Backpack Sampling Lead - Atlanta

Atlanta, GA (On-site)

$28/hr – $31/hrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

The role centers on delivering high-quality product sampling and managing on-site events, with a focus on safety, brand experience, and team leadership. It requires 2+ years of brand or sampling leadership, operational readiness, driving capability, compliance certification, strong communication, and weekend/evening availability. The position emphasizes proactive inventory tracking and capturing consumer insights through daily reporting.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute High-Quality Sampling: Deliver efficient, fast pace product sampling while maintaining meaningful, on-brand consumer interactions.
  • Event Setup + Breakdown: Lead daily load-in and load-out, asset setup, and teardown while maintaining a clean, compliant and professional footprint.
  • Monitor Inventory: Track product and asset usage and proactively flag needs or issues to Archrival leadership.
  • Capture Consumer Insights + Sampling Results: Submit daily reports that capture consumer feedback and sampling results.
  • Lead + Manage the Team: Partner with Archrival leadership to identify high-traffic sampling locations. Own daily team schedules and on-site staffing plans while maintaining energy and morale. Proactively enforce breaks, safety protocol and best practices to prevent burnout or injury throughout each day.
  • Deliver a Positive Brand Experience: Represent the brand with professionalism, enthusiasm and approachability while supporting teammates and contributing to a strong team dynamic.
  • Maintain Safety + Compliance: Consistently follow safety practices, sampling regulations and compliance guidelines across all events and tour activities.

Requirements

  • Brand + Sampling Experience: 2+ years experience leading sampling or brand activations teams, with commitment to the full program duration.
  • Operational Readiness: Competence in product management, basic event production, and on-site safety practices.
  • Driving Support: Clean driving record with comfort driving or operating large vehicles and handling on-site equipment.
  • Compliance Certified: Possess (or be willing to acquire) an active TIPS or state-equivalent service certification.
  • Coachable + Accountable: Reliable, detail-oriented and open to feedback with strong ownership of responsibilities.
  • Exceptional Communicator: Warm, confident communicator with strong soft skills and the ability to connect with a wide range of team members and consumers.
  • Availability. Able to work evenings and weekends aligned to highest foot-traffic times.
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