Marketing Manager

Responsibilities

• Maintain the hotel’s marketing activity plan and keep colleagues informed about upcoming activity.
• Own the food and beverage marketing plan and the hotel’s social media calendar.
• Develop marketing activations, bring hotel teams together to deliver them and share plans across the business.
• Oversee and report on social media activity, creating ideas that encourage engagement and sharing.
• Direct photography and video shoots, including briefing photographers, preparing for shoots and sourcing models.
• Build community connections and partnerships that grow the hotel’s reach and audience.
• Organise influencer and public relations stays, and meet with relevant press at the hotel.
• Lead food and beverage marketing across menus, digital content, messaging, promotions and point-of-sale materials.
• Look for partnership opportunities with suppliers and keep up with trends that could create new opportunities for the hotel.
• Find ways to grow the food and beverage database and send regular email campaigns.

Requirements

• Hospitality marketing experience as a Senior Marketing Executive or Junior Marketing Manager. Experience in a central London or five-star hotel would be an advantage.
• Strong writing skills and the ability to adapt content to a specific tone of voice.
• A creative approach and the ability to turn ideas into well-planned, practical activity.
• A good eye for photography, video and high-quality content. Editing skills would be useful.
• The ability to review performance information and draw useful conclusions.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate events, briefs and competing priorities.
• Confidence communicating ideas and working with senior operational colleagues.
• Curiosity and an interest in hospitality, its systems and its customers.

Benefits

• Free and discounted hotel breaks: From your first day, you can enjoy discounted stays and dining for you, your family and friends, plus a complimentary one or two-day break at a Sutton Hotel Collection hotel within a 12-month period once you've been with us for 3 months.
• Heka benefits platform: Access from day one, with £150 pre-loaded to spend on a range of wellbeing products, experiences and schemes, including health cash plans and gym memberships.
• Salary sacrifice schemes: Including cycle to work, tech and electric vehicles (terms and conditions apply).
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave: 26 weeks at 90% for expectant mothers and four weeks at 90% for fathers.
• Loyalty awards, annual social events and celebration events.
• Learning and development: A wide range of training to support your development, plus subsidised learning courses.
• Wisdom Wellbeing: A confidential service offering cognitive behavioural therapy, information, support and advice.
• Free nutritious meals while on duty.