Brand Manager at Home Chef (Chicago, IL)

| Chicago | Hybrid
Employer Provided Salary: $64,000-$86,000 Annually
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Employer Provided Salary: $64,000-$86,000 Annually
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This Is Who We Are
Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are. Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life; therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We're eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef's offerings.
Overview
This role supports the fast-paced growth of Home Chef's e-commerce business, with a focus on driving growth through impactful marketing initiatives and performance-driven tests. Reporting to the Director of Brand Marketing, this role demonstrates the ability to lead consumer, brand, and product projects across the organization, with execution in multiple channels, including paid social, other digital advertising, and Home Chef's owned digital properties. The ideal candidate is a strong team player, working closely with internal cross-functional teams to initiate and lead projects. They are a self-starter and have the ability to perform ongoing tests and analyses to drive growth. Strategic thinking, project management, and strong organizational skills are all required to be successful in this role.
Responsibilities
Creative Testing Leadership:
  • Leverage insights and data to develop performance-driven tests that improve customer acquisition and reactivation on paid social, other digital advertising, and Home Chef's owned digital properties. Develop real-time recommendations for implementation.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to set goals and develop business cases for tests, structure and administer tests and analyze results.

New Product Launches:
  • Develop and manage the brand strategy for new product launches that effectively communicate product positioning, key features, and benefits in marketing deliverables.
  • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to cut through ambiguity and execute the go-to-market plan.
  • Use a test & learn approach to capture new consumer insights and drive growth.

Brand Campaigns:
  • Build strategy and execution of marketing campaigns and partnerships, bringing thought leadership, creative ideation, and analytical oversight to the process.
  • Proactively contribute to the development of strategic messaging and positioning to differentiate Home Chef from competitors.
  • Work closely with our in-house agency on the successful execution of campaigns, collaborate on strategy, best practices, and oversee the on-time and on-budget delivery of campaigns.
  • Serve as a reliable liaison to multiple stakeholders throughout the activation and delivery of campaigns.
  • Understand the rapidly-evolving competitive environment, with an eye on direct competitors and awareness of best practices in the direct-to-consumer space. Translate learnings into implications and recommendations for brand plans.

Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Analytics, Business Administration, or similar field is required

  • 3+ years of digital marketing experience; ideally with a direct-to-consumer e-commerce business

  • Strategic thinker; can manage both high level strategy and detailed execution

  • Positive attitude and enthusiasm, with a focus on execution and results

  • Experience in A/B and multivariate testing a plus

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to evaluate processes for improvements

  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a cross-functional team

  • Project management skills; ability to multitask while working with multiple teams

  • Comfortable with evolving responsibilities based on strategy and product priorities

  • Ability to build credible, effective relationships with stakeholders and cross-functional teams

  • Willingness to build out functions and processes from inception

  • Committed to personal growth and development of self and others

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Salary range: $64000 - $86000
More About Us
Perks and benefits:
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance - benefits start the 1st day of the month following your start date
  • Company-paid Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability
  • 401(k) Employer match
  • Flexible spending accounts (FSA) for qualified Medical, Dependent Care, Parking, or Transit expenses
  • Flexible paid time off (PTO) policy, holidays and sick time
  • Generous Parental Leave
  • State-of-the-art office in the historic Old Post Office building in downtown Chicago, close to multiple Metra and CTA options, and amenities such as a food court, onsite gym, and communal rooftop space
  • Discounts on Home Chef meal kits and at Kroger stores
  • Casual dress in a fun, friendly, and collaborative work environment

Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
How We Work Together
We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.
We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.
We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.
Be at Home at Home Chef
We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you'll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.
We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at [email protected] .
Home Chef is an equal opportunity employer.
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Location

Located in the iconic Old Chicago Post Office. The office is easy to get to by various train and bus stops being close by. https://post433.com/

An Insider's view of Home Chef

What’s the vibe like in the office?

Home Chef is all about building relationships and getting to know team members on a personal level. Our new office was designed with the idea of being at “home” in mind. There are lounge chairs and collaborative spaces where we are constantly meeting with co workers from different teams to brainstorm and ideate!

Mel Rocha Cheng

Retail Brand Manager

How do you collaborate with other teams in the company?

Being on the New Product Development team, we are very fortunate in the fact we get to interact with almost every team at Home Chef! In my role specifically, I have the chance to utilize my interest and core skill set in consumer and data insights to help inform our cross-functional teams of different lanes of innovations we can take next!

Scott Milling

Senior Insights Analyst, New Product Development

What are some things you learned at the company?

One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned here at Home Chef is what it means to have great leadership. 2020 has been one of the most chaotic years I’ve ever experienced in Operations but having a management team that cares about getting the job done AND ensuring the teams well-being has been such an amazing learning experience!

Jamie Marshall

Special Projects Manager, Operations

What unique initiatives do you have that encourage innovation?

We do a great job weaving innovative thinking into our day-to-day and make it a priority so much that we have “curiosity” as one of the core values for the company. The tech team holds regular brainstorming and competitor tear-down sessions and day-long “hackathons” where we’ll focus on solving a specific problem or building a certain product.

Katie Bevier

CTO

How does the company support your career growth?

Home Chef is constantly growing and moving forward so things never get boring or stagnant. There are plenty of opportunities to grow professionally and to move forward within the company because we are empowered to speak up and to contribute.

Nigel Palmer

Executive Chef

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