marketing Communications

About the role

Original posting from sweetgreen

BRAND MANAGER, MARKETING 

sweetgreen is on a mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food. We passionately believe that real food should be convenient and accessible to everyone. Every day in each sweetgreen, our 5,000 team members make food from scratch, using fresh ingredients and produce delivered that morning. And in our local communities, we’re committed to leaving people better than we found them. We’re in the business of feeding people, and we’re out to change what that means. Our teams are our most valuable ingredient - the heart of our company, the face of our brand, and what truly makes the sweetgreen experience special and unique. 

The Brand Marketing Manager will play an integral role in shaping the future of sweetgreen by serving as a key stakeholder in brand strategy and execution. This position will leverage their proven track record to lead and support breakthrough brand communications campaigns, including go-to-market product launch strategies, guest engagement promotions, and brand experiences and innovations. The role will also play a key part in menu innovation and channel strategy to build the sweetgreen brand. 

The Brand Marketing Manager will report to the Brand Marketing team. You’ll be joining a team that manages multiple high-stakes campaigns with a guest-obsessed, culturally driven mindset. Join us for the opportunity to make your mark on the future of food.

As the Brand Marketing Manager, you will: 

Lead new product launches and go-to-market campaigns by contributing consumer-insight driven, breakthrough strategies and briefs, ensuring flawless consumer experience across all media touchpoints and in-restaurant. 

Manage internal and external partners, including experiential, PR, social, digital, media, and tech teams to execute the successful launch of brand campaigns. 

Oversee brand strategy and off-premise packaging and product innovation, driving impact and measuring success against established KPIs.

Foster a high-functioning working relationship with Consumer Insights and our internal Creative team to bring breakthrough and insight-based creative communications strategies and campaigns to life.

Drive decision-making through a spirit of business ownership -- contributing a clear financial understanding of the business. 

Assess the continuous evolution of the competitive landscape, consumer insights, new societal trends, and culture. 

Desired traits: 

Experience in Brand or Product Marketing, Integrated Communications, Cultural Marketing, and managing complex initiatives

Strong communication, attention to detail and organizational skills 

Successful track record of program and promotion execution 

Exceptional interpersonal, communication, cross-collaboration, and team skills 

Ability to solve problems both independently and as part of a team 

Curious and positively resilient 

Experience in using consumer insights and data to drive decision-making 

Experience working with (and maintains active connections with) internal and external creative teams and agency partners 

Desired experience: 

Minimum 4-Year degree, MBA Preferred 

Minimum 3-5 years of Brand-Building and Culturally-Driven Integrated Marketing Communications Experience 

What you'll get:

Highly competitive pay + bonus plan

Three different medical plans to suit your and your family's needs

Dental and Vision insurance

Flexible PTO plan

401k program

Employee HSA and FSA

Complimentary greens

An opportunity to make a real impact on the people around you, both by growing them and by connecting them to real food

To live the sweetlife and celebrate your passion + purpose

A collaborative team of people who live our core values and have your back

A clear career path with opportunities for development, both personally and professionally

Free sweetgreen swag

Come join the sweetlife!

About sweetgreen

Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Since 2007, Sweetgreen has reimagined fast food to be fresh, flavorful, and rooted in relationships with farmers and communities. As we grow, we are committed to developing our people in our restaurants and at our support center, so that everyone can be part of the movement. When you join Sweetgreen, you not only invest in your own future but help create spaces where food, people, and purpose come together

Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for all employees and applicants, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service in the uniformed services of the United States, or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Source: sweetgreen careers

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