Cottonmouth Dispensary is a social-equity-owned adult-use cannabis retailer at 10 E Clements Bridge Rd, Runnemede, NJ 08078, operating under New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission license #RE000055. It is the only dispensary in the country with a live, in-house glass-art flameworking studio on its sales floor. If you want to work in New Jersey cannabis retail, this page explains how to reach the hiring team and what the application asks for.
How to reach the hiring team
There is no job board on this site. Ask the store how it is currently taking applications:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: (856) 312-3877, during store hours (8:00 AM - 9:00 PM Daily)
- In person: 10 E Clements Bridge Rd, Runnemede, NJ
When Cottonmouth last published an employment application, it invited submissions for future consideration even while it was not actively accepting new ones. Whether that still holds, and how it wants applications sent today, is a question for the store rather than for this page.
What the application asks for
The employment application Cottonmouth published collected the following. Having it ready makes the conversation faster:
- Your resume and cover letter: the substance of the application.
- Availability: part-time or full-time, plus the earliest date you could start.
- Age certification: every applicant certifies that they are over the age of 21.
- Languages: your primary spoken language, and any second language you speak fluently. The store serves a genuinely mixed South Jersey and Philadelphia customer base.
- Product familiarity: which category you know best, whether that is flower, edibles, vaporizers, concentrates, or tinctures and topicals.
- Contact and address details, and an acknowledgement that the information you have given is accurate.
Note what is not on that list: prior dispensary experience is not a field on the application.
Training
Every budtender at Cottonmouth is trained to educate rather than simply sell. Onboarding covers all seven product categories along with terpene profiles, cannabinoid science, dosing principles, and consumption methods. Customers arrive with real questions, from first-time visitors who have never bought cannabis legally to regulars comparing cultivars, and staff are expected to be able to answer them.
What the job actually involves
Cottonmouth is a high-throughput retail floor, not a quiet boutique. The store runs a walk-in sales floor, an express pickup window, and a drive-thru, open 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM Daily including weekends and most holidays. There are 72 free parking spaces and 2 on-site ATMs. Every product is held in a climate-controlled, refrigerated, humidity-controlled vault, which means inventory handling here is more rigorous than a room-temperature shelf.
The glass studio is part of the floor, not a separate attraction. Master glassblowers work in view of customers during business hours, and staff field questions about it constantly.
Working for a social-equity licensee
Cottonmouth holds one of the first social equity licenses issued in New Jersey. The founders started with a Washington DC delivery operation before opening in Runnemede, and the pickup window exists because of what that delivery experience taught them about speed and friction. Profit is reinvested into Runnemede, the team, and the social-equity communities that built the industry.
Glass artists
Glass artists are a separate track from retail employment. The studio runs a rotating artist residency with its own application, described on the glass artist residency page.
Careers FAQs
Is Cottonmouth Dispensary hiring right now?
This page does not track live openings, so the only reliable answer comes from the store: call (856) 312-3877 or email [email protected] and ask. When Cottonmouth last published an employment application, it invited submissions for future consideration even while it was not actively taking new ones, so it is worth asking whether that still applies.
How do I apply for a job at Cottonmouth Dispensary?
Contact the store and ask how it is currently accepting applications: call (856) 312-3877 during business hours or email [email protected]. Have a resume, a cover letter, your availability (part-time or full-time), and your earliest start date ready, since the published application asked for all four.
How old do you have to be to work at a cannabis dispensary in New Jersey?
You must be 21 or older. Cottonmouth’s employment application requires every applicant to certify that they are over the age of 21, the same age requirement that applies to entering the store as a customer.
Do I need cannabis experience to work at Cottonmouth?
The application does not ask for prior dispensary experience. It asks which cannabis product category you personally know best, and every budtender goes through an onboarding program that covers all seven product categories along with terpene profiles, cannabinoid science, dosing principles, and consumption methods.
What should I include when I apply?
A resume and a cover letter, plus the practical details the store needs to place you: your availability (part-time or full-time), your earliest start date, the languages you speak fluently, and how to reach you. Applicants also confirm they are 21 or older and that the information they have given is accurate.
Where is Cottonmouth Dispensary located?
10 E Clements Bridge Rd, Runnemede, NJ 08078, at the intersection of Route 168 and Route 41. The store is open 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM Daily, with 72 free parking spaces on site.