Thinking Food Jobs, September 27, 2024
It’s cookbook week! Perhaps one of these is your dream job?
Quarto seeks a Associate Director of Marketing and Publicity, to develop strategic campaigns, especially in their food and cookery categories.
Quarto also has an opening for a part-time Editor with a background in cookbook and recipe editing.
Penguin Random House has an opening for a Design Director for the Knopf Cooks illustrated Cookbooks.
Barnes and Noble is looking for a Senior Editor for their Culinary and Lifestyle publications.
America’s Test Kitchen is still looking for an experienced recipe developer for their Associate Editor position published last month.
Students (undergraduates and grad students, as well as recent grads) who are interested in food media and publishing careers should also check out the list of internship at the bottom of the page. Start planning ahead for summer 2025!
Here’s the rest of this week’s list. All positions are fulltime unless noted otherwise.
Account Manger, Brand Partnerships, Food52, Brooklyn, NY, salary: $70,000 to $85,000
Acquisition Specialist, Innovative Ink Publishing, Kendall Hunt, Dubuque, IA, salary: $40,000
Administrative Assistant, Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance, Illinois Institute of Technology, Bedford Park, IL (hybrid), salary: (not stated)
Administrative Coordinator I, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, salary: $23.37 - $28.65/hour
Admissions Representative, Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, remote, salary: $25-27.88/hour
Assistant Director, Semillero de Ideas, remote in Eastern Washington State, salary: $90,000
Associate Director of Marketing and Publicity, Quarto Group, Beverly, MA or New York, NY, salary: $85,000 - $95,000
Chief, Agricultural Marketing Division, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, PA, salary: $66,250 - $100,636
Children's Meals Coordinator, Central Texas Food Bank, Austin, TX, salary: $21.45 - $29.02/hour
Chocolate Assistant Academy Chef, Barry Callebaut, Chicago, IL, salary: (not stated)
Co-Executive Director, Farming Hope, San Francisco, CA, salary: $125,000-160,000
Content Writer, CCL Hospitality Group, Paw Creek, NC, salary: 75,000 - 90,000
Coordinator, Bruin Pantry, Salt Lake City Community College, Salt Lake City, UT, salary: $49,781
Copy Editor, SFGATE, Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco, CA, part-time, salary: $33,000 - $36,000
Copywriter, Ingredient, Minneapolis, MN, salary: $55,000 - $65,000
Culinary Manager, Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Columbia, MD, salary: $60,000
Culinary Product Specialist, Land O'Lakes, Arden Hills, MN, salary: (not stated)
Data Cleaning Assistant, Center for Good Food Purchasing, part-time, temporary, remote, salary: $18/hour
Dean of Students, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT, salary: $75,000-$85,000
Deputy Director, Government Relations, Bread for the World, Washington, DC, salary: $115,000 - $125,000
Design Director, Knopf Cooks, Penguin Random House, New York, NY (hybrid), salary: $100,000 - $120,000
Development Coordinator, Foodwise, San Francisco, CA (hybrid), salary: $31 - $34/hour
Digital Marketing Specialist, School Nutrition Association , Arlington, VA (hybrid), salary: $71,000
Director of Food System Planning, Central Texas Food Bank, Austin, TX, salary: $81,600 - $110,000
Director of Government Grants, Zero Foodprint, remote, salary: $90,000 - $105,000
Director, Gender and Youth Associate Award, Technical Resources and Quality Unit, Mercy Corps, Washington, DC, Portland, OR or remote, salary: $90,000 - $114,000
Editor, Quarto Group, remote, part-time, salary: $24 - $30/hour
Education and Career Specialist – Incumbent Worker Program, BEST Hospitality Training, remote in Massachusetts, salary: $52,500 – $57,750
Education Program Coordinator, Food as Medicine initiatives, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, salary: $38,300 - $55,500
Emergency Food Programs Manager, Lighthouse MI, Pontiac, MI, salary: $52,000
Executive Editor, Hy-Vee Seasons, Grey Dog Media, West Des Moines, IA, salary: (not stated)
Farmer to Farmer Program Coordinator, Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture, Washington, DC (hybrid), salary: 40,000 - 77,400
Farming Manager, Manifest Love, South Dartmouth, MA, salary: $41,600- $52,000
Food and Beverage Senior Course Writer, 360 Training, remote, salary: (not stated)
Food Correspondent, Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Eugene, OR, salary: (not stated)
Food Donation Specialist, North Texas Food Bank, Plano, TX, salary: (not stated)
Food Justice Narrative Fellow, Feed Black Futures, Oakland, CA (hybrid), 5 – 8 hours per week, six-month fellowship, salary: $25/hour
Food Justice Organizer, Feed Black Futures, Oakland, CA (hybrid), salary: $75,000
Food Pantry Coordinator, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, salary: $53,960
Food Reporter, Denver Post, Denver. CO , salary: $21.30 - $34.27/hour
General Manager, Dumpling Daughter, Boston, MA, salary: (not stated)
GF / DF Recipe Development Specialist, Methodology, remote, contract, salary: (not stated)
Human Rights Investigator, Fair Food Standards Council, remote in Florida, salary: $55,764
Kitchen Operations & Culinary Instructor, ASHHO Cultural and Job Training Center, Tumater, WA, salary: $50,000 - $65,000
Land & Equity Director, Sprout Growing Growers, New Orleans, LA (hybrid), salary: $85,000
Lecturer, Sustainable Community Food Systems, University of Hawaii, Kapolei, HI, part-time, salary: $1,911 per credit hour
Logistics and Operations Manager, Jefferson County Foodbank Association, Port Hadlock, WA, salary: $25/hour
Manager of User Experience, Restaurant Associates, Cambridge, MA, salary: $80,000-$90,000
Media Relations Officer, Food and Water Watch, New York, NY, salary: $54,000 - $60,000
Menu Specialist, DoorDash, remote, salary: $20.40 - $30/hour
MSU Product Center Counselor, Community, Food and Environment Institute, Michigan State University Extension, Battle Creek, MI, salary: $56,100
Operations Coordinator, ExtraFood, Marin, CA (hybrid), salary: $65,000 - $69,000
Operations Director, Semillero de Ideas, remote in Eastern Washington State, salary: $90,000
Product Evaluator/Sensory Panelist, MMR Research, Pleasantville, NY, part-time, salary: $20/hour
Program Coordinator, Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP) , remote in Massachusetts, salary: $42,000 - $52,000
Program Manager II, Tulane University, in Partnership with World Vision for the Somalia Food Security Activity Project, New Orleans, LA, salary: (not stated)
Program Manager, Ag Innovation Center, Colorado State University, Denver, CO (hybrid), salary: $65,000 to $80,000
Program Manager, Institute for Community and Rural Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, salary: (not stated)
Recipe Specialist, Bon Appétit Management Company, Sunnyvale, CA, salary: $80,000 - $90,000
Research Specialist, Hawaii Indigenous Food Systems, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University, remote in Hawaii, salary: $54,600 - $75,309
Research Specialist, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, salary: $42,000 - $60,000
Senior Copywriter, PepsiCo, Chicago, IL, Purchase, NY or Plano TX, salary: $72,500 - $121,300
Senior Editor, Culinary & Lifestyle, Barnes & Noble, New York, NY (hybrid), salary: $80,000 - $90,000
Senior Research Associate, Hunger Data Lab, Baylor University, Waco, TX, salary: $51,569 - $85,089
Sensory Panel Leader R&D, Sensory Cocoa, Hershey, Hershey, PA, salary: (not stated)
SEO Strategist, Food, The Kitchn, Apartment Therapy Media, Remote, salary: $80,000 - $85,000
Shopper Marketing Manager, Táche pistachio milk, remote, salary: (not stated)
Storyteller, Eataly, Chicago, IL, seasonal/temporary, salary: (not stated)
Subject Matter Experts, Food Business and Culinary, Unity Environmental University, part-time, remote, salary: (not stated)
Sustainability Marketing and Communications Specialist, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, salary: $54,100 - $62,200
Training and Development Specialist, Nutrition Links, Penn State University Extension, University Park, PA, salary: $46,400 - $67,300
Upper Lynn Canal Food System Strategist, Ecotrust, : Upper Lynn Canal and Chilkat Valley, Southeast Alaska, salary: $68,000 - $102,000
Urban Ag County Program Analyst, USDA Farm Service Agency, Butler, PA, salary: $40,918 - $80,598
Urban Farm Manager, Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Binghamton, NY, salary: $39,000
Writer/Editor, Ever.Ag, remote, salary: (not stated)
Writer/Editor, Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture, remote, salary: $49,025 - $77,955
Youth Programs Coordinator, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK, salary: $60,000
Internships:
Culinary Studio Intern, Butcherbox, Peabody, MA, four week engagement, salary: $18/hour
Editorial Intern, Project Foodie, Intellectual Property Corporation, Van Nuys, CA, salary: (not stated)
Food & Culture Reporting Internship, Minnesota Start Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, 10-week summer internship, salary: $850/week.
Food and Wine Reporting Intern, San Francisco Chronicle, Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco, CA, summer 2025 12-week internship, salary: (not stated)
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-Barbara Rotger