Community & Events Lead

Job title: Community & Events Lead

Department: Marketing

Reporting to: Brand Marketing Manager

Location: Brewery (hybrid model)

Salary: £30-35k

We are a family-run business, with strong ties to Brixton, and that’s what motivates us to succeed – so we can give the best to our employees, our customers and our wider community. We’re committed to finding the right people, supporting them and developing their skills. We’re after people who are passionate about beer, our brand and what we represent – top quality brews, excellent customer service and an enthusiasm for what we do and how we do it. We have huge respect for everyone in our 30 strong team and are building a diverse and highly skilled team across Brewing, Sales, Marketing, Finance and others, that takes pride in being part of our success.

Every day in the brewery is a day of fast-paced, ever-changing and challenging work alongside talented, professional, interesting and hilarious people. We’re all working together to help thirsty people everywhere Get a Taste of Brixton and having a great time while we do it. Join us!

Overall purpose

Working within the marketing team, the Community & Events Lead helps us to deliver on our mission to give people a taste of Brixton. It is their responsibility to plan and implement exciting, on-brand events, activations and sponsorships that deliver on our marketing objectives and strengthen our community.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning and implementation of events and sponsorships including budget and sample stock management.
• Support the Brixton sales team and external stakeholders to deliver events and activations for key customers in the on trade.
• Manage an annual schedule of events at the taproom.
• Identify and execute on-brand event sponsorships that deliver value, with written partnership agreements to ensure essential deliverables are met.
• Manage local partnerships to keep our Brixton roots strong.
• Manage beer and music festival contracts and activations.
• Ensure we are constantly learning and improving with routine post-event analyses.
• Act as a brand guardian ensuring adherence to brand guidelines across all executional touchpoints.
• Work collaboratively with the marketing and design teams, ensuring that events/sponsorships are communicated effectively via relevant channels (ie social / PR).

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in marketing / events.
• Hands on, hard-working, and willing to work evenings and weekends where necessary (in exchange for TOIL) and sometimes involving travel outside of London.
• Enthusiastic and personable, great at forming relationships with key partners and stakeholders, and engaging consumers at events.
• An eye for detail - ability to execute events that look great and run smoothly.
• Strong strategic thinker able to formulate plans and report on effectiveness of activities following post analysis.
• Organised - capable of managing multiple events and projects at once.

Desirable

• Experience working in hospitality / drinks industry.
• Connections in festival / events industry that we could leverage.
• An interest in music, culture and arts.
• Photography / content creation skills.

Our Benefits

• A fun and vibrant working environment, with an excellent supportive team.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Private Healthcare Insurance, Income protection & Group Life Assurance from Day 1.
• Discretionary Bonus scheme from day 1 (based on team and individual objectives).
• Enrolment to our Group Pension scheme.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle2work scheme after probation.
• Free access to our exciting company events, live events, festivals & social events.
• Exciting training & development opportunities including learning about brewing. We also provide a training & education fund.
• Brewery tour and beer tasting if you fancy it!
• Generous employee discounts on beer and merch. Lots of goodies from local businesses such as samples, baked goods, free drinks, fruit and snacks during the day.
• Your very own Brixton Brewery Merch.
• Team lunches, regular evenings in the Taproom & events such as cycle rides & masterclasses.

How to apply:

Please apply send your CV and covering letter to jobs@brixtonbrewery.com by 1st October 2024.

Interviews will be held week commencing 7th October 2024.

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