Job Description :
Guinness Open Gate Brewery Ambassador
Dublin, Guinness Open Gate Brewery
12 month Fixed Term Contract
About The Guinness Open Gate Brewery
The Guinness Open Gate Brewery is the home of experimentation in beer at St. James’s Gate in Dublin City. It is an experimental brewery which dates back over 100 years, and our gates are open for discovery. Guinness Open Gate Brewery is a hidden secret just waiting to be discovered. Visitors are welcomed to our taproom and beer garden to sample experimental beers that will not be found anywhere else! As an Open Gate Brewery Ambassador, you will work in a busy bar environment, welcoming visitors from the four corners of the world on a celebration of Guinness experimentation, where your role is to help visitors celebrate and explore the joy of beer, guiding them through tasting beer, assessing its flavour and quality, and with an ability to describe why it tastes the way it does.
About the Role
We are looking to recruit Open Gate Brewery Ambassadors who will become a recognized friendly face of the St James’s Gate Brewery, welcoming visitors and trade to explore the possibilities of beer tastes.
This is chance to work with both the brewery team and also with the customers at GOGB.
The position is primarily based in Dublin at the Open Gate Brewery, where you will welcome visitors to explore the joy in making and sharing beer, exploring flavour, beer styles and pairings with our many guests. You may also from time to time be asked to represent Guinness in other markets. Your working hours will be spread across days, evenings and weekends, interacting face to face with trade representatives, general public and the broader beer community.
Responsibilities:
- Embody a passion for Guinness and Brewing, enthusiastic about sharing your passion and knowledge with others.
- Host events and training to bring the Brewery beer portfolio to life.
- Be knowledgeable and confident in the beer community, speding time engaging beer drinkers and make genuine connections.
- Be confident across various social media channels, with an ability to connect with bartenders and members of the beer community.
- Provide support for PR events
- Develop strong working relationships in order to become a trusted source for all things St James’s Gate among sales and marketing teams, including brand inductions & innovation presentations.
Role Requirements:
- Must be passionate and knowledgeable about beer, beer culture and international beer trends.
- Ideally 3+ years of experience in the beer industry.
- The ability to engage & captivate a crowd on any beer led occasion.
- Have an in-depth understanding of various brewing processes.
- Cicerone Certified Server is a minimum, while having Beer Sommelier / Certified Cicerone, IBD General Cert, or other industry qualification is favourable
- Full clean driving license with access to own vehicle an advantage but not a prerequisite to role.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends.
- Ability to work on own initiative and be able to interpret lack of clear instruction
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with the ability to create & deliver great presentations.
Working with Us
Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.
- We offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including: Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- Subsidized gym membership
- Contributary pension scheme
- Share options
- Designated annual leave
- Daily lunch allowance
- Product allowance
- Flexible hours working allowance
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this.
We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world.
We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.
Around the world we have a number of inclusive Business and Employee Resource Groups known as BRGs and ERGs. These influential groups, made up of our people, represent various viewpoints, experiences and communities who generate thought-provoking work to enhance our business and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all.
Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of — and help build — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.
About Us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands.
Join us and you’ll collaborate, explore, and innovate. Challenge and be challenged. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll build brands consumers love.
We value each other and celebrate different perspectives. In our inclusive culture, you’ll have the backing you need to test new ideas and learn from them. Harness your passion and desire to grow as you make your mark. Let’s unlock a brighter, more exciting future together.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. To achieve this, we need the world’s very best people. We're looking for people with curiosity, creativity, boldness and a sense of purpose to take Diageo and our timeless, pioneering brands to the next level.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Storehouse
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2025-01-08
