Job Description:
The Northwest Cherry Growers and Washington State Fruit Commission are seeking to obtain a professional public relations, advertising and merchandising presence in the Canadian market for Northwest sweet cherries and Washington stone fruits (peaches, nectarines and apricots).
In short, we are looking for someone awesome to lead our Canadian marketing efforts. You’ll play a huge role within our promotions team, traveling across Canada to share our category research and promotional programs with produce retailers. Though the position is all-encompassing within the territory, it is largely focused on merchandising/promotional activities within the produce retail channel. Strong experience in this area is preferred. Contractor(s) must be based in Canada.
The chosen applicant(s) will be:
- Responsible for overall cherry communication to retail accounts
- Proposing and managing overall merchandising-based promotions.
- Setting and managing category development priorities.
- Collaborations with like-minded brands and influencers.
- A strong email communicator
Evaluation measurements will include retail and merchandising background, organizational experience, creativity, previous work, project team structure, qualifications/reliability, technical expertise and experience, overall proposal suitability, value and cost. Please send your proposal to legal@wastatefruit.com by deadline of 11:59PM PST December 19, 2018. No employee, officer, board member, or agent thereof any grant participant will participate in the review, selection, award or administration of a contract if a real or apparent conflict of interest would arise.
Compensation/Salary:
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