Cake Decorator & Product Development Assistant

Baker Maid Products • Pittsburgh, PA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

At Baker Maid, we create decorated cakes and desserts for grocery retailers across the country. Our Pittsburgh kitchen isn't a production bakery. It's where we create customer samples, prepare presentations, and support new product development before ideas make their way into production. We're looking for an experienced cake decorator to join our small team. Cake decorating is the foundation of this role, but you'll also help keep our product development kitchen running by preparing samples, maintaining records, organizing our product library, and supporting day-to-day projects. We're a small team, and everyone pitches in. Decorating cakes may be your specialty, but everyone helps keep the kitchen running. That might mean organizing samples, updating spec sheets, washing dishes, or breaking down boxes.

Requirements

• Professional cake decorating experience (commercial bakery or grocery experience is a plus)
• Strong knowledge of decorating tips, techniques, and buttercream finishes
• Can recreate designs from reference photos with consistency and attention to detail
• Enjoys staying organized and keeping accurate records
• Comfortable working with measurements, product weights, and detailed specifications
• Can work independently and isn't afraid to ask questions
• Has a positive attitude and enjoys being part of a small team

Nice To Haves

• Great eye for color and design
• Can identify decorating tips and techniques just by looking at a finished cake
• Experience supporting product development or R&D
• Love organizing, labeling, and creating systems that make everyone's job easier

Responsibilities

• Decorating cakes and desserts for customer samples and presentations
• Preparing products for customer reviews and internal evaluations
• Recording product weights, decorating notes, formulas, and other project documentation
• Keeping the test kitchen clean, organized, and ready for the next project
• Helping with decorating trials and other product development support as needed
• Pitching in wherever needed to help keep projects moving

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed