Food Crew Ambassador

Job Description

Lighthouse Hospitality @ Memorial University - Food Crew Ambassador - contract position

We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic brand ambassadors to represent Lighthouse Hospitality at events across campus throughout the year. You would be responsible for informing the Memorial University community about promotions, events, and other peer-to-peer engagement opportunities.

Job Responsibilities

About the Job:

• Ability to communicate student trends by providing information on student needs, study habits, and activities to assist in identifying missed on-campus markets.
• Interact with customers while working at various marketing events such as meal plan promotions tables, residence theme events, and promotions.
• Act as a liaison between Memorial University Services and the student body through peer-to-peer marketing, reaching out to student groups, coordinating the marketing schedule with university events, and conducting student surveys and focus groups.
• Act as an ambassador for Lighthouse Hospitality by participation in dining events in retail, residence, and catering. Additionally, helping to conduct mystery shopper audits and focus groups; providing general, and informal solicitation of student feedback.
• Assists the Marketing team in driving participation, traffic, and sales in residential and retail locations through development and execution of events and promotions, working with Lighthouse Hospitality Dining staff to insure implementation, and the post-activity analysis.
• Conducts research for various projects throughout the academic year, including data collection regarding traffic patterns, competitive analysis, catering, and retail, customer service surveys, and intercept surveys.

Social Media

• Taking photos, videos, and post live content during various Dining Services events.
• Aide Marketing manager in content creation.

Marketing Support

• Support program messaging by assisting the Marketing team in design of collateral for various marketing campaigns, inclusive of promotions, social media, advertisement, meal plan sales, etc.
• Distribute marketing materials to the dining locations and make sure materials posted are up to date (posters, maps, table tents, napkin ads, etc.)

*Please note this a contract position ending April 2025

Qualifications

About You:

• Outgoing, energetic personality
• Approachable and enjoys interacting with customers.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Ability to think creatively and to be innovative.
• Skills using technology and methodologies in graphic design and social media strategy.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Photography skills are an asset.
• Having a passion for food and/or being a self-proclaimed Foodie is an asset.
• Previous promotional, social media, and/or street team or brand ambassador experience is an asset.
• Pursuing degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field is an asset.
• Previous experience dining at the R. Gushue Dining Hall is required.

The selected candidate for this position will need to complete and successfully pass a Criminal Background Check.

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