Attack! Marketing

We're looking for experienced, reliable, energetic, passionate, and health-conscious Field Market Managers to oversee Chicago Field Marketing programs for a popular snack brand. In this role, you will be responsible for a branded company van and oversee a 7-week Field Marketing Program where you’ll manage sampling initiatives, event activations, street teams, product drops, manage Brand Ambassadors, and spread brand awareness through interactive games and giveaways. PAY: $1,500 / Weekly *Paid as a W2 Employee DATES and LOCATIONS: Chicago July - September 2025 DESCRIPTION: Our client is a brand that offers a wide range of snacks and creative solutions to meet and exceed customer's needs. Their fun and tasty products are innovative, exciting, and made with nature's goodness; proudly developed, produced, and delivered to consumers by a united community where we grow together by mutual respect and care. We’re launching a field marketing program in 5 markets across the US to boost brand awareness and drive sales through innovative, high-profile experiential events. FIELD MARKET MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES: *Research, identify, evaluate, negotiate, secure, and execute marketing partnership and sampling opportunities across local events, festivals, venues and local businesses to create genuine and authentic connections with consumers *Supporting effective and breakthrough local marketing initiatives by securing on-brand, local sampling opportunities that help create and increase brand awareness and help drive sales back to retail *Works closely with agency to develop a comprehensive in-market field calendar for all sampling, partnership/product drops and events and ensure alignment on scheduling and local market initiative *Staffing, hiring, and managing a full team of Brand Ambassadors, including understanding program budget, scheduling day-to-day activations, program recaps, timesheet and expense approvals, etc *Training a team of part-time brand ambassadors by providing ongoing product training, brand guidelines for sampling, and ensuring all events are executed to the Brand standards *Managing and allocating local market budget with focus on Brand Ambassador hour tracking, local event budget, in-kind trade agreements, product orders, supplies, and events etc *Oversee event logistics such as pre-event preparations, set-up, execution, break-down and post-event analysis *Coordinate event and street sampling schedules and other local marketing partnerships *Gathering, tracking and sharing valuable retail/consumer feedback that contributes to innovation, quality control, and other important branding decisions *Manage all logistics including product inventory, assets, and supplies to support local events and initiatives *Take event photos and videos with a strong understanding of product placement and setting up the perfect photo op *Complete event recaps that are detailed and paint a picture of the event, feedback, and market REQUIREMENTS: *MUST have leadership experience and experience managing similar programs *Must have open availability throughout the work day/week to accomplish tasks related to the program, digitally or in person. *MUST have impeccable written and verbal communication skills including presentation and negotiation. *Knowledge and experience speaking with event organizers and negotiating sponsorship agreements with the ability to measure ROI *Ability to anticipate and solve logistical challenges before they occur. MUST be solution-oriented *Exhibit a high sense of urgency, be well organized, have a growth mindset, be a team player, and have the ability to build strong working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders. *Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task and work within ambiguity *Experience hiring, training, and managing a full team of Brand Ambassadors, including understanding budget, scheduling daily activations, timesheet & expense approvals, etc. *Must be flexible in accomplishing program-related tasks and have the understanding that due to the nature of the FMM position, initial plans can potentially change or be adjusted throughout the workweek *MUST be comfortable driving a food truck, and managing van mileage, gas, and maintenance issues. Troubleshooting as needed *MUST be able to lift 50+ pounds overhead *MUST have a clean background check AND driving record TO APPLY: SUBMIT AN APPLICATION HERE: https://airtable.com/appzi1sgSM2JmDUir/pagqK0kASL3uqEy8c/form *Must copy and paste the link into the browser