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Job description

Job Title: Sales & Marketing Lead (Hands-On, Creative, Shop-Based) Location: 13 Acre Orchard Farm Shop -Borough Market + London Farmers market days Salary: Depending on experience Hours: Full-time, includes weekends Start Level: Ground-level, shop-based Progression: Build and train a small sales team over time

About Us

13 Acre Orchard is an Organic farm and retail business producing award-winning fresh juices, fruits, vegetables and mushrooms — sold direct to customers through our shop and markets.

We are now looking for a creative, people-focused Sales & Marketing Lead to drive shop sales, grow our local presence, and elevate our social media.

13 Acre Orchard is looking for a creative, people-focused Sales & Marketing Lead to help grow our farm shop. This is a hands-on role combining shop sales, social media content creation, and developing our local marketing strategy.

You’ll be working on the shop floor, engaging customers, filming and editing content for Instagram/TikTok, creating small marketing campaigns, and helping build a clear sales system for our business.

Perfect for someone who:

• Loves talking to people

• Enjoys filming and editing short videos

• Is full of ideas

• Wants to grow into a leadership role

• Likes independent, sustainability-focused businesses

Full training provided. The role grows as we grow — including the opportunity to train and lead a small team.

Apply with a CV + a short message telling us why you’re interested and what you can bring to the role

info@13acreorchard.com

About the Role

This is a hands-on, hybrid role combining:

1. Daily shop sales & customer engagement

• Warm, friendly, active shop-floor presence

• Talking customers through our products, story, and process

• Creating moments

• Understanding what drives sales on the ground

• Helping people to understand the goals of the farm & shop

2. Building our sales strategy

• Developing a clear approach for greeting, engaging, and upselling

• Identifying patterns in customer behaviour and foot traffic

• building a pro-active sales approach to draw market shoppers into the shop

3. Social media content creation

• Filming & editing Reels and short videos (phone content is fine)

• Posting regular updates on Instagram, TikTok, Threads

• Capturing orchard work, juice production, market life, new products

• Building excitement and community

• Responding to local customer messages and comments

4. Basic PR & outreach

• Writing short press releases

• Contacting local food journalists/bloggers

• Building relationships with nearby shops & Borough Market traders

Who We’re Looking For

Someone who is:

• Creative — loves filming, ideas, storytelling

• A natural people person — friendly, warm, great with customers

• Confident on the shop floor

• Highly proactive — doesn’t wait for instructions

• Organised — able to spot patterns and build systems

• Ambitious — wants to grow into a leadership role

• Comfortable starting from scratch

• Excited by the idea of building a sales approach that others will follow

Experience in ANY of the following is helpful (but not essential):

• Retail or hospitality customer-facing roles

• Social media (Reels/TikTok editing)

• Marketing or PR

• Markets, food, farm shops, sustainability businesses

• Startup or indie brand experience

Career Progression

Once initial shop systems are built and sales improve, the role evolves into:

• Training new staff in sales approach

• Leading the sales team

• Overseeing marketing calendar

• Potential full Sales & Marketing Manager role

Application information

Wmail your CV to info@13acreorchard.com, tell us something about yourself, why you think you would be a good fit for the role and what you can bring to position

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