CLIENT COMPANY SUMMARY

Built on a dream and distilled in Austin, Texas, Tito’s Handmade Vodka has been bringing people (and dogs) together over the last two decades. Tito’s Handmade Vodka has gained a reputation for its high-quality vodka, charitable contributions, and its goal to make people happy while making the world a better place.

Events and philanthropy are at the heart of Tito’s vision. Giving back through charity event partnerships and driving sales through on and off-premise event activations are central to the success of the brand.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Sales Ambassador is responsible for overseeing all on and off-premise events in their assigned market(s). The position manages the event process from booking to execution and post-event reporting.

The Sales Ambassador is the quarterback of the total event plan to ensure we have the best possible ambassadors executing our events. This person is responsible for training, motivating, planning, deploying, monitoring execution and reporting on the entire agency resource team for the selected markets. Matching skills of individuals with the needs of the events to drive efficient and effective execution. Working with the Sales Coordinator and local markets to set goals and monitor progress against them. Ensuring all activations are executed consistently with national branding strategy.

The Sales Ambassador will spend about 75% of their time out in the field activating events and 25% in their home office working on administrative responsibilities.

•Supporting the sales team in the market

•Communicate through internal recording system

•Attend charity and non-charity events

•Structure events and determine partnership level

•Deliver product and POS to events

•Staff and train promotional models - experience with state liquor laws

•Serve product and be the face of the brand at events

•Flexible hours and working some weekends is mandatory

KEY ROLES

Hire, train, maintain and motivate the best sampler models possible.

Work with Tito’s Sales Coordinator and local teams to understand market-level plans and activation needs

Work in the field to execute various events as needed including special events, charity events and in-store tastings.

Plan and coordinate agency resources, ensuring the best possible talent is aligned with the right activation events

Ensure the sampler models are clear on execution expectations and have what they need to be successful: set up, selling, menus, cocktail set up, serving, storytelling, product drops, merchandising, execution & recapping

Attend select events to ensure superior execution consistent with what was planned

Manage POS and Merchandise where needed ensuring event needs are met in a timely and efficient manner

Resolve challenges, and issues as they arise ensuring teams are properly supported

Track calendar & execution, recording recaps with photos, key data (i.e. consumers sampled, bottles sold), notes & key learnings

Track, manage and communicate results/budgets on the sales force tracking site.

Align on and track progress against goals

Communicate business updates regularly

POSITION SKILLSET REQUIREMENTS

Exceptional planning, organization and coordination skills

Excellent communication and training presence

Ability to collaborate across multiple teams (marketing, sales, distributor, retailer),

Ability to work in a fast-paced, self-directed work team environment

Understands brand strategy and can drive consistency at every touchpoint

Ability to learn and understand nuances of markets, channels and customers

Only provides solutions to the problem

PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

3+ years event planning, coordination & execution

Understanding of the beverage industry

General understanding of markets they are covering

Knowledge of experiential marketing, lifestyle branding

Comfort working on a high-performance, fast-paced entrepreneurial team

Willingness to work full-time, non-traditional hours

Must be able to provide own transportation to and from accounts and events

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