Job Description
Product demonstrators prepare and serve food or non-food samples in store environments, intercepting shoppers to communicate features using appliances like microwaves and fryers, engaging customers proactively for consumer interaction. This builds brand awareness and drives product sales at store event tables.
Product Connections, part of Acosta Group, delivers marketing solutions through over 10,000 experts in traditional retail, experiential, and omnichannel strategies. The agency connects brands to consumers at key shopping points with employee support for career growth.
Activities involve setting up tables, preparing samples with small appliances and knives, maintaining clean workstations with chemicals, achieving execution standards, completing reports online with Outlook, and building rapport with store staff. Tasks limit to 25 hours weekly. A challenge includes physical handling like lifting 50 pounds for carts and preparing foods amid retail traffic.
Pay at $14 per hour, with retail store locations and possible travel. Professionals require proper appearance and English skills, or bilingual preference. Opportunities include career advancement in a supportive culture valuing ideas and flexibility.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for completing in-store food and non-food demonstrations
- Acquires and maintains knowledge of products represented
- Prepares, serves, and breaks down product, equipment, and supplies
- Intercepts consumers and demonstrates products in a professional manner
- Maintains an overall professional appearance consistent with the requirements of the job
- Possesses the aptitude and ability to gain adequate knowledge of the products represented
- Has desire and ability to proactively intercept, engage, interact, and sell product to the consumer in a positive manner
- Effectively communicate the features and benefits of the product
- Ability to prepare and serve food samples using small appliances such as microwaves, fryers, skillets, coffee makers and knives
- Maintain a clean, sterile and safe work station using cleaning chemicals
- Properly sets up and prepares Event Table for execution
- Achieves 100% execution on assigned work
- Assists with preparation for client visits and completes audit corrections
- Builds and maintains rapport with store personnel to effective meet company and client objectives
- Completes expense reports as per Company Policy
- Accurately prepares and submits all on-line requirements on the same day as Event execution
- Ability to access the internet, navigate through company’s electronic systems, use Microsoft Outlook, and capability to view assigned documents, including Microsoft Word & Adobe PDF forms
Requirements
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months’ related experience and/or training preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Proficient in ability to use and navigate on a personal computer or personal mobile device using applications and internal systems
- Local Food handlers permit may be required
- English is the primary language skill; however, bilingual skills may be required based on business necessity