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At Salted, we believe the future of restaurants doesn’t look anything like what we see today. The most important brands will be built outside four walls and will find new, innovative ways to build deep relationships with their customers. Currently, Salted is the largest delivery-first restaurant group in the US, with locations in 10 states and 20+ cities. We build, own and operate better-for-you restaurant brands that define how a new generation of customers want to eat.

We’re looking for a Head of Brand Marketing who will lead the charge as we turn our brands into household names. The right candidate is a passionate builder, a problem solver, a big thinker, and someone who has a pulse for how brands win their way into not only the culture zeitgeist, but the hearts and minds of customers.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the identity development and storytelling behind our brands, with a primary focus on our flagship brand, moonbowls.

• Ensure the consistency of our brand messaging and value proposition across all customer touchpoints.

• Work closely with the CEO and R&D team to guide our culinary roadmap from a brand and market opportunity perspective (eg, How do we best reflect our brand values in our culinary offerings? What are the culinary and cultural trends that map to our brand values and should be on our roadmap?)

• Develop and manage a holistic strategy for introducing our brands into new markets, including social media and community outreach.

• Develop high ROI opportunities to collaborate with digital influencers and build community engagement.

• Direct the editorial strategy across all brand channels, creating a cohesive narrative that boosts community interaction and achieves sales targets. (You will collaborate with a marketing team that is responsible for the actual deployment and management of our lifecycle marketing campaigns across email and text channels.)

• Oversee the external brand communications strategy, shaping public perception with general and targeted media outlets

• Develop and manage a program of focus groups such that we are talking to our customers regularly and incorporating their feedback into brand and culinary roadmaps.

• Partner directly with the CEO on high-level strategic planning and thought leadership initiatives.

Requirements:

• Track record of making brands pop.

• Builder mentality with a deep passion for storytelling.

• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.

• Deep understanding of customer behavior, cultural trends, and storytelling across paid, owned, and earned channels.

• Demonstrated success launching breakthrough campaigns, driving revenue growth, and building brand equity.

• Experience managing teams and working collaboratively across an organization.

• Experience working at a high growth company is a big plus.

• Based in LA area (or willing to relocate).

Salary Range:

$150k-$220k

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans

• 401k with up to a 4% employer match after one year

• Unlimited PTO

• Remote Work

• Paid Family Leave

To Apply:

If you feel you would be a good fit for this role, please send an email to jobs@hellosalted.com with "Head of Brand Marketing" in the subject line. Include a one-page pdf resume, and a very short note on why you think there might be a match here. We look forward to hearing from you.description

IteAt Salted, we believe the future of restaurants doesn’t look anything like what we see today. The most successful brands will focus primarily on delivery and take-out and use technology to nurture customer relationships that exist outside four walls.

We’re looking for a VP Culinary to lead our culinary strategy as we embark on our next stage of growth and expand from 35 locations to over 100+ over the next 3 years. If you think this could be you, we'd love to hear from you. (Please note that we encourage candidates who are interested in this role to email us directly at jobs@hellosalted.com with your resumé and a brief note about yourself. Please include "VP Culinary" in the subject line. We read every one of these emails.)

WHAT YOU’LL DO

You will be the leader of our culinary strategy across our multi-brand portfolio (with a primary focus on our flagship brand, moonbowls). As our culinary leader, you will balance creativity with a systematic approach to creating consistent, profitable, and most importantly, uniquely positive customer experiences. This role reports directly to our CEO and initially will manage a team of two (Culinary Director + R&D Chef).

Responsibilities include:

• Define and execute a cohesive culinary roadmap that aligns with Salted’s brand positioning (better-for-you, clean label, unique + craveable) and long-term business goals (100+ locations, highly profitable, the gold standard in digital-first)

• Maximize the culinary offerings of our core brand menus as we turn these brands into household names

• Lead the R&D pipeline for both new brands as well as our core brands (every month, we test 1-2 new brands out of our Test Kitchen)

• Develop and execute an LTO strategy that balances culinary innovation with the constraints (and benefits) of our small, extremely high volume footprints

• Use data to optimize our product mix for financial results as well as customer frequency

• Serve as the culinary voice to our partners and executive team, presenting compelling, data-backed menu strategies that drive growth

• Research and stay current with supplier opportunities to reduce costs and improve quality of ingredients

• Collaborate with Ops to establish and enforce elite standards for prep, presentation, and safety (HACCP)

• Partner with Marketing, Ops, and Tech teams to ensure new launches are promoted effectively and executed flawlessly in every kitchen

• Lead your team with candor and directness

• Stay obsessed with the customer experience. Identify unmet needs and emerging trends to keep Salted ahead of the curve in a fast-changing industry.

WHO YOU ARE

The ideal candidate is extremely detail-oriented, has a deep understanding for the complexities of scaling quality and consistency across nation-wide locations, and has an unquenchable thirst to create food that impacts millions of people’s lives.

• 10+ years experience working in the QSR or fast food industry in a culinary role

• Deep understanding for how to ensure culinary consistency at national scale

• Able to translate customer ratings, PMIX, and COGs data into actionable menu improvements

• Test-and-learn oriented mindset

• Effective planner who cares deeply about the details as well as the big picture strategy

• Knowledge of HACCP, SOP’s, and government/industry food safety and quality regulations, codes, and standards

• Proven ability to collaborate with other departments, proactively identify problems/opportunities, and take ownership of deadlines and deliverables

• Must be based in the Los Angeles area with some flexibility to travel to kitchens around the US

• Passionate about building something great!

You can apply through LinkedIn, but again, we highly recommend that serious candidates email us directly (jobs@hellosalted.com) with a brief note about yourself and your resumé. Please include “VP Culinary” in the subject line.

BENEFITS

• Competitive Pay

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k)

• Stock Options in Company

• Career Advancement Opportunities

• Work with a team that’s transforming the restaurant industry!