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Brand ambassador

Represents a drinks brand to the trade and the public, running trainings, events and cocktail programmes. Usually employed by a drinks company and often a former bartender.

A real shift

Visit bars, run staff training, host tastings and events, and report back to marketing. Lots of travel and late nights.

Skills that matter

  • Presentation and training
  • Networking
  • Product expertise
  • Event delivery
  • Social media

Qualifications

  • WSET Level 2 or 3 in Spirits
  • Bartending background
  • Marketing qualifications (optional)

Where it leads

  1. Brand ambassador
  2. Brand manager
  3. Trade advocacy lead
  4. Founding a drinks brand

What we'd ask on the show

  • The free bar tab: inside the ambassador life
  • From bartender to brand: selling out or levelling up?
  • Wellbeing in a job built on drinking

Work as a brand ambassador? Come on the show

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