Community Manager - Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$63K/yr - $65K/yr (Est.)Intern/New GradFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the Chicago community and local growth by driving customer engagement, expanding usage, and feeding market feedback to the team.

  • Local Engagement & Expansions: Own touchpoints with companies and eaters, drive repeat usage, and push expansions across orders, slots, and referrals.
  • On-the-Ground Marketing & Insights: Lead grassroots events and share trends with product and marketing teams.
  • Content & Brand Localisation: Shape the local voice to support marketing and partnerships in Chicago.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Customer Engagement: Be the point of contact for companies and employees using Picnic. Ensure a smooth experience and help drive repeat usage.
  • Drive expansions : ensure current customers love Picnic and enable expansions - whether getting more orders from current eaters, adding additional dining slots or offices, or even referrals
  • Local Marketing: Plan and execute grassroots marketing—flyering, pop-ups, sampling, events, and whatever else you dream up to make Picnic known in your city, for the right POCs.
  • Content & Social: Help shape the local brand voice and content to supplement local marketing efforts
  • On-the-Ground Insights: Be our eyes and ears in the market—share ideas, trends, and feedback with the broader team.

Requirements

  • You love Chicago!
  • You’re excited about startups, food, and bringing people together.
  • You’re a natural connector—warm, confident, and great at building relationships.
  • Recent grad from a top university
  • You’ve organized events before (college clubs, campus events, non-profits, etc.).
  • Highly organized and able to juggle multiple projects at once.
  • Comfortable with data (Google Sheets, dashboards) and making decisions from it.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options)
  • Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term)
  • Voluntary insurance: accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity
  • Optional supplemental life insurance for self, spouse, and children
  • Pet insurance discount (Fetch)
  • 401(k)
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
  • Time Off policies
  • Paid Vacation Time (1h for every 26h worked)

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