Marketing and Merchandising Manager

Talus Holdings•Athens, NY

9d•$62,500 - $70,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Harvest Prime is a growing food distribution platform built from the merger of three established Northeast brands. We're hiring a hands-on builder to lead the marketing and merchandising work that connects our buyers, our sales team, and our customers — across the website, the inbox, the food show floor, and everything in between. This is a role for someone who wants real ownership early — not a narrow specialist seat. You'll produce the work that customers see and feel: the weekly buyer newsletters, the sales collateral, the food show booths, the social presence, and the merchandising story that runs through all it. You'll partner with our buyers to translate what's coming in season into compelling campaigns, and work alongside our web and brand agency partners to keep the experience cohesive online and off. It's a launching pad role: the person who succeeds here grows into a Senior Manager or Director seat at Harvest Prime scales — with comp and scope to match.

Requirements

3–6 years in marketing, brand, content, or merchandising — ideally in food, foodservice, hospitality, specialty retail, or CPG.
Strong design execution in Adobe Photoshop or comparable tools.
Experience producing newsletters, social content, and sales/marketing collateral end-to-end.
Comfort working with CRM/marketing automation tools (HubSpot a plus, but trainable).
Experience producing materials for events — trade shows, customer events, or hospitality activations.
Marketing, Communications, Business, or related field — or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Background in wholesale food distribution, foodservice, or specialty food.
Photography, video, or social content creation chops.
Exposure to e-commerce merchandising, site UX, or category management.
Experience working with external agencies (web, brand, creative).

Responsibilities

Produce weekly buyer newsletters that drive engagement and orders — owning the editorial calendar, design, and sending.
Design and produce sales collateral, takeaways, product catalog, one-pagers, and product spotlights in Canva, Photoshop, or your tool of choice.
Manage social media presence and digital storytelling across the brand.
Build out Photo Studio processes and maintain a strong photo and content library that fuels every channel.
Meet weekly with buyers to translate market notes, seasonal availability, and vendor stories into newsletters, site features, and campaigns.
Shape what we lead with, how we bundle, and how we tell the story of quality, origin, and seasonality.
Own a merchandising E-commerce and UX experience through our Point of Sales System – Pepper.
Produce the marketing materials that bring promotional events to life — College Campus Banana Split Day, food shows, customer appreciation days, and local market activations.
Design, print, and deliver event collateral, signage, branding, and promotional copy as requested by the sales team — supporting each event from the production side.
Source and manage swag for the sales team to use in the field.
Build pitch decks, product guides, and promotional materials the sales team will actually use.
Partner with sales leadership to align marketing efforts with revenue priorities and account targets.
Informing ecommerce UX and merchandising decisions alongside our web design partners — how products are categorized, surfaced, and recommended on the site.
Becoming the power-user of HubSpot/Pepper for campaigns, lead tracking, segmentation, and reporting dashboards.
Connecting the websites, Pepper, HubSpot, and operational tools so data, and content flow seamlessly.
Co-leading a cross-functional Marketing Committee (Marketing, Leadership, Sales) to drive cohesive brand decisions across the business.