CookUnity

Senior Brand Marketing Manager, Sponsorships & Events

New York, New York, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$25k-$40kDetected 21 days ago

Project ManagementLead GenerationLogisticsCommunication

About the role

This role offers the opportunity to shape and execute sponsorship and experiential marketing strategies that expand our brand's presence in the real world and through strategic partnerships.
This team sets the vision and strategy for the brand and brings it to life with strategic rigor, creative excellence, and cultural relevance.

Help lead the sponsorship and events strategy - identify, evaluate, and activate partnerships and event opportunities that align with brand and business goals, from local community events to large-scale category sponsorships.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Growth, PR, Social, Product, and Culinary to ensure cohesive storytelling and integration across all brand touch points.
Manage agency and vendor relationships, ensuring creative quality, operational excellence, and strong ROI.
Develop toolkits and playbooks for scalable regional activations that reinforce the brand's presence and messaging consistency.
Negotiate and manage budgets and contracts for sponsorships and events, ensuring optimal spend efficiency and measurable outcomes.
Track performance and impact, establishing KPIs for awareness, engagement, lead generation, and conversion
Track performance and impact, establishing KPIs for awareness, engagement, lead generation, and conversion; conduct post-mortems to identify learnings and optimization opportunities.
At CookUnity, the Brand Marketing team is responsible for developing and executing world-class marketing activations and experiences that drive organic growth through brand awareness and earn loyalty beyond reason.
Through insight-inspired, data-led brand storytelling and experiences, CookUnity's Brand Marketing team will build a category-defining brand loved by an entire generation of foodies.

7+ years of experience in brand marketing, partnerships, sponsorships, or experiential/event marketing - ideally within a consumer, lifestyle, or hospitality brand.
Proven ability to plan and execute large-scale events and partnerships, from concept to completion.
Data-driven mindset with the ability to analyze performance and translate insights into actionable improvements.
Hands-on, entrepreneurial attitude with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
🤖 AI-forward workplace: enterprise access to ChatGPT and Claude to help you work smarter and grow faster.

All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
Pay Range for this position
$130,000 - $160,000 USD
If you're interested in this role, please submit your application, and if we think you might be a fit, we'll get in touch with you. Thank you for your time!
We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment.
A quick note for all candidates

🩺 Health Insurance coverage
⛱ PTO policy and paid sick days
🐣 Paid Family leave
🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
🧘🏽‍♀️ Wellness perks: access to fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle
All final pay rates will be determined by candidates experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

The ideal candidate will bring a blend of tactical executional strength and strategic vision - someone who thrives at turning ideas into meaningful brand moments that drive awareness, engagement, and loyalty.
As Senior Brand Marketing Manager, Sponsorships & Events, you'll lead the planning and execution of branded activations, sponsorships, partnerships, and event experiences that amplify our story and bring the brand to life across key markets.
You'll operate as both a hands-on project owner and a cross-functional connector - collaborating with Growth, PR, Culinary, Creative, and external partners to create memorable experiences that reflect our mission and fuel brand love.
You will report to the Sr Director, Brand Growth and play a pivotal role in building a high-impact sponsorship and events strategy that deepens connections with consumers, chefs, and communities.
Food has lost its soul to modern convenience.
And with it, it has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us.
So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs.
Today, CookUnity delivers 50 million meals a year from the industry's best chefs to homes all over the country.
Ready-to-eat.
And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and execute sponsorship and experiential marketing strategies that expand our brand's presence in the real world and through strategic partnerships.
You will report to the Sr Director, Brand Growth and play a pivotal role in building a high-impact sponsorship and events strategy that deepens connections with consumers, chefs, and communities.

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