Head of Marketing

New York City, NY (On-site)

$135K/yr – $155K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and execute Smorgasburg NY and related markets marketing, leading campaigns, partnerships, creator programs, and channel strategies to drive attendance, vendor growth, and audience expansion.

  • Direct social strategy across Instagram and TikTok with calendar and standards
  • Launch and grow YouTube/Shorts and email/CRM programs
  • Build partnerships with creators, agencies, and PR for foot traffic

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build and run the annual marketing plan for Smorgasburg NY, Brooklyn Flea, Chelsea Flea, Six Coasts and our concessions, with attendance and vendor growth as the north star.
  • Creative campaigns that get New York talking.
  • Concept and produce tentpole moments, themed market days, collabs and stunts that give people a reason to come this weekend, not someday.
  • Direct our social team's strategy, calendar and creative standards across Instagram and TikTok.
  • Bring your relationships with NYC food creators, TikTok and content agencies and production partners; build an always-on creator program with a real budget and real measurement.
  • Launch and grow Smorgasburg's YouTube channel and Shorts strategy — vendor stories, series and the kind of content that travels beyond our followers.
  • Own our email list, website and CRM; Emphasis on growing our email subscription list with an execution plan that’s followed by our local teams.
  • Build strategic partnerships with impactful creative, artistic, and culinary, etc, organizations that drive meaningful traffic to the markets. Coordinate with and lead our PR agencies across all press-worthy events and happenings at our locations.
  • Understand who lives, works and visits near each market today, and program and market to them.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in consumer marketing, at least 3 leading a team or function, ideally in hospitality, food and beverage, live events, venues, cultural institutions or a consumer lifestyle brand.
  • You’ve grown a brand's reach on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube and can show the numbers. You understand short-form video natively, and you’ve built or scaled a creator or influencer program.
  • You have a real network in the NYC food, creator and agency world and you know how to put it to work.
  • You’ve driven a physical outcome, attendance, ticket sales, covers, foot traffic.
  • Strategic and resourceful in equal measure: you write the plan, then you help make the thing. Comfortable with modern tools, including AI, to move faster.
  • You’re in New York, you love this city’s food scene, and you’re at the market on weekends during the season.
  • You have paid social and performance marketing fluency; email/CRM platform experience (Klaviyo, Mailchimp or similar)
  • Most importantly, you’re passionate about food. Like really, really passionate.

Benefits

  • Health stipend.
  • Unlimited PTO.
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Smorgasburg

Dubbed “the Woodstock of Eating,” by The New York Times, Smorgasburg is the largest weekly open-air food market in America, welcoming more than 2 million visitors a year to markets in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and coming soon Atlanta!

Founded in 2011
Miami, Florida, USA
20 employees (5 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$135K/yr – $155K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (20% of company)
Median Tenure
1.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
50.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
60.5%
Direct
31.1%
Referral
6.8%
Social
1.3%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~20
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Head of Marketing

Smorgasburg · New York City, NY · On-site