Responsibilities

• - Deliver marketing projects on time, on budget, and with excellence. Ensure compliance of brand standards and maintain consistency of all communication elements across marketing-based activities.
• - Manage Blue Plate and Allium Events social media channels across Meta, LinkedIn, and TikTok, including content strategy, content calendars, copywriting, publishing, and community engagement.
• - Coordinate photography, videography, and content capture for events, food, venues, team members, and campaigns, including managing external photographers, videographers, and content creators.
• - Plan, write, build, and distribute email marketing campaigns for Blue Plate and Allium, including seasonal promotions, event marketing, brand communications, and targeted campaigns
• - Manage external advertising initiatives and relationships with media and industry partners, including Modern Luxury, Chicago Style Weddings, Crain’s Chicago Business, and other publications and organizations. Coordinate creative assets, advertising specifications, deadlines, copy, and campaign deliverables.
• - Partner with Blue Plate’s Delivery and Workplace Dining teams to develop marketing materials, menus, presentations, promotional campaigns, sales collateral, client-facing materials, and other resources supporting business objectives
• - Develop presentations, pitch materials, proposals, RFP content, sales collateral, and other client-facing materials to support new business opportunities and retention efforts.
• - Collaborate with leadership, sales, culinary, operations, and other stakeholders to develop marketing content, copy, presentations, and supporting materials for major RFPs.
• - Partner with culinary, sales, Delivery, and Workplace Dining teams on menu launches and seasonal promotions, coordinating photography, creative assets, messaging, email, social media, website updates, and supporting collateral.
• - Develop marketing communications and materials that keep internal teams informed of campaigns, initiatives, events, new offerings, and brand updates.

Requirements

• - Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field.
• - Minimum 5 -7 years of progressive marketing experience, ideally in the restaurant or hospitality industry.
• - Ability to demonstrate strong affinity for Blue Plate’s mission: Our mission is to “care more” for others through food and service experiences that turn our partners’ visions into reality.
• - Experienced with and enjoy data - including market/segment sizing, forecasting, and working with analytics to understand opportunity sizing.
• - Proven experience in collaborating with marketing, sales, operations, and other teams to drive initiatives.
• - Up-to-date on marketing communications, analytics best practices, and hospitality market insights.
• - Strong project management skills from conception to evaluation, with ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and to deadline.
• - Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to prepare and deliver clear, concise reports and presentations that are understandable by the target audience.
• - Ability to function independently and intuitively in a fast-paced environment.
• - Highly organized/strong attention to detail.

Preferred

• - Language Skills: Ability to read, write and speak English proficiently. Bilingual skills preferred.
• - Must be proficient in Microsoft 365; Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, and CRM platform are a plus.

Benefits

• - Salary Range: $85,000–$92,000, depending on experience and qualifications.
• - At Blue Plate Catering, we live our core value: We Care More. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects our commitment to supporting our team’s well-being and growth. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k)-retirement plan, and paid time off (PTO) with sick leave.
• - Additional benefits such as commuter benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), free meals, and pet insurance options ensure our team feels valued. We also offer wellness rewards, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and resources to help you thrive in work and life.