What are the responsibilities and job description for the Brand Ambassador, Monkey Shoulder Whisky position at William Grant & Sons?
Are you a creative person with a passion for making cocktails? Monkey Shoulder, the 100% malt whisky made for mixing, is looking for a dynamic, entrepreneurial individual to embody this larger-than-life brand as its Brand Ambassador for the US. In this role, you will be leveraging your previous bartending experience to create cocktails, engage with the trade, and educate consumers, media, and trade on what Monkey Shoulder is all about.
What We Can Offer You
The Brand Ambassador will fully embody Monkey Shoulder’s playful, bold personality and forge connections to our target audiences with out-of-the-box thinking, passion, credibility and influence. They will be the face of the brand, raising awareness of our award-winning whisky. Most importantly, this person will be aspirational, engaging, and memorable for bartenders, whisky enthusiasts, and consumers alike.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will be a self-starter, detail oriented, and someone who can bring people together. This candidate should embody the duality of having strong professionalism, and turning up the fun and throwing the best party. This person has experience planning events for consumers and trade alike, including On-Premise programs, and they leverage their strong network within the top tier bartending community to build advocacy for Monkey Shoulder. Through this, they showcase their organization, reliability and a pragmatic, strong work ethic. They set high standards for themselves and exceed consumer and customer expectations.
This candidate is based in Miami or South Florida.
Essential
Other skills and qualifications include:
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. We’re proud to provide equal opportunity to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, family medical history or genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you. So please get in touch with our HR team at recruitment.enquiries@wgrant.com.
What We Can Offer You
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
- Our employees enjoy a generous vacation entitlement.
- Comprehensive Private Healthcare that includes Medical, Dental & Vision
- Our employees can join our 401(k) savings plan. The company matches employees’ contribution up to 5%, in addition to a Discretionary Contribution.
- Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
- Our Life and AD&D cover is a multiple of three times your annual basic salary.
- Product allowance so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands with your family and friends.
- Every employee has the opportunity to claim funding each year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
- Learning resources to help you be your best self.
The Brand Ambassador will fully embody Monkey Shoulder’s playful, bold personality and forge connections to our target audiences with out-of-the-box thinking, passion, credibility and influence. They will be the face of the brand, raising awareness of our award-winning whisky. Most importantly, this person will be aspirational, engaging, and memorable for bartenders, whisky enthusiasts, and consumers alike.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will be a self-starter, detail oriented, and someone who can bring people together. This candidate should embody the duality of having strong professionalism, and turning up the fun and throwing the best party. This person has experience planning events for consumers and trade alike, including On-Premise programs, and they leverage their strong network within the top tier bartending community to build advocacy for Monkey Shoulder. Through this, they showcase their organization, reliability and a pragmatic, strong work ethic. They set high standards for themselves and exceed consumer and customer expectations.
This candidate is based in Miami or South Florida.
Essential
Other skills and qualifications include:
- Strong background in spirits, through professional experience.
- Excellent communication skills, verbal & written
- Creative & innovative thinking
- Strong influencing & partnering abilities
- Interpersonal effectiveness
- Entrepreneurial and self-starter
- Ability to act as a consultant within team structure
- Experience working with Spirits Distributors
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.
At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. We’re proud to provide equal opportunity to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, family medical history or genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you. So please get in touch with our HR team at recruitment.enquiries@wgrant.com.
