Mozzo Coffee Bar Bowery - Lead Barista

Mozzo Coffee Bar – Lead Barista Role

We are recruiting for a dynamic Lead Barista to join the Mozzo Coffee Bar Team – an exciting collaboration between CitizenM Hotels and Mozzo Coffee. Based in the prime Lower East Side of Bowery, this is a unique opportunity that brings together two brands looking to challenge and disrupt how hotels do coffee.

A Mozzo Lead Barista will be passionate about hospitality with a desire to create exceptional coffee experiences – we’re seeking a passionate and motivated individual who likes to work with their head up and with a smile.

Skills you’ll have –

• Experience working in a Coffee Shop/Espresso Bar environment including leading shifts (opening, closing, stock management)
• Confidence chatting with customers and building relationships with regulars
• Strong speciality coffee skills – working with fully manual espresso machines
• Social media experience including creation of engaging content generation

Key requirements of the role -

• Demonstrate unparalleled hospitality by creating a fun and engaging environment
• Achieve the highest standards of coffee preparation and delivery in a high volume fast paced environment.
• Develop tangible and real relationships with both regular customers, the local community (businesses and organisations) and customers that are simply passing through.
• Drive to build a high performing espresso bar focusing on brand values, and sound sales growth
• Supporting our Espresso Bar Manager with day-to-day tasks like ordering of stocks, rota and relationship management with our operating partner, CitizenM Hotel
• Keeping the Coffee Bar space and attached hotel lobby area clean and organised, and well stocked up.
• Continuing to look for ways to drive the space’s social and financial performance.
• Fostering a constructive and positive relationship with the wider hotel team.
• Social Media marketing requirement (see page 2)

Working Days & Hours –

• Varied shifts Monday to Sunday
• 35 to 40 hours per week*

*Current available hours, but these can increase overtime in line with growth of business.

Salary & Benefits -

• $25 per hour
• Shared Tip Pool
• $250 per month Healthcare contribution
• Staff Food
• Staff Discounts
• Profit Share Bonus (Paid Yearly)
• 10 PTO per year

Mozzo Coffee, CitizenM New York Bowery recruitment: Social media marketing requirement -

The world needs to know about our brand new coffee space, and whilst reputation and word-of-mouth are the strongest forms of marketing, we will need to put significant effort into finding and building an audience of Mozzo Coffee, NYC lovers.

There is no one more qualified to help marketing efforts than you, the keepers of the space. Therefore, a critical part of the role is to work, supported by the central marketing team, to generate regular and engaging content from the space, as well as manage and maintain coffee bar social community management.

Guided by brand direction and parameters, as well as a constant team communication flow, you will feel excited by the autonomy to both ideate and execute engaging videos and photos that reflect the brand offering.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 35 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Health insurance

Work Location: In person