Tempo Associate Editor
Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.
In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.
Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.
The Tempo Associate Editor is a member of the Tempo Product team, reporting to the Senior Manager of Tempo Product Strategy. Their duties primarily are editing compound ingredients and meals to ensure they are accurate and easy to follow for our production kitchens and customers. They will also help solve cross-functional escalations and requests as they are related to editing. They are a vital part of ensuring our meals are set-up to be cooked and assembled correctly and our customers receive what they are expecting.
Detailed Responsibilities
Compound Ingredient and Meal Editing
- Edits compound ingredient recipes and meal builds for Tempo meals and Extras
- Makes ingredient swaps in meals to the most up to date versions/recipes
- Maintains and updates Tempo’s Style Guide according to new ingredients and techniques and provides updates to chef team on changes
- Has excellent eye for details and supports other heavily detail-orientated tactical work as needed
- Handles escalations and ad hoc requests from Tempo Product and cross-functional teams as they relate to editing
- Completes editing improvement projects as needed and as time allows
Product General Work
- Participates in weekly Tempo Product team meetings
- Supports weekly tasting & sampling for R&D
- Reviews customer feedback on assigned weekly meals and summarizes findings
Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.
- Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field (please describe): Preferably with a focus on English, Writing, or Liberal Arts
- Impeccable attention to detail
- 1-2 years of experience, preferably in a related field such as publishing or editing
- Basic knowledge of Google sheets/Excel highly preferred
- Experience in the food industry preferred
- Experience with recipe writing or editing highly desired
- No food restrictions or allergies
- This position requires no travel
More About Us
Perks and benefits
- Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
- Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
- 401k program
- Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses
How We Work Together
We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.
We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.
We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.
Be at Home at Home Chef
We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.
We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at hr@homechef.com.
Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.
Illinois Pay Range
$55,000 - $63,000 USD
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