Company description

Milk Bar is an award-winning dessert shop and lifestyle brand created in 2008 by chef/founder/CEO Christina Tosi.  Milk Bar is known for putting a playful spin on familiar home-style desserts and savory snacks, including the trademarked cereal milk ice cream, compost cookies and crack pie, all of which have gained worldwide recognition since Milk Bar’s doors opened in 2008.  In addition to a successful eCommerce business, Milk Bar has twelve locations across NYC, DC, Toronto and Las Vegas, with additional openings planned in 2018, including West Coast expansion in Los Angeles.  Milk Bar celebrates special occasions and the everyday ordinary through its creative spirit and soul, which has been brought to life both inside and outside of the bakery. Fans experience “Milk Bar Life” through its digital platform, branded events, and collaborations with like-minded lifestyle brands.

Job description

Our mission at Milk Bar is to make life a little sweeter, and we’re excited to be bringing that sweetness in a very real way to LA with our new flagship location in Melrose! This new location includes a 700 square foot classroom, where we’ll host baking and assembly classes of our iconic desserts. We are looking for a Classroom Teacher to lead this new experience in the LA market. This person will be responsible for consistently delivering an exceptional Milk Bar guest experience during all classes and keeping a pulse on what the LA marketplace responds to best. Along with being able to fulfill the responsibilities and skills requirements list below, we are looking for a team member who is a people person, believes in the value of hard work while also having fun and that success comes with a can-do attitude.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate weekly and monthly events and classes
• Plan new curriculum, prepare class mise-en-place, keep inventory, ensure set-up and breakdown of classroom, create organizational systems
• Conduct research and find resources to help make decisions about future event possibilities.
• Propose new ideas to improve the event planning and implementation process
• Work closely with the customer service team, production team, sales team and press team
• Conduct student-teacher outreach
• Cleanliness and day-to-day maintenance of classroom space
• Create prep lists/schedules/daily priorities for all class assistants
• Teach all classes and special events
• Keep event calendars updated and staff informed
• Execute all aspects of the classroom experience to Milk Bar standards
• Full understanding of the Milk Bar ethos and ability to serve as a brand ambassador, both internally and externally, making people’s lives a little sweeter.

 

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

• Previous pastry training including knowledge of proper baking techniques
• Knowledge of and comfort with baking techniques, equipment and tools
• Ability to build relationships and embrace change
• Efficient time management skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Open schedule a must

Work Authorization:  At this time, milk bar is only considering candidates legally authorized to work in the united states. we participate with e- verify™ and will provide the federal government with your form i-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the u.s. employers can only use e-verify™ once you have accepted a job offer and completed the form i-9.

EEO Statement:  Milk Bar is an equal opportunity employer and shall treat all applicants for employment equally based upon job-related qualifications and without regards to race, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin, disability, religion, political activity, lawful tobacco use while off-duty, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $15/hr +

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline