Director of Sales & Marketing
Location: Northwest
Salary: £60,000 per annum + bonus + benefits package
Our client, an award-winning international hotel operator, is looking to recruit an exceptional Director of Sales & Marketing to join a high-end hotel renowned for its service excellence and distinctive guest experience.
This is a rare opportunity for a strategic, commercially driven sales and marketing leader to represent a property at the forefront of its market, driving revenue growth, cultivating high-value relationships, and further enhancing the hotel’s excellent reputation.
The successful candidate will combine proven hotel sales and marketing expertise with the confidence and vision to sell a truly exceptional product.
Required experience:
* Develop and implement a comprehensive sales strategy targeting leisure, MICE, travel trade, and corporate segments.
* Lead, mentor, and motivate the sales team to ensure high performance
* Manage key corporate, leisure, and MICE accounts, building long-term relationships
* Analyse market trends, competitor activity, and business performance to drive commercial decisions
* Represent the hotel at tradeshows, industry events, and client meetings
* Collaborate closely with Revenue, Marketing, and Operations teams to optimise business opportunities.
* Develop and execute a high-impact digital marketing strategy to enhance brand visibility, customer engagement, and direct bookings.
* Oversee brand positioning, PR, and storytelling to align with the market.
Should you be successful, you will benefit from:
* Group wide hotel and food and beverage discounts - Rooms from £30 just £30 per night B&B!
* Friends and family discounts
* Free melas on duty
* High street discounts
* Cycle to work scheme
* Refer-a-friend bonus starting at £250
* Calendar of wellness activities
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Healthcare cash plan options
* Internal development programmes.
* Long service awards
* Free parking
This is a quality company with an excellent reputation and offers great scope for future development.
In order to ensure your enquiry with regards to this position is dealt with quickly, please send in an up-to-date copy of your Curriculum Vitae in a Word Document format.
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