Join the dynamic team at BHAKTA Spirits as a Junior Marketing Specialist with a specialized focus in content creation and kickstart your career growing a new and emerging portfolio of brands and their supporting media. In this entry-level role, you’ll gain hands-on experience executing a variety of go-to-market and brand-building campaigns as well as supporting the day-to-day needs for content. These will allow you to take your education and put it into practice to serve as the foundation for your career. 

You’ll contribute to digital, trade, and experiential marketing across our portfolio of brands, working alongside experienced marketers to deepen your expertise. This role offers opportunities to learn and refine your skills in various areas: 

• Social Media Production 

• Photo Production 

• Video Production 

• Commercial Asset Production 

• Copywriting & script writing 

Whether you’re a recent graduate or looking to accelerate your marketing career, this position is designed to help you grow both professionally and personally.

Company Biography 

BHAKTA Spirits is a global drinks, hospitality, and entertainment company founded by visionary leader Raj Peter Bhakta. Bhakta is embarking on a mission to help employees and consumers “Find Their Spirit” through thoughtfully curated drinks, lodging, and faith-based living. BHAKTA includes an inspired suite of brands though which to further endow the mission, as well as access to thousands of acres of farmland upon which to grow all the inputs we will need to make hand-crafted, field-to-table products. Based on an idyllic New England campus in Poultney, VT, BHAKTA is recruiting all who are seeking education, community and a purpose through hard work and faith. BHAKTA provides access to individual & family housing as well as children’s education for those who relocate to the Poultney, VT community.

Ideal Candidates Must  

• Self-Starter—A successful BHAKTA employee must have an entrepreneurial and enterprise mindset, having a sense of ownership of what they develop and deliver. 
   

• Organized—To succeed in a fast-paced environment supporting multiple projects and brands you must be task-oriented and organized. Able to move between projects, meetings and topics with ease. 

• Trustworthy—Core principle of the BHAKTA Spirits team. Freely exchange ideas and thoughts without ego or pretense. Receptive and open to direction. Respects deadlines and commitments. 
   

• Brand builder—Can take ideas, stories and products and turn them into assets that build brands that will last generations; building for consistency, quality and prestige.  
   

• Storyteller—A good storyteller will capture the imagination of their audience and leave them with something that can resonate with the audience long after the story is over. The creative director must be able to see the throughlines.
   

• Empathetic & Customer Obsessed—Must possess the ability to capture the emotions and desires of our target customers and visitors through imagery and copy. 

Responsibilities 

We are a startup company, so responsibilities will flex to the needs of the business. As a Jr. Marketing Specialist you will have the opportunity to explore a variety of Creative and Digital disciplines within our developmental program: 

• Social Media Production: Pitch ideas and create content for various social media accounts. 

• Commercial Asset Production: Join the creative process for new paid media advertisements. 

• Copywriting & script writing: Work with creative professionals and copywriters to develop scripts for commercials, social content and brand stories. 

• Production Assistant: Participate in the production process to create digital campaigns.  

• Project Management: Support projects with data, reporting and task management. 

• Event Marketing: Participate in on campus hosted events to build awareness for the brand

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or of Arts in Film & Television or equivalent 

Benefits

• Entry-level base salary starting at $45,000 with positions up to $59,000
• Full-time housing on campus. 

• Incentive compensation based on individual and company performance. 

• Health insurance premiums subsidized by company. 

• 401(k) with safe harbor match. 
• Access to children's education for young families (acceptance based). 

• Access to Waldron Gymnasium and Wellness Center. 

• Discounts on company products.