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Events Specialist

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In-Office
Streamwood, IL, USA
Entry level
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Streamwood, IL, USA
Entry level
The Events Specialist will conduct food and beverage sampling demonstrations at grocery stores, enhancing brand awareness and creating a positive customer experience.
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Company Description

CROSSMARK is a leading sales and marketing services company in the consumer goods industry that expertly guides our clients along “The Way to Market” by delivering growth solutions with exceptional service. Our expertise spans the grocery, mass, club, drug, convenience store, and home improvement channels among others, and our solutions bolster our clients’ capabilities for developing best practices, insight analysis, and customer targeting that always hit the mark.

We do this by excelling in four key areas – headquarter selling, retail merchandising, store level marketing, and streamlining trade practices. In business for more than 100 years, CROSSMARK employs more than 40,000 associates worldwide in offices in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, CROSSMARK is a privately owned corporation. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

 

Job Description

We are seeking outgoing, enthusiastic, customer-service oriented people to perform food and beverage sampling demonstrations inside of elite local retail grocery stores as Food Demonstrators/Sales Advisers. We are looking for people who are passionate about creating a positive and exciting experience for consumers. People who are interested in increasing brand awareness about various products we endorse during the demonstration events.

Qualifications

• Friendly, respectful, willing and able to take direction 

• Must be able to stand for up to six (6) hours

• Food Safety Certification (to be completed AFTER being hired)

• Reliable internet access

• Ability to work independently

• Be responsible and dependable

• Have your own reliable form of transportation

• High school diploma/GED 

Additional Information

Why is this position for you?
• Permanent Part time (Looking for supplemental income? This is it!)
• Primarily weekends (Shifts are approximately six hours in length and typically Thursday-Sunday.)
• Flexible schedule (You decide. Commit to events that work with YOUR schedule.)
• Company-provided training (Ideal for entry-level or those looking to obtain new skills.) 

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