Join our Team!

We’re looking for an outgoing, detail-oriented weekend Sales Assistant & Chocolate Production Apprentice to join our small-but-mighty artisan chocolate business in the Hudson Valley. This is a seasonal, part-time role that blends hands-on chocolate production training with market and festival sales.

You’ll be the friendly face at our farm market tent — offering samples, chatting about our process, sourcing, tasting notes, and helping people discover their new favorite chocolate. In quieter moments, you’ll learn the craft: tempering chocolate, decorating bars, making filled confections, and prepping cacao drinks.

What you’ll do:

  • Engage customers with product knowledge and samples

  • Set up and break down market booths and festival tents (waking up early and some moderate lifting)

  • Prepare and serve seasonal cacao beverages

  • Restock products biweekly from our Putnam Valley base

  • Learn craft chocolate-making techniques from a chocolatier

Requirements:

Must have a reliable vehicle (hatchback or SUV preferred) and clean driving record.

Preferred:

2+ years of experience in sales or customer engagement roles.

We’re looking for someone who:

  • Can maintain upbeat energy and stay organized for hours in busy, sometimes chaotic environments

  • Has steady hands and loves detail work (artists and creatives encouraged!)

  • Is excited about ethical, sustainable food systems

  • Has a reliable vehicle (hatchback or SUV preferred) and clean driving record

  • Is available most weekends during our main market seasons:

    • Fall: Sept–Mid Oct

    • Holidays: Nov–Dec

    • Spring: April–June (Summer off — chocolate melts in the heat!)

Pay & Perks:

  • $18-22/hr base + commission + travel/mileage reimbursement

    (**2025 avg. commission added $6/hr to base pay)

  • Paid in cash

  • 40% personal discount on all chocolate products at www.thirdbean.com

  • Pathway to chocolatier role for the right candidate

If you’re excited to educate locals about sustainable food systems, help move the chocolate industry toward a future free from slave and child labor — all while creating and serving delicious, healthy treats and gifts...send us your resume and a short note about why you’d be a great fit for our team.

Send your resume to hello@thirdbean.com and we’ll reply with a few questions!