Company description

About AVDB

www.avdb.co

AVDB is a team of marketing and business development strategists who specialize in social impact, female and minority-owned wine, agaves spirits, and hospitality brands. AVDB provides full-service marketing and business development support to hospitality and wine brands. An external arm to your team, AVDB leverages your goals to provide strategy, develops brand positioning based on relevant audience insights, and tells your story to increase sales. We are honored to work with clients who are intentional and mission-oriented, and who strive to improve their respective industries.

Job description

*THIS ROLE IS REMOTE WITH A PREFERENCE FOR NYC, SF, AND LA*

Role Description

AVDB is seeking an experienced part-time Marketing + Public Relations Director to join the team to support public relations, client and contractor management, new business acquisition, and strategy. This role will focus specifically on marketing and business development, including public relations, brand partnerships, brand strategy and exposure. Agency experience is heavily preferred but not a requirement. This role is part-time with the capability to grow to full-time in the future.

Interest in advocacy in the wine, spirits, and hospitality space is a must. We are a culture of breaking barriers and bringing more equitable representation to the industry which we love. This role will be part-time with a paid trial period of 30 days. This role is remote with a strong preference for candidates based in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Capabilities

• Experience in public relations, brand marketing and partnership management required
• Experience in wine, spirits, or hospitality in service or in corporate environments required
• Experience in client services and/or client management, agency experience a plus but not required
• Ideal candidate is a self-starter and resourceful individual interested in growth within a start-up and taking on new challenges
• Ideal candidate has strong communication skills focused on transparency and proactive communication
• Proficiency in Google Suite and Slack required
• Proficiency in Canva a plus but not required
• Proficiency in Spanish a plus but not required

Tasks

• Manage public relations strategy including quarterly strategy plans, media list development, pitch development and management of team members for pitching support
• Maintain and measure success/KPIs of monthly and quarterly marketing plans
• Organize internal and external client communications including agendas, action items, notes and recaps for marketing support to share with client
• Provide strategic oversight for clients and contractors such as marketing coordinator, graphic designers and social team members
• Proactively and transparently communicate to Alison regarding client relations
• Support new business development and drive new business to AVDB with the option of increasing roles and responsibilities ongoing

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

Location

job can be done remotely

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline