Local Marketing & Catering Sales Coordinator

About Fuku

First crafted as an off-menu item by chefs at David Chang’s NYC Momofuku Noodle Bar, our original sando was too good to be kept behind the counter. And then it was too big for the restaurant. So it got its own East Village joint in 2015. And it’s been Fukusanity ever since

About the role

With restaurants in Coral Gables and West Palm Beach, we're looking for an energetic, organized Local Marketing & Catering Sales Coordinator to grow local brand awareness, restaurant traffic, and catering and events sales across South Florida.

This role blends local store marketing and catering sales. You'll spend much of your time out in the community, building relationships, bringing local marketing ideas to life, and turning conversations into catering and event orders.

Reporting to our Chief Brand Officer, you'll work closely with Brand, Operations, restaurant General Managers, and Finance to make sure every promotion, event, and catering order is set up well and executed well.

Success in this role comes from equal parts curiosity, hustle, hospitality, and follow-through. We're looking for an early-career self-starter who enjoys meeting people, thinks like an operator, and loves turning ideas into measurable results. Success will be measured by growth in local awareness and restaurant traffic, community partnerships developed, catering leads converted, and catering sales at both locations.

Work Location:

This position is based in the South Florida region. We are prioritizing candidates located in the Miami metropolitan area or surrounding communities. Regular travel is required between Fuku restaurant locations (Coral Gables and West Palm Beach), as well as to community events, client meetings, and catering events.

What you'll do

Local Store Marketing & Brand Awareness

• You'll help grow awareness and traffic at both restaurants by building real connections in the communities around them.
• Build relationships with businesses, schools, offices, hotels, residential communities, and local organizations near both restaurants.
• Develop and execute local promotions and partnerships that introduce new guests to Fuku and encourage repeat visits.
• Coordinate community events, sampling, sponsorships, influencer visits, and other grassroots marketing activities.
• Identify local stories, events, and community moments that can support Fuku’s social media and marketing content, and share them with the Brand team.

Catering & Events Sales

• You'll help grow catering and events sales by finding new opportunities and following them through to a booked order.
• Identify catering and event prospects and conduct consistent outreach through calls, emails, visits, tastings, and local networking.
• Prepare proposals, follow up on leads, and help convert opportunities into catering and event orders.
• Serve as a friendly, responsive point of contact for catering guests from first inquiry through order confirmation and post-event follow-up.
• Track outreach, leads, catering sales, promotions, and results, and use what you learn to recommend next steps.

Execution & Operations Support

• Great marketing and catering only work if the restaurant can deliver. You'll make sure every order and activation is set up for success.
• Partner with General Managers to confirm catering orders, events, and promotions fit restaurant capacity and staffing before they are committed.
• Hand off orders with clear, accurate details (timing, headcount, menu, delivery or pickup, special requests) so restaurant teams can execute with confidence.
• Enter and update catering orders accurately in our ordering and tracking tools, keeping information organized and easy to find.
• Partner with Finance on catering invoicing, payment follow-up, and tracking spend on promotions, sampling, and sponsorships.
• Share guest and restaurant team feedback to help improve how catering and local marketing run.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• This role succeeds through collaboration. You'll be the connector between the community, Brand, and our restaurants.
• Work closely with the Brand team to align local activity with brand standards, campaigns, and priorities.
• Build strong working relationships with Operations, Training, and the General Managers at both restaurants.
• Communicate proactively across Brand, Operations, Finance, and restaurant teams so nothing falls through the cracks.
• Visit both locations regularly and represent Fuku in the community.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experience

• Recent graduate or early-career candidate with a degree in hospitality, marketing, business, communications, or a related field; relevant experience may also qualify.
• Experience in a restaurant, hospitality, events, or other guest-facing operational environment is highly valued.
• Exposure to sales, marketing, catering, or community outreach, including internships or part-time roles, is a plus.

Skills

• Strong operations mindset: detail-oriented, thinks through logistics, timing, and restaurant capacity before committing, and follows through until the job is done.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills; comfortable initiating conversations, making sales calls, and following up consistently.
• Organized, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple projects and prospects in a fast-moving restaurant environment.
• Comfortable working with numbers, including tracking leads, sales, and spend, and using results to make recommendations.
• Familiarity with social media and office productivity tools (Google Workspace or Microsoft Office). Experience with a CRM, sales tracking system, or Toast is a plus.

Additional Qualifications

• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation with the ability to travel regularly between Coral Gables, West Palm Beach, and throughout South Florida.
• This position will require some nights, weekends, and holidays to support events and community activations as needed.