Overview
Specialist Communications Jobs in Northfield, IL at Medline Industries
Market Hall Foods is looking for a tech-savvy and passionate storyteller who loves good food.
Located in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, Market Hall Foods is a family of businesses that includes Market Hall Foods, markethallfoods.com, Market Hall Bakery, Market Hall Produce, Market Hall Caterers, The Pasta Shop Fresh Pasta, and Cactus Taqueria. The person in this role would be a part of a small Marketing & Communications team whose primary focus is to develop innovative, effective and informative marketing approaches. Our goal is to deepen customer relationships, increase sales, and boost customer retention while sharing our love and passion for specialty ingredients, eating and cooking.
This role is responsible for the day-to-day development of digital and print content for the Market Hall Foods family of businesses. This role is heavily weighted toward digital content, like email newsletters, social media, blog posts and other online content, but you’ll also create menus, posters, in-store signage and lots of other marketing materials.
Candidates should love a good challenge, enjoy working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, juggle multiple projects, maintain attention to detail, and manage their time effectively and efficiently. Compelling and engaging writing skills—especially when it comes to food, eating and cooking—are key. This role reports to the Marketing Manager.
Core Responsibilities
· Write weekly newsletters
· Proactively collect information from internal stakeholders to help inform marketing initiatives
· Learn our brand voice to write, edit, produce and maintain content for the Market Hall Foods family of websites, social media, digital and printed marketing materials
· Develop content for social media
· Generate ideas, take photographs, write copy and execute posts
· Develop video content for social media, website and Google Ads
· Strategize, write and publish blog posts
· Maintain the websites for the Market Hall Foods family of businesses: rockridgemarkethall.com, markethallcaterers.com, pastashopfresh.com and cactustaqueria.com
· Post event listings, update menus and key basic information
· Support maintenance of online ordering platforms
· Maintain key basic customer-facing information on Google and Yelp pages for all lines of businesses
· Engage with customers online
· Answer questions or otherwise engage with or follow up with customers when necessary via email, social media, Google or Yelp
· Support marketing team in identifying new opportunities to reach customers, problem solve and grow the overall business
· Track and report relevant metrics
· Assist Marketing Manager with special projects
· Attend special weekend events when needed
Skills & Qualifications
· Excellent writer with superior grammar, spelling, proofreading and editing skills
· Must be able to proactively research and fact-check
· Tech savvy – very comfortable with social media platforms, Microsoft Office products and Google Docs
· Strong attention to detail
· The ability to thrive in a fast-paced workplace
· Great at asking questions. If you don’t know how to do something, you’re resourceful in finding the answer and teaching yourself
· You enjoy being organized and hitting deadlines
· You can effectively manage your time and multitask among multiple projects and teams when needed
· Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
· The ability to build relationships and work effectively with internal and external stakeholders
· You like to know the “why” behind your tasks and projects
· Comfortable with reviewing and analyzing the outcomes of your efforts, both quantitative and qualitative
· A creative thinker and self-motivated
· A strong curiosity about food
· 3-5 years of relevant work experience
· Must be able to sit and work at a computer for long periods of time and lift 25 lbs
· A sense of humor!
Bonus Skills
· Retail or restaurant experience—especially in the specialty food industry
· Experience with CMS systems (Joomla a plus)
· Basic HTML knowledge
· Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop
· Experience with Mailchimp
Wage
Wage range is $30/hour–$35/hour, depending on skills and experience.
We offer health and dental insurance, commuter benefits, a yearly flexible spending plan and 401k as well as 20% store discount and delicious free lunch!
Please submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample. This can be done through the Indeed messenger.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $30.00 – $35.00 per hour
Expected hours: 30 – 40 per week
Benefits:
401(k)
Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Paid time off
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Holidays
Monday to Friday
Weekends as needed
Application Question(s):
required Please include a cover letter, resume and writing sample in order to be considered for this role.
Experience:
Content marketing: 3 years (Preferred)
Creative writing: 3 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
Oakland, CA 94618 (Required)
Work Location: In person
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Title: Specialist Communications
Company: Medline Industries
Location: Northfield, IL
