Assistant Manager (Tasting Room / Bottle Shop / Front of House) - Skagit Valley, WA

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Garden Path Fermentation is looking for a hard-working, creative, organized, and inspired individual to join our team in Skagit Valley, Washington, where we make beer, wine, cider, mead, and other fermented beverages using hyperlocal ingredients and 100% native yeast, and operate an onsite tasting room and bottle shop.

We’re a very small company, where we all work together to achieve our collective mission to capture the unique flavor and terroir of what’s around us and of each passing season while also striving to maintain a sense of subtlety, balance, and nuance. We all help out in a variety of different areas, placing a high value on community, cooperation, and inclusiveness, and genuinely enjoy spending time together both in and outside of work.

Qualified applicants should feel a deep, personal connection to our mission, contribute positively toward our team dynamic, have a strong passion for the type of products that we make and sell, and have extensive experience and expertise in multiple areas listed below:

• Service / Bartending / Front-of-house
• Specialty Beer / Wine / Cider Retail Sales
• Developing & Implementing Organizational Systems
• Inventory Management
• Ecommerce / Online Store
• Marketing / Social Media / Communication
• Website Maintenance
• Event Organization
• Business Operations / Bookkeeping / Finance
• Trade Sales & Representation
• Assisting occasionally, as needed, with:
  • Orchard / Vineyard Maintenance
  • Warehousing
  • Packaging / Cellar Operations
  • Facilities & Equipment Maintenance
  • Building & Fixing Things

We’re looking for someone who’s excited about working in a close-knit team setting and carving out their own unique role based on their passions and talents in a small but multifaceted business. Title, specific job responsibilities, and compensation will all be determined based on qualifications and interests.

Our facility is located at the Port of Skagit, adjacent to Skagit Regional Airport in an agri-business park containing 477 acres of protected wetlands and 10 miles of hiking/biking trails. Skagit Valley Malting, where we source 100% of our malt, Chuckanut Brewery’s South Nut Brewery and Taproom, Skagit Valley College’s Cardinal Craft Brew Academy, the Washington State University Bread Lab, which also serves as home to the King Arthur Baking School, Cairnspring Mills[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial], a new casual farm-to-table restaurant, and a new artisan bakery are all less than