Entrepreneur Apprentice

About the Job

This is a full-time job unlike any other.

You’ll work directly with the co-founder of Universal Yums to successfully launch our new products in-market. This is a job that requires a “jack-of-all-trades” skill set: to be successful, you’ll have to bounce from talking to store owners to setting up our Amazon ads account. Your (and the co-founder’s) goal is to create the most-compelling products as quickly as possible and build their initial path to success before putting the Company’s full growth engine behind it.

Could a product get more fun than Universal Yums? Each month, we send a box of snacks and candies from a different country each month to our thousands (and thousands) of customers. One amazing, well-loved product down, countless more fun, clever, and beautifully designed products to go!

Job Responsibilities

• Identify retail partners for new products. Seek feedback from these partners on our initial product prototypes.
• Sell finished products into new retail partners. Use feedback from retail partners and/or in-store checks to improve results for all parties.
• Set up our Amazon product pages, drive reviews to listings, and monitor customer satisfaction and sales velocity to tweak our product development plans for Amazon.
• Build a launch plan for each new brand we launch, using social media influencers, affiliate links, and media partnerships to generate buzz and excitement.
• Organically build excitement around new brands using Reddit, Tiktok, and other discovery platforms.
• Develop social media content for new brands, engaging with customers to mine valuable insight on how to improve and scale the product offering.
• Partner cross-functionally with our Marketing & Creative departments to launch new brands on established marketing channels such as Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and Email.

You could be the right person for this position if…

• You don’t take no for an answer.
• You’re a good problem-solver.
• You’re detail-oriented with impeccable follow-through.
• You like figuring things out independently.
• You’re not afraid to talk to anyone.
• You look for unlimited growth opportunities and have a desire to make money.
• You want to start your own business someday and want to learn alongside a founder with a proven track record of success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience working in an office environment and directly interfacing with senior executives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Avid user of at least one of the following social media platforms: Tiktok, Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter

Additional qualifications which are helpful but not required are:

• Experience working at a start-up
• Experience in the food and beverage, retail, or CPG space
• Experience identifying, pitching products to, and negotiating contract terms with new and/or established retail partners

Location

• Hybrid work arrangement requiring a mix of on-site, remote, and field work

The Sweet Perks

We recognize that a job is more than just a 9 to 5. As an employee of Universal Yums, you can expect:

• Unlimited snacks
• Friday lunches
• Yum Yum Box Subscription
• Pay increases
• Summer break
• Health benefits
• Mental health support
• Referral Program
• Parental leave
• An international trip