Marketing & Communications Manager

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Job Description For Marketing & Communications Manager

Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Director of Sales & Marketing (DOSM), responsibilities and essential job functions include:

• Manage all activities within the marketing department, ensuring all brand standards are followed
• Creates & executes annual marketing plan to budget
• Serve as the hotel's primary brand ambassador, ensuring that brand guidelines are followed
• Develop the hotel's communication strategies and execute the marketing campaigns in conjunction with the Sales, Spa, Food & Beverage departments to ensure profit growth and brand exposure
• Plan and oversee the hotel's advertising and promotional activities
• Manage the hotel's creative agency to develop all marketing collateral, promotional pieces, and advertising campaigns
• Work with digital marketing to develop compelling consumer and media content
• Oversee all marketing initiatives for the hotel
• Verifies all collateral is as per brand guidelines
• Verifies all advertising for the hotel in digital channels is in alignment with brand voice
• Build and maintain positive relations with the Corporate and Regional offices
• Oversee photo shoots for the hotel and seasonal campaigns
• Any other marketing related task requests by the DOSM

• Excellent understanding of luxury market
• Excellent understanding of all hotel departments
• Professional presentation skills
• Knowledge of basic accounting, math skills and analytical capabilities required
• Ability to assess/evaluate employee's performance fairly
• Must have strong interpersonal skills with attention to details
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A leader with a positive attitude
• Strategic thinking combined with the ability to move strategy to action
• Problem solving skills
• Managerial / Leadership skills
• Self-motivated, creative and confident, with a highly energetic personality
• Creative, independent, and manages stress gracefully
• Ability to meet deadlines consistently
• Pro-active and taking initiative
• Must be organized and ability to work and follow systems and procedures
• Must be adaptable to change of strategy, ideas, systems etc.
• Must be guest service oriented
• Proficiency in organizational planning with the ability to multi-task

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related major
• Minimum 5 years' experience in the marketing, digital or related professional area
• Hospitality marketing or advertising agency experience preferred
• An experienced marketing expert, a dynamic and self-driven, creative individual
• An engaging and empathic leader
• A passionate individual with experience in marketing; traditional & digital; as well as e-commerce
• Strong luxury hotel background / luxury brand background is preferred
• Fluency in English, written and spoken
• Fluency in Arabic, written and spoken is preferred