Sales & Marketing Manager - Full Time

It is a cultural platform. Inspired by the call to “get into good trouble,” the brand celebrates the builders, dreamers, and people willing to challenge the status quo. This is an opportunity to help build Chicago’s bourbon brand. Rooted in the legacy of Chicago blues and the city’s rich cultural history, Good Trouble Bourbon brings people together through story, music, leadership, and community. To achieve this, we are building a leadership team that can grow the brand through culture, relationships, and strategic distribution.

We are seeking a Chicago Market Sales Manager to lead the growth of Good Trouble Bourbon across retail, hospitality, and cultural venues. This is not a traditional spirits sales role. The right leader will combine sales execution, cultural intelligence, and entrepreneurial drive to establish Good Trouble as a leading premium bourbon brand in Chicago. You will oversee distribution relationships, retail performance, ambassador teams, and strategic cultural activation's. Distributor Partnership

• Work closely with distributor partners to ensure Good Trouble receives strong attention within the distributor portfolio to drive account placements, sales velocity and brand visibility.
• Retail & On-Premise Expansion
• Develop strategic placements in high-impact accounts including premium restaurants, cocktail bars, retail liquor stores and cultural venues
• Recruit, train, and manage the Good Trouble Cultural Host team.
• Ensure brand ambassadors deliver exceptional experiences that translate into sales.
• Partner with leadership to execute brand activation's including tastings, cultural events, hospitality partnerships and community gatherings.
• Performance Tracking
• Monitor and report on account growth, retail velocity, event performance and market expansion opportunities.

You are equally comfortable building relationships with bartenders, presenting to distributor leadership, hosting brand events, creating and executing creative in-market activation's and opening new retail accounts.
Spirits industry sales

• Distributor portfolio management
• Hospitality or beverage experience
• Account management in Chicago
• Strong marketing acumen and network withing the Chicago hospitality community are highly valued.

Strong relationship-building ability

• Disciplined sales execution

Performance-based bonuses

• Participation in building a nationally recognized brand your perspective on how to build a spirits brand in Chicago