Responsibilities

• Manage online presence with an emphasis on creating unique and engaging content for branded hotel websites, vanity websites, company website, and third party sites
• Work with designated hotels and agencies to ensure that hotel websites are optimized using current best practices for SEO
• Direct, manage or assist designated hotels and agencies in all areas related to online/digital marketing, including website development and online marketing
• Conduct and track on-going email marketing campaigns for a variety of hotel business units
• Utilize current reporting from agencies, brands, and Google Analytics to drive improved content and marketing initiatives and decisions
• Recommend changes and new reporting based on changes in technology, CMS or other areas in conjunction with changing business needs
• Continually manage social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram, ensuring imagery and copy is consistent with the identity and positioning of each hotel
• Manage promotional packages/campaigns including requesting creative, drafting the communication plan, and sending a marketing recap once completed
• Monitor trends, online media, brand reputation and ensure management responds accordingly to online travel and review websites.
• Utilize current reporting from agencies, Google Analytics and social networks to drive improved content and social marketing initiatives and decisions

Requirements

• A four year college degree or equivalent education/experience.
• A minimum of 2-4 years of experience in a marketing position.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent comprehension and literacy required to read manager's letters, help prepare contracts and proposals
• Ability to negotiate effectively
• Excellent attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Professional appearance and manner
• Computer literacy, specifically MS Word for Windows
• Communication at all levels; multi-tasking; time management
• Current search engine optimization (SEO) strategies
• Use of content management systems (CMSs) to update hotel websites
• Administrative knowledge for social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
• Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat

Preferred

• Hospitality experience preferred.