Careers

ABOUT US

Mike’s Hot Honey is America’s leading brand of hot honey. Founded in 2010 by Mike Kurtz, the brand was born from a desire to create and share the highest quality honey infused with chili peppers. Mike began drizzling his signature hot honey on pizzas at the Brooklyn pizzeria where he worked, and customers started to ask if they could buy bottles to take home. Mike’s Hot Honey became a word-of-mouth sensation, sparking the creation of a new category of honey. Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Mike’s Hot Honey has become a fixture in restaurants and retailers throughout the United States and abroad. Mike’s Hot Honey is a hardworking, entrepreneurial, and family friendly culture. We build great relationships and foster mutuality through fairness and transparency, regardless of whether we’re working side-by-side or remotely. We’re a small team, excited to have more like-minded individuals join this exciting journey.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for talented Graphic Designer to join our Marketing Team to collaborate on and work on designing, developing and executing our branding across a variety of in-house & external projects including advertising, retail, foodservice, events, and many more platforms. We are seeking someone who is eager to work on a fast paced, growing brand where you have a chance to make a real impact on the driving the distinctiveness and creative look, tone, and feel of that our consumers recognize and love us for.

Daily tasks include creating and maintaining all design toolkits, guidelines, and guardrails, concepting and developing graphic design thinking and solutions for activations and executions that adhere to Mike’s Hot Honey brand, collaborate with Marketing, Sales, and Foodservice teams on creative needs as well as development of new and evolvement of existing materials.

In summary, we are seeking someone with a keen eye that can ensure consistency and quality across all deliverables and someone is willing to collaborate, learn, and evolve our distinct brand design.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE

• Serve as the Brand’s Distinctive Asset Guardian by being the steward of our Brand Book and Brand Guidelines; designing and executing thoroughly consistent designs and ensuring consistency and cohesion across all brand touch-points.
• Responsible for keeping the Brand Book, Brand Guidelines, and all reference and/or toolkit materials are up-to-date as the Brand grows and expands.
• Design and execute on-brand solutions that deliver against the business or functional creative needs while ensuring cohesion and distinctiveness across touch-points – examples include print and digital advertisements, in-store and on-premise POS, packaging labels and spec sheets, merchandise and swag materials, and much more.
• Take a leadership role expanding the visual footprint of the brand across all areas of the business.
• Collaborate with the team to ideate, prioritize, and execute the brand marketing ideas.
• Ensure the quality, consistency, and timeliness timing of all deliverables.
• Establish and maintain the design files and asset organization.
• Delegate and direct third-party designer contractors when needed.
• Work as a team, listening, speaking and offering critical thoughts on design matters.
• Help the Marketing and cross-functional teams on translating ideas into solutions.
• Partner with Leadership and Marketing teams to develop and work on short and long term Brand strategies and tactics.

Some travel required (approximately 1-3 times per month during event seasons April through September)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree, industry related degree is a plus.
• At least 3+ years of design-related professional experience.
• Agency experience is a plus.
• Knowledge on web design & interesting in typography is also a plus.
• Familiar with CPG Industry or Design Agency/Studio is preferable.

REQUIREMENTS

• Portfolio (online or PDF), highlighting your role and solutions.
• Strong communication skills; ability to collaborate and work with cross function teams.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Indesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop); familiarity with Lightroom, After Effects, and other Adobe programs preferred.
• Knowledge on Print processes and final ready-to-print files.

PREFERRED

• Based in NYC or Greater New York area
• NYC Native and/or established NYC cultural and creative network

WORKING CONDITIONS

• There is no location requirement for this position, however NYC based in highly preferred
• Approximately 10% domestic travel is anticipated
• This role reports directly to the VP of Marketing with dotted line to the Founder

COMPENSATION: $50,000

MIKE’S HOT HONEY

The company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law.

Email your resume and cover letter stating why you think you’re a good fit for the role to marcelo@mikeshothoney.com

ABOUT US

Mike’s Hot Honey is America’s leading brand of hot honey. Founded in 2010 by Mike Kurtz, the brand was born from a desire to create and share the highest quality honey infused with chili peppers. Mike began drizzling his signature hot honey on pizzas at the Brooklyn pizzeria where he worked, and customers started to ask if they could buy bottles to take home. Mike’s Hot Honey became a word-of- mouth sensation, sparking the creation of a new category of honey. Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Mike’s Hot Honey has become a fixture in restaurants and retailers throughout the United States and abroad. Mike’s Hot Honey has a hardworking, entrepreneurial, and family friendly culture. We build great relationships and foster mutuality through fairness and transparency, regardless of whether we’re working side-by-side or remotely. We’re a small team, excited to have more like-minded individuals join this exciting journey.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Seeking an impeccably organized accounting professional to provide support to the Financial Operations Manager. The ideal candidate will be obsessively meticulous, with a strong understanding of accounting principles and procedures. They will work with the day-to-day details and understand how their work fits into the larger picture. If you get excited about numbers and spreadsheets, have a curious nature and take pride in delivering excellence, we’d like to meet you.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accounts receivable – apply incoming payments; keep collections current; resolve payment discrepancies.
• Verify trade spend chargebacks for accuracy; classify billing at distributor, retailer and program levels, proactively managing associated disputes; constantly reconcile trade tracker with QuickBooks Online.
• Accounts payable – enter bills ensuring proper approvals; complete vendor on-boarding with proper documentation; manage vendor relationships and settle invoicing discrepancies.
• Reconcile bank and credit card statements.
• Coordinate between Finance and Ops to prepare monthly inventory reconciliation.
• Maintain prepaid and accrued expenses schedules.
• Assist finance team in their yearly internal audits.

REQUIREMENTS

• Four-year Bachelor’s degree, accounting major preferred
• Experience using any accounting software - QuickBooks Online a plus
• Experience using MS Excel and Google Sheets for analysis purposes
• Quick learner (who enjoys doing so!)
• Great collaborator and team player (no job is too small)

PREFERRED

• 2 or more years experience at an accounting firm or a CPG company
• Auditing experience
• Based in the NYC or Providence, RI area

COMPENSATION: $45,000 – $50,000 salary

MIKE’S HOT HONEY

The company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law.

Please send cover letter and resume to jonathan@mikeshothoney.com

ABOUT US

Mike’s Hot Honey is America’s leading brand of hot honey. Founded in 2010 by Mike Kurtz, the brand was born from a desire to create and share the highest quality honey infused with chili peppers. Mike began drizzling his signature hot honey on pizzas at the Brooklyn pizzeria where he worked, and customers started to ask if they could buy bottles to take home. Mike’s Hot Honey became a word-ofmouth sensation, sparking the creation of a new category of honey. Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Mike’s Hot Honey has become a fixture in restaurants and retailers throughout the United States and abroad. The company is looking to hire a Quality Assurance Manager s to help lead the company through this and future stages of exponential growth. Mike’s Hot Honey is a hardworking, entrepreneurial, and family friendly culture. We build great relationships and foster mutuality through fairness and transparency, regardless of whether we’re working side-by-side or remotely. We’re a small team, excited to have more like-minded individuals join this exciting journey.

JOB SUMMARY

The Quality Assurance Manager will lead and support all aspects of the quality assurance systems and the quality controls for Mike’s Hot Honey and will be tasked with oversight for the following areas of contribution: program development, supplier and vendor oversight, and customer support. The role will require a familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements for food manufacturing, a comprehensive understanding of food safety systems related to product development, certification, and product manufacturing. The ideal candidate possesses the ability to effectively problem solve, has a strong technical background, sound time management skills, works well both independently and in a team environment and is an effective communicator. The position requires a high level of organization, experience working cross-functionally, with a keen understanding of the demands a growing business.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain and implement best in class quality systems and programs.
  • Review and maintain current systems, and coordinate with partners to implement effective processes and procedures.
  • Maintain accurate and complete records.
  • Train key stakeholders, and document accordingly.
  • Analyze, develop and refine material specifications.
  • Review and catalogue customer and consumer feedback, identify areas of opportunity.
• Ensure all products are manufactured free from defects, and work to eliminate or reduce deviations in manufacturing process.
  • Review production records and ensure specifications are met and maintained.
  • Conduct site visits and audit warehouses and manufacturers as needed.
  • Participate in routine meetings with all vendors, partners, and cross-functional teams to coordinate and enhance quality assurance.
• Monitor and support vendors and suppliers.
  • Review raw material specifications and COAs and identify non-conformances.
  • Ensure compliance with preferred parameters is communicated and maintained.
  • Participate in vendor site visits, work to identify and improve material specifications.
  • Collaborate with key technical resources to standardize and record specifications.
• Interface with customers on collaborative activities, anticipate needs to provide mutually assured results.
  • Facilitate customer onboarding processes in collaboration with key stakeholders.
  • Coordinate responses with all customers and provide timely updates on pending requests.
  • Maintain customer portals, update interfaces with valid certifications and records as required.
• Direct company compliance and regulatory efforts.
  • Identify and mitigate risks related to the manufacture and distribution of finished goods.
  • Collaborate with key resources to determine and implement requirements.
  • Communicate critical needs and thresholds to leadership and anticipate needs before they arise.
  • Propose and implement solutions to evolve with the needs of business.
• Partner with key stakeholders on product development.
  • Coordinate with technical authorities to ensure quality throughout product development process.
  • Provide technical support to leadership, and product development teams.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5 years of related experience as a quality engineer or similar role highly preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Thorough understanding of quality control standards and methodologies.
• Thorough understanding of manufacturing and production in the industry.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Sound knowledge of GFSI recognized certifications, programs and requirements.
• Proficient with Microsoft or Google Office Suites.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related industrial, scientific, or business field recommended; Master’s degree preferred.
• New York Metro area preferred.

COMPENSATION: $85,000 – $95,000 salary

MIKE’S HOT HONEY

The company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law.

Please send cover letter and resume to wesley@mikeshothoney.com