Running with Sasquatch is more than just a clever marketing campaign. As a Jack Link’s team member, Running with Sasquatch means we roll up our buffalo plaid sleeves and do the hard work first. We don’t shy away from challenges. In fact, we push hard and take risks. True to our North Woods roots, we're a bunch of ordinary people who accomplish extraordinary things by driving results with innovation, creativity and a clear sense of urgency. Like our awesome protein products, we have an unwavering passion for quality, and you won’t find anything artificial here. What you see is what you get… authentic, humble and fun people who Run with Sasquatch!

Running with Sasquatch takes a team. We invite you to run with us, succeed with us, and celebrate with us. Most importantly, Feed Your Wild Side with us on our journey to be the dominant global leader of branded protein snacks!

Jack Link's Protein Snacks is a global leader in snacking and the No. 1 meat snack manufacturer worldwide. Still family-owned and operated with headquarters in Minong, Wisconsin, Jack Link’s also has a large corporate hub in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, and operates a total of 11 manufacturing and distribution facilities in four countries. Jack Link’s produces high-quality, great-tasting protein snacks that feed the wild sides of consumers around the world. Jack Link's Protein Snacks family of brands includes Jack Link's, Lorissa's Kitchen, World Kitchens Jerky, Bifi and Peperami.

A natural go-getter, Jack Links Campus Brand Ambassadors (CBA), located on the University of Wisconsin - Madison Campus, will be the premier collegiate, boots-on-the-ground marketing team in the industry. Our CBA's have a love of our Protein Snacks portfolio and are passionate about sharing the brand with their peers in unique and engaging ways. They will be primarily responsible for driving the brand image on campus, fostering relationships with key groups and opinion leaders, and overall building a belief in our products benefits with the ultimate goal of ensuring long term loyalty through the capitalization of the collegiate experience.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

• Become a product and brand expert. Always professional and courteous to consumers/ campus contacts/ authorities.

• Identify key groups, activities, and big moments in which the brand needs to be involved with, and ideate ways to bring the brand to life for the collegiate consumer. Work with manager to develop a game plan on how to best go about supporting the initiative.

• Create, host, and support either your own or third party events as necessary with the intention of connecting students with the brand in an engaging and eventful way.

• Constant flow of new ideas regarding campus activation. Consistently looking for the “Next Big Thing.”

• Drive trial and belief in product benefits through daily product seeding.

• Identify new sales opportunities around campus and surrounding community.

• Work with Events Team to ensure visibility on/ around campus.

• Have an ear to the ground and understands the campus voice.

• Take pictures and videos to highlight activations. Preferably utilizing on campus contacts for high quality content.

• Responsible for submitting weekly reports highlighting activity for that week.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Required Education: Currently attending college at UW Madison.

Required Experience: Sophomore year or higher.

Preferred: Pursuing a Marketing, Advertising, or related business degree. Prior experience in event planning, management, and/ or campus organization involvement highly regarded.

REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE and ABILITIES:

• Proven track record of accomplishments.

• Ability to ideate and follow through on execution of brand activations.

• Highly engaging, charismatic, and outgoing personality.

• Social chameleon- works well with a variety of campus groups and events, even if the groups/activities may not be the CBM’s personal passion.

• Functional knowledge of social networking and leveraging connections.

• Is well connected on campus to various groups and opinion leaders.

• Must be in good standing with the school.

• Creative mind in nature, always thinking about ”The Next Big Thing” and has prior success in driving the creative process.

• A dependable self-starter.

• Highly entrepreneurial.

• Lives the FEED YOUR WILD SIDE mantra.

This position will be approximately 10 hours per week from September to May

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:
Jack Link’s provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.

E-VERIFY:
Jack Link’s is participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.  For information about the E-Verify program, please visit:  http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.