PART-TIME MARKETING & TRADE SHOW ASSISTANT
Owl Vision — Wellesley, MA (hybrid, mostly remote)
16–20 hours per week · $20.00–23.00 per hour · Fixed term, ending December 31, 2026
This is a part-time job. It is not a co-op and not an internship. It is not
registered with Northeastern's co-op program and will not count toward a co-op
requirement.
KEY DATES — READ THESE BEFORE YOU APPLY
Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO — REQUIRED
December 8, 9, 10, 2026
DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, MI
Plan on flying out December 7 and returning December 11. Airfare, hotel and
meals covered; all hours paid, travel time included.
New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference — REQUIRED
December 15, 16, 17, 2026
DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown, Manchester, NH
Booth setup: afternoon of Monday, December 14
Teardown: end of day Thursday, December 17
Lodging and meals covered; all hours paid, travel time included.
Together, roughly December 7 through 17 is spoken for. Please look at that
window honestly before you apply.
The two shows conflict with different things. Grand Rapids falls during the
last week of fall classes — you would be missing class, which is usually
something you can arrange with your professors in advance. Manchester falls
inside the final examination period (December 14–20), and an exam generally
cannot be moved.
Manchester is required. Grand Rapids we would very much like you on, but we
would rather hear an honest no than a maybe. Tell us in your application what
that week looks like for you.
ABOUT OWL VISION
Owl Vision builds camera-based remote insect monitoring devices for commercial
orchards and farms. Our traps photograph pest insects in the field and run them
through a computer vision model, so growers know what is flying and when —
without walking the block to check paper traps by hand. We currently have
devices deployed across roughly a dozen commercial customers in the Northeast
and Midwest.
We are a small team. Whoever takes this role will work directly with the founder
and see the whole business, not one slice of it.
THE ROLE
You will help us reach growers and keep our pipeline organized. The work splits
into two parts: ongoing weekly work, and the shows in December.
This is not a technical role and it is not a closing role. You will not be asked
to answer agronomy questions, troubleshoot hardware, or quote prices — those all
come back to the founder. What we need is someone reliable, friendly, and
organized.
ONGOING WORK (16–20 HOURS PER WEEK)
• Respond to inbound inquiries using approved templates, and route anything
technical to the founder
• Keep our CRM (Close) accurate and current
• Research and build prospect lists — commercial orchards, vegetable growers,
university extension programs, and agricultural distributors
• Prepare materials for trade shows and grower meetings
• Track competitor products and pricing
• Draft simple marketing copy and one-pagers
AT THE SHOWS
You will staff our booth alongside the founder. The goal is not to sell anything
on the floor. It is to make sure growers who walk past know we exist, and to
book them a call with our founder.
• Greet visitors and introduce Owl Vision in a sentence or two
• Guide interested growers to scan a QR code and book a call — this is the main
measure of success
• Collect contact information and log it the same day
• Play our product video and show the physical trap on the table
• Write down technical questions and pass them back to us — you are not expected
to answer them
• Help with booth setup and teardown
We will give you a short FAQ card with approved answers to the eight or so
questions that actually come up. For anything beyond that, the right answer is:
"That's a good question and I don't want to give you the wrong answer — can I
get your email so Richard can follow up directly?"
Growers respect that. It works better than guessing.
The weeks right after the shows matter as much as the shows themselves. Turning
a stack of business cards into booked calls is the part of this job that decides
whether the December trips were worth taking.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Required
• Currently enrolled at Northeastern University
• Comfortable introducing yourself to strangers and starting a conversation
• Organized — accurate notes, same-day data entry, nothing falls through the
cracks
• Clear, professional written English
• Available 16–20 hours per week during the semester, and all three days in
Manchester in December
• Authorized to work in the United States
Helpful, not required
• Interest in agriculture, food systems, or environmental science
• Prior event, retail, hospitality, or other customer-facing work
• Familiarity with a CRM, or with basic marketing tools
• A driver's license and access to a car
You do not need to know anything about insects. What matters is that you are
willing to walk up to someone, start a conversation, and write down what they
said accurately.
LOGISTICS
Hours: 16–20 per week, flexible around your class schedule
Pay: $20.00–23.00 per hour, depending on relevant experience
Location: Mostly remote; occasional in-person meetings in the Wellesley /
Boston area
Duration: Start date flexible; the role ends December 31, 2026
Travel: Manchester, NH, December 15–17 (required). Grand Rapids, MI,
December 8–10 (strongly preferred). Expenses covered for both.
TO APPLY
Apply through Handshake with your resume. In the cover letter field, two or
three sentences on why this role interests you is plenty — we are not looking
for a full cover letter. If the December dates are a question mark for you, say
so there; we would rather talk it through now than have you drop out in
November.
If you have questions about the role before applying, email
richardchen@owl-vision.ai. We are happy to answer them.
