Director of Marketing

California, MO (On-site)

$130K/yr – $165K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive on-brand, on-property marketing and guest-experience storytelling for a premium hotel, aligning brand, loyalty, and cross-department execution.

  • Must-have: 5–7+ years of hospitality, brand marketing, communications, or public relations experience.
  • Standout: On-site Stay Golden loyalty program stewardship with differentiated guest experiences.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Brand Stewardship & Guest Experience Alignment
  • Maintain and elevate the property's brand identity across all guest and operational touchpoints.
  • Collaborate with F&B, Spa, Rooms, Events, and Sales teams to ensure brand-aligned storytelling and experience delivery.
  • Identify unique elements of the property, destination, and guest experience that strengthen the brand narrative.
  • Ensure local marketing materials (collateral, signage, menus, displays) reflect approved brand standards.
  • Serve as the on-property steward of the Stay Golden loyalty program, ensuring the experience remains curated, differentiated, and aligned with the brand and destination.
  • Commercial Alignment
  • Partner with the on-property revenue team to monitor booking trends and opportunity gaps.
  • Ensure all on-property activations from seasonal offers to food and beverage events are designed to convert guest interest into leisure room nights and ancillary spend.
  • Provide the home office teams with the necessary details and creative briefs to fuel marketing channels.
  • Content Capture, Storytelling & Creative Support
  • Capture on-property photography and short-form video to support social and content needs.
  • Identify story opportunities tied to culinary, wellness, design, events, team members, and local culture.
  • Prepare shoot locations and coordinate staff/talent for photography, video, or influencer content needs.
  • Host and manage influencers, media, and content creators to ensure productive, brand-aligned visits.
  • Maintain a current library of visual and narrative assets for ongoing use by home office teams.
  • Local Deployment & Execution
  • Deploy home-office generated marketing assets consistently and accurately (emails, social content, QR codes, menus, signage, event promotions, and brand activations).
  • Ensure all operational updates impacting marketing (hours, menus, pricing, programming) are accurate and communicated upstream on time.
  • Oversee on-property execution for seasonal campaigns, F&B events, spa promotions, guest activations, and brand experiences, and confirm that all marketing deliverables from the home office are implemented within the required timeline.
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Grand Reserve at The Meritage

Nestled amongst the rolling hills of Napa, Grand Reserve at The Meritage ushers in a new way to see and do Wine Country.With 145 rooms, including 39 luxury and epicurean suites, Grand Reserve at The Meritage welcomes guests to relax, unwind and recharge in a space exuding modern vineyard décor with warm Wine Country hospitality and charm. Combined with the onsite Village, Grand Reserve at The Meritage offers a unique luxury lifestyle resort that immerses guests in authentic Wine Country living. Resort Features:• 145 Tuscan-inspired rooms, including 39 suites with fully-equipped kitchens• Taste of Napa Valley’s best boutique wines and microbrews, brought to life through nine onsite tasting rooms• Food & Wine Center for culinary classes, wine seminars, guest chefs and more• Locally-sourced Wine Country cuisine at Fivetown Grocery, led by acclaimed Chef Vincent Lesage• Beautiful pool and jacuzzi with 10 luxury cabanas• Partnership with Hestan Cue for a unique in-suite culinary experience • Complimentary use of our Fitness Studio and group wellness classes• Robust events calendar for education, enrichment and enjoyment• Napa Valley’s most expansive meeting space, ideal for groups who want to mingle, indulge and drink in the vineyard views• Pet-friendly amenities for our four-legged friends• Unique location at the gateway to all the legendary Napa Valley has to offer

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
27.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$8.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.3%
Direct
36.6%
Referral
8.7%
Social
0.8%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~7