Director, Community Engagement

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and inspire a team spanning organic social, field marketing, and experiential
• Own organic social strategy and community voice across all platforms
• Build and oversee regional and field marketing functions through community partnerships and grassroots programming
• Lead experiential execution ranging from large-scale events to intimate community experiences
• Build measurement frameworks to connect community investment to brand health, traffic, and retention
• Collaborate with Brand, Creative, Culinary, Growth Marketing, and Restaurant Operations
• Manage agency and event production partners within budget

Requirements

• Based in office 4 days per week in Los Angeles
• 8–10+ years of experience in brand marketing, community, social, or integrated marketing
• At least 3 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary teams
• Deep expertise in organic social and at least two of: field marketing, community partnership marketing, or experiential
• Proven ability to connect community programming to business outcomes
• Track record of scaling community partnerships or ambassador programs
• Strong communicator and storyteller comfortable presenting to senior leadership
• Passion for food, wellness, and sustainability

Benefits

• Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
• Three different medical plans
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Flexible PTO plan
• 401k program
• Employee HSA and FSA
• Complimentary greens
• Free sweetgreen swag

About the Company

Sweetgreen is a national restaurant brand dedicated to building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Since 2007, Sweetgreen has reimagined fast food to be fresh, flavorful, and rooted in relationships with farmers and communities.