Ambassador Chef

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced, creative, and dynamic Ambassador Chef to lead our culinary vision at Char-Broil LLC, supporting our house of brands, including Char-Broil and Oklahoma Joe’s. This individual with be the culinary face of the brands via social – “edutaining” (both educate, entertain, and engage) consumers online. At Char-Broil we have set out to redefine outdoor cooking with our innovation to deliver amazing experiences and this role is key in implementing this first-hand. The Ambassador needs to love and be an outdoor cooking aficionado especially sharing that knowledge with consumers world-wide digitally.

Duties and Responsibilities

•    Organic Content – Social & Online (60%)
o    Performs the role of the culinary face and Brand Ambassador for both Char-broil and Oklahoma Joe's
o    Manages recipe development which can be up to 500 recipes per year
o    Collaborates with brand team to ideate, create, and shoot amazingly delicious on-brand recipes to engage our consumers, communities
o    Develops relationships with our content creator network, including influencers, and other social media personalities
o    Creates relevant how-to content (written and video) that engages consumers and builds search friendly website content 

•    Production Support (20%)
o    Plans and prepares menus for content production shoots
o    Develops and tests recipes and sources ingredients
o    Prepares and style food for various production shoots for packaging, pop, social content, website content, retailer content and more

•    Product Support (15%)
o    Test out products and assist in creating step by step cooking guides for WIFI and non-WIFI products to ensure consumers have a successful experience
o    Responsible to be the main talent in educational and product walk-through videos for website and YouTube

•    Sales Support (5%)
o    Plans and runs cooking demos for customer meetings, media events, and tradeshows
o    Executes events while maintaining the highest level of food quality and safety
•    Other duties as deemed necessary.

Qualification Requirements

Minimum Education:  A recognized culinary institution degree or a degree in a related field 

Minimum Work Experience:    

•    Eight ( 8 ) years 
•    Experience as a full-time worker 

License(s) / Certification(s):    n/a

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•    Must be comfortable and thrive speaking on-camera – be able to “edutain” consumers
•    Maintains ServeSafe certificate, or ability to get one within one month of starting
•    Ability to research trends and create relevant content to connect with consumers online 
•    Ability to meaningfully connect with both brands Char-Broil and Oklahoma Joe’s targeted audiences 
•    On-camera experience, ideally with portfolio to share 
•    Strong culinary background, with the demonstrated ability to stay current with new culinary trends 
•    Strong understanding of social media and online community platforms
•    Basic knowledge of content production and food styling
•    Adaptability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while addressing aggressive timetables for completion 
•    The ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, highly collaborative environment
•    Strong communication and interpersonal skills: Able to work well with others 
•    Travel up to 30%
•    Ability to work in a constant state of alertness
•    Ability to work cooperatively with co-workers
•    Ability to have regular and predictable attendance

Physical Requirements

Represents the appropriate physical requirements of the job in the course of the work.