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About the Role
Simply Salad is hiring its first dedicated Marketing Manager, a foundational role reporting directly to the CMO. This position offers significant exposure and mentorship, ideal for a marketer seeking rapid growth. The role involves expanding from social media into full-funnel marketing, including campaign planning, brand voice, product innovation, PR, digital media, and local store marketing.
Responsibilities
- Own Simply Salad's social media presence end-to-end, including content calendar, creation, posting, community management, and performance reporting.
- Shoot, edit, and produce content (photo, video, short-form) that captures Simply Salad's voice, being comfortable on and behind the camera.
- Identify, build, and manage relationships with influencers and creators, from outreach through campaign execution and ROI reporting.
- Stay ahead of platform trends and adapt content and tone accordingly.
- Work with 3rd party photographers for food and lifestyle content generation.
- Build and maintain the company-wide marketing calendar, aligning social, promotions, product launches, and local activations.
- Help define and protect Simply Salad's brand DNA and tone of voice across all channels and touchpoints.
- Partner with leadership on product innovation and menu launches, incorporating customer and market insights.
- Support public relations efforts, including media outreach, press materials, and local community partnerships.
- Assist in planning and executing digital media (paid social, email, SMS, website) with the CMO and agency partners.
- Contribute to out-of-home and other traditional media as the channel mix expands.
- Develop and roll out in-restaurant marketing materials (menus, signage, promotional collateral).
- Partner with General Managers on local store marketing, including grassroots activations, community partnerships, and new-location launch support.
- Track performance across channels and translate results into actionable recommendations.
- Apply an ROI-first mindset to all recommendations, analyzing cost, outcomes, and next steps.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in social media marketing, including content creation, content calendar management, and/or influencer marketing.
- Demonstrated ability to create content personally (shooting and editing photo/video).
- Working knowledge of social and content analytics, with the ability to connect performance data to business outcomes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an eye for brand voice and consistency.
- Curious, proactive mindset, comfortable asking questions, seeking feedback, and learning new disciplines.
- Ability to travel locally between HQ and restaurant locations across Greater Los Angeles.
- Prior experience in restaurant, food service, retail, or another fast-paced consumer brand (preferred).
- Exposure to PR, digital media/paid social, email/SMS marketing, in-store or local store marketing, or out-of-home (preferred).
- Basic comfort with ROI, CAC, or traffic-driver analysis, or a strong desire to build this skill quickly (preferred).
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience (preferred).
Skills
- Social media marketing
- Content creation
- Content calendar management
- Influencer marketing
- Photo editing
- Video editing
- Social media analytics
- Content analytics
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Brand voice
- Brand stewardship
- PR
- Digital media
- Paid social
- Email marketing
- SMS marketing
- In-store marketing
- Local store marketing
- Out-of-home advertising
- ROI analysis
- CAC analysis
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Ownership
- Follow-through
Location
- VAN NUYS, CA 91406
Work Type
- Full Time
Experience Level
- 3+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $80,000.00 - $80,000.00
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, with bonus eligibility tied to performance.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) plan.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Cell phone stipend.
- Meal benefit — free salads.
- Direct mentorship and exposure to executive leadership, including a CMO with major national/international brand experience.
About the Company
- Simply Salad was started in 2010 on a simple idea: everyone deserves access to fresh, flavorful, made-to-order food that's actually good for them — without sacrificing speed or convenience.
- The company has grown into 12 restaurants across Greater Los Angeles.
- The CMO joined Simply Salad after leading marketing for iconic national and international brands including CMO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, and before that Burger King's EMEA region based in Switzerland.
Equal Opportunity
- Simply Salad is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.