Job Position: Digital Marketing Associate

Location: Lincolnwood

Type Employment: Fixed-term Independent Contract

Compensation: Competitive, based on experience

Join the Creative Force at Food For Thought

At FFT, your creativity isn’t just seen—it’s experienced. We’re a hospitality-led company redefining corporate dining, catering, and events with exceptional service and thoughtful design. As a Digital Marketing Associate, you'll help shape a brand that brings culture and culinary craft together. This is your chance to work alongside industry leaders in a fast-paced, creative, and collaborative environment.

Why We’re the Leaders

Excellent Training and Coaching
Employee Referral Bonuses
Flexible Scheduling
Career Advancement Opportunities
Competitive Pay

What You’ll Do

Execute visual design across digital and social platforms
Work with the Marketing and Creative team to evolve our brand identity
Balance long-term strategic projects with day-to-day content creation needs
Apply design thinking to solve business challenges
Contribute to creative brainstorms and campaign development
Collaborate cross-functionally with department leads and executives
Stay on top of trends in food, hospitality, and visual storytelling

What You Need to Succeed

2+ years of experience in graphic or digital design
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and UI/UX design tools
Social media experience in hospitality or lifestyle brands preferred
Strong portfolio demonstrating creativity and brand alignment
Bachelor’s degree in Design, Visual Arts, or a related field
Excellent communication and ability to present ideas with confidence
Agile mindset and creative problem-solving ability

Why FFT?

A culture that values People, Product, and Planet
Collaboration across creative, culinary, and operational teams
Real opportunity to make your work seen—and remembered
Over 40 years of award-winning hospitality and innovation

Perks

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Mental Health, Relationship Conflicts, Child and Eldercare, Substance Abuse, Grief and Loss
Assistance for you and household members
In Person Sessions
Unlimited phone access
FFT University - Over 70 courses designed to enhance your skills in life and on the job to help your career growth.
Employee Meal Plan
Employee Discounts (Pet Insurance, Entertainment, Travel, Company Discounts, and much more).

Grow with us! - at Food For Thought, instruction, advice, and assistance are always readily available, which is why our average tenure is 5 years. The U.S. average is 4.3 years, while the Hospitality industry average is only 2 years!

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.

EEO Statement

Food For Thought provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

Qualifications

2+ years of experience in graphic or digital design
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and UI/UX design tools
Strong portfolio demonstrating creativity and brand alignment
Bachelor’s degree in Design, Visual Arts, or a related field
Excellent communication and ability to present ideas with confidence
Agile mindset and creative problem-solving ability
Collaboration across creative, culinary, and operational teams
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work

Benefits

Compensation: Competitive, based on experience
Excellent Training and Coaching
Employee Referral Bonuses
Flexible Scheduling
Career Advancement Opportunities
Competitive Pay
A culture that values People, Product, and Planet
Real opportunity to make your work seen—and remembered
Over 40 years of award-winning hospitality and innovation
Perks
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Mental Health, Relationship Conflicts, Child and Eldercare, Substance Abuse, Grief and Loss
Assistance for you and household members
In Person Sessions
Unlimited phone access
FFT University - Over 70 courses designed to enhance your skills in life and on the job to help your career growth
Employee Meal Plan
Employee Discounts (Pet Insurance, Entertainment, Travel, Company Discounts, and much more)

Responsibilities

This is your chance to work alongside industry leaders in a fast-paced, creative, and collaborative environment
Execute visual design across digital and social platforms
Work with the Marketing and Creative team to evolve our brand identity
Balance long-term strategic projects with day-to-day content creation needs
Apply design thinking to solve business challenges
Contribute to creative brainstorms and campaign development
Collaborate cross-functionally with department leads and executives
Stay on top of trends in food, hospitality, and visual storytelling
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard

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