Marketing & Hospitality Summer Crew Member

Location: Lowell, MA

Hours: ~30 hours/week (May–August)

Compensation: $18/hour + commission opportunities

Potential Extension: Part-time through fall/winter

About Craic Sauce

Craic Sauce is a Lowell-based, seed-to-sauce hot sauce company built around local farming, small-batch production, and community connection. We grow or source our ingredients from local farms, make our sauces ourselves, and sell them directly to customers, restaurants, and retailers across Massachusetts.

Good craic is our guiding light.
“Craic” is a Gaelic word for good fun, good conversation, and good company, but for us it goes deeper than that.

At Craic Sauce, good craic means being hands-on, community-oriented, and people-first. It means showing up to farms, kitchens, markets and events with energy, curiosity, and care and working positively with our neighbors.

We exist to make the highest-quality sauces we can using locally grown produce and to do it in a team-oriented, craft-driven way that creates unique flavors and highlights the excellence of our hyper-local food and community system.

The Role

We’re hiring a Marketing & Hospitality Summer Crew Member to join our core Craic Crew. This is a hands-on, fast-paced, face-to-face role for someone who wants to help build a brand from the inside out—on the farm, in the kitchen, at farmers markets, and out in the community.

This role is roughly:
 60% Craic Crew (farm, kitchen, markets)
 40% Marketing & Hospitality (content, events, outreach, brand building)

You’ll help extend the values of Craic Sauce: people-oriented, gathering-focused, and fun into our daily work and how the public experiences our brand.

This is not a desk job. You’ll be on your feet, outdoors, in kitchens, at markets, and at events and when you are working on your computer, working on high impact work and specific deliverables. You must be based in or able to commute to Lowell and have reliable transportation.

Marketing & Hospitality Responsibilities (≈40%)

Content & Storytelling

  • Create ~4 content pieces per week (photos, videos, captions, simple designs) for IG, TikTok, YouTube, email, and website
  • Capture real work: farming, cooking, markets, events, behind-the-scenes moments
  • Handle photography, videography, and audio capture in the field
  • Help organize and manage content files and publishing flow

Sampling, Events & Hospitality

  • Introduce customers to new sauces through sampling at events
  • Help host tastings and events at the Craic Sauce office
  • Welcome visitors, buyers, collaborators, and community members
  • Represent the brand with warmth, confidence, and professionalism

Grassroots Marketing & Outreach

  • Drop off bottles to chefs and retailers with marketing collateral
  • Help target and support events (e.g., food festivals)
  • Assist with light wholesale outreach (knocking on doors, introductions)

Operations Support

  • Assist with basic HubSpot and Shopify tasks
  • Help track outreach, leads, and follow-ups
  • Support email and campaign execution

Craic Crew Responsibilities (≈60%)

Kitchen & Production

  • Participate in production cooks
  • Follow food safety, cleanliness, and kitchen protocols
  • Learn and perform tasks including dishwashing, vegetable prep, equipment operation, and cleaning
  • Be reliable, punctual, and ready to learn

Urban Farming

  • Work outdoors in all weather conditions
  • Assist with weeding, pruning, trellising, and harvesting
  • Follow farm procedures, instructions, and record-keeping
  • Be comfortable working physically for long periods

Farmers Market Sales

  • Work at least one weekly farmers market shift
  • Welcome customers and speak confidently about flavor profiles and uses
  • Participate in basic sales training
  • Be tidy, organized, punctual, and a strong team player

Timing & Commitment

  • ~30 hours per week
  • May through end of August
  • Potential part-time extension into fall/winter
  • Based in Lowell, MA
  • Must be able to work at least one weekend day per week
  • Reliable transportation required

This Might Be a Great Fit If You:

  • Love food, farming, craft, and local systems
  • Enjoy working with people and being the face of a brand
  • Are comfortable getting dirty and working long, active days
  • Can work independently without constant direction
  • Enjoy documenting real work more than staging content
  • Are organized and can manage multiple projects at once
  • Are curious, thoughtful, adaptable, and humble
  • Like fast-paced, hands-on environments

Skills & Traits We’re Looking For

  • Strong storytelling and writing ability
  • Photography / video capture skills (professional gear not required)
  • Comfort using software and tools for content, design, and CRM
  • Strong verbal communication and confidence speaking to customers
  • Project-driven and proactive
  • Team-oriented, humble, and dependable
  • Detail-oriented and organized

Compensation

  • $18/hour
  • PTO - 9 hours of PTO for every 170 hours worked
  • Bonus and commission opportunities tied to sales and projects

How to Apply

Email your resume and a short note about why you’re interested to:
brian@craicsauce.com

After reviewing resumes, we’ll send a short questionnaire and scheduling link.
Applicants must be available to work in Lowell, MA from May–August.

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