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Crooked Face Creamery
Position: Retail Shop and Farmers’ Market Staff

Hours: 10-15+ hrs week. Specifically representing CFC at the Freedom Farmers’ Market from June - August / Tuesdays from 8am arrival at CFC - 4pm return/unload and year round fill in retail shop associate. 

Business description: Crooked Face Creamery is a small batch artisan cheese company. We produce award winning fresh and aged cheeses for retail and wholesale markets. Our specialty is our line of Whole Milk Ricotta, specifically our Applewood Smoked Ricotta, which is nationally recognized and distributed to a wider wholesale market. Due to the pandemic, we have shifted our focus to more on retail sales, and expanding our online and brick and mortar store with other local products including Maine cheeses, cured meats, merchandise and provisions. Our customers want to know where their food is coming from, who makes it, their story, and what makes the products we sell so unique. Solely owned and operated for over 15 years, Crooked Face Creamery is looking to grow its team. As our retail and wholesale sales have grown, it’s made it more difficult for us to attend off site markets, which is why we are looking for a farmers’ market staff and occasional fill in retail market associate during the busy summer months. 

Job description: We are looking for a committed and engaging individual who is passionate about Maine cheese, and is excited to work at special events, mostly in a farmers market setting, handling retail sales, customer service, and sampling products. We expect an outgoing friendly disposition, ability to lift coolers and set up our stand, knowledge in food safety and cleanliness, to represent our product professionally, and be willing to try our cheeses and learn how they are best served and what they pair well with. 

Responsibilities: 

Sales/customer service: 

• Develop and sustain an understanding of our cheeses 
• Thoughtfully engage with our customers and create a friendly environment at our store and at farmers’ market
• Use and troubleshoot point of sale system 
• Field customer special requests and research products 
• Maintain a clean and tidy booth, setup and take down at markets and events and storefront
• Occasionally deliver cheeses and meats to local accounts 
• Contribute to social media and newsletter efforts 
• Assist in market prep, supplies and inventory, and some cutting and wrapping of in-house and bought in cheeses.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of customer service experience in a retail setting
• Marketing experience a plus
• Experience operating Point of Sale systems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Inventory management and record keeping a plus
• Willingness to learn about basic cheese production, varieties of cheese and who makes them
• Knowledge of food safety
• Interest in the dairy industry and small batch artisanal food production
• Self-motivated, strong attention to detail, ability to multi-task
• Kind, helpful, customer oriented personality
  
  

To Apply: Submit a resume and cover letter to Amy Rowbottom, Owner of Crooked Face Creamery, at orders@crookedfacecreamery.com