Careers at Meat Institute.

The Meat Institute is an association that represents family-owned businesses and international corporations with the vision to sustainably nourish local and global communities with wholesome meat and poultry.

We value stewardship, community, and collaboration, which is our way of saying we are ethically committed to doing what is right for people, animals, communities, and the planet. We encourage and support continuous improvement; we embrace diversity in all we do and proactively engage others to build relationships across the food system. We value diverse perspectives and listen to all interested in our industry.

Our mission is to connect people and resources to strengthen trust in the food we produce. We do that by providing reliable resources to our members.

Our organization is agile and forward-thinking, and our team is collaborative and goal-oriented.

Our HQ is located in Arlington, VA. We offer a flexible work environment.

If you are interested in any of the open positions, please include a cover letter indicating why you are interested in this position and how your background meets its requirements along with your resume HR@meatinstitute.org.

Current Open Positions

Marketing Manager

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

The Marketing Manager will be responsible for driving attendance and engagement across a portfolio of events and content to support the Meat Institute’s member engagement and revenue goals.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Create and execute marketing campaigns that drive attendance to Meat Institute events including webinars and other sponsored content.
  • Manage graphic design development and identify target audiences for event marketing campaigns.
  • Distribute event marketing e-mail campaigns via Higher Logic to promote upcoming events, drive registrations, and member engagement.
  • Build and provide content and graphics to support resources including online registration, mobile apps, and other materials before and during events.
  • Execute paid media campaigns on Meat Institute social media channels and other digital advertising and social sharing tools like Feathr and Snobal.
  • Collaborate with communications team to integrate messaging, relevance and timeliness with association communication strategy and activities.

Secondary Responsibilities:

  • Create marketing materials that supports member recruitment

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience in marketing.
  • Demonstrated writing and editing skills,
  • Demonstrated skills in event promotions.
  • Association experience preferred.
  • Travel, 20% of time.

CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Marketing
  • Technology (higher logic)
  • Communications
  • Social media marketing
  • Project management
  • Customer/Audience Focus
  • Copywriting
  • Event Promotions
  • Creativity
  • Email and content marketing
  • Event Promotions

Please note: This job description was designed as a summary of the typical function of the job and is not a comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities. The tasks and duties might differ from those outlined above and other duties, as assigned may be part of the job.

Benefits

Health insurance

The Meat Institute offers medical, dental, prescription and vision coverage to eligible employees and their dependents. Eligible employees may select from three CareFirst PPO medical plans, including one health reimbursement account (HRA) funded by the organization.

Flexible spending benefits

The Meat Institute offers Flexible Spending Accounts, which offset out-of-pocket medical and dependent care costs by allowing eligible participants to set aside pre-tax funds to pay for medical and childcare expenses.

Basic term life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance

The Meat Institute provides eligible employees group term life including accidental death and dismemberment insurance coverage equal to twice an employee’s base salary up to $550,000 plus an additional group term life benefit of $25,000.

Disability

The Meat Institute offers long-term disability benefits. These benefits pay a percentage of your earnings in the event of a disability. Retirement savings plan

The Meat Institute’s 401(k) plan allows eligible participants to save pre-tax dollars for retirement. Participants are immediately eligible to receive matching contributions from The Meat Institute.

Paid leave

The Meat Institute provides eligible employees paid vacation, sick benefits. Annual vacation leave is accrued each pay period and the accrual is determined by years of service. The Meat Institute also offers paid holidays.

Health and wellness

The Meat Institute is committed to the health and wellness of our employees. We offer a variety of benefits, programs and sessions dedicated to our employee’s wellbeing.

Other benefits

The Meat Institute also offers family leave benefits, transportation benefits, professional development assistance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status or other protected classes.