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Title: Bloom Sales and Marketing Coordinator

Full-Time - 40 hours/week

Compensation: TBD

Reports to: Senior Director, Bloom

Bloom® is DC Water’s Class A, Exceptional Quality biosolids soil amendment. DC Water and its nonprofit affiliate Blue Drop have partnered to sell Bloom to nurseries, landscapers, soil blenders, farms, construction firms and select retail outlets in the mid-Atlantic area. A combination of DC Water and Blue Drop staff make up the team on this program. The Bloom Sales and Marketing Coordinator works to support sales, marketing and outreach for the Bloom program, assisting with far-ranging duties to include data management, prospect research, procurement, event staffing, order fulfillment and more, working in close partnership with the Senior Director and two-person sales team.

Duties

Marketing and Sales Support

Assist the Bloom sales and marketing team in ways to include the following:
Qualify existing sales leads by research and phone calls, updating Bloom’s CRM system (Hubspot) accordingly
Track down contact information for qualified sales leads
Research new leads through market research, conducting data entry in Bloom’s CRM.
Manage Bloom’s CRM, cleaning up and uploading lists and other needed data hygiene such as removing defunct email addresses for moved contacts, removing duplicates, etc.
Support Bloom’s social media presence with posts, researching accounts, and developing new campaign ideas
Support Bloom presence at special events, including ordering materials, coordinating logistics and repping the events
Managing purchases and dissemination of Bloom marketing materials
Assist with newsletter writing and list management
Conduct direct outreach to select customer types such as garden designers and greenhouse nurseries
Manage homeowner and community garden sales and deliveries

DC Garden/Urban Ag Outreach

Conduct periodic outreach to the existing community/school gardens/nonprofits and other related entities
Research additional urban agriculture initiatives who could benefit from Bloom, to include but not limited to community and school gardens in DC and adjacent towns/counties
Represent Bloom at local urban ag/garden events as needed

Requirements

This position requires a college diploma and at least two years of administrative/office experience as follows:

Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
Proven research skills
Data processing and management skills
Familiar with Google Office Suite
Excellent verbal and written communication
Detail-oriented
Able to work independently with minimal supervision
Quick learner
Well organized and deadline-oriented
Comfortable making “cold calls” to businesses for information
Customer service- and team-oriented attitude; willingness to help with any aspect of the business when required

Ideally the candidate will also have the following skills or backgrounds

Background/interest in gardening, agriculture or horticulture
Familiarity with Bloom and/or other compost products
Familiar with CRM systems like Hubspot
Social media campaign management

Location

This position will be hybrid, telecommuting with some time-based at Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant and weekly presence at Blue Drop headquarters.

EEO Statement

Blue Drop embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We make employment decisions, including hiring, promoting, disciplining and discharging, based on merit, competence, performance and business needs.

How to Apply

Please email bloom@bloomsoil.com. No phone calls please.

Blue Drop, LLC

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