Marketing Executive

IHG Hotels & Resorts; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury hotel brand in Edinburgh is seeking a Marketing Executive to support marketing activities across multiple hotel outlets. The ideal candidate will have experience in social media engagement, strong organisational skills, and creative problem-solving capabilities. Join a dynamic team and take your marketing career to the next level in a renowned hospitality environment. Salary ranges from £27,000 to £31,200 per annum with additional perks.

Benefits

Free meal on shift

Paid holidays

Subsidised travel support

Complimentary stay for you+1 after probation

Training opportunities in luxury hospitality

24/7 employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills for managing competing priorities.
• Good understanding of digital content creation and web updates.
• Ability to adapt communication style to various tones.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Marketing Manager in driving revenue and brand awareness.
• Manage and schedule content across social media platforms.
• Create and design newsletters and maintain audience databases.
• Coordinate with hotel teams to execute marketing campaigns.

Skills

Experience with social media platforms and content creation

Strong organisational skills

Logical approach to problem-solving

Good technical knowledge for digital content

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Understanding of luxury hospitality

Enthusiasm to learn and grow

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

InDesign

Photoshop

Canva

Mailchimp

WordPress

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a driven Marketing Executive to join us at Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel and InterContinental Edinburgh The George’s Cluster Marketing Team.

At Kimpton Charlotte Square, we celebrate individuality – it’s all about being yourself and bringing personality to everything you do. Our luxury-lifestyle hotel and spa in Edinburgh’s New Town is a stylish urban retreat, home to local favourite BABA, our leafy courtyard bar The Garden, and a vibrant gym and spa.

At InterContinental Edinburgh The George, timeless elegance meets modern Scottish luxury. Steeped in history, the hotel has welcomed literary greats such as Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and Susan Ferrier, standing as one of Edinburgh’s grand dames since 1881. Today, it blends heritage with contemporary flair – offering refined stays under one of the world’s most recognised luxury hotel brands, and exceptional dining at Le Petit Beefbar, part of the global Beefbar collection.

What will you be doing?

You’ll support the Senior Marketing Manager in delivering a wide range of marketing activity for all hotel outlets across both properties – from collaborating with photographers and videographers to create impactful social media content, to contributing to content ideas and designing newsletters for our key outlets. You’ll also help build audiences and engagement across our channels, maintain and update our websites, produce hotel-led collateral, and create sales materials that showcase our properties. The role is fast-paced and varied, requiring strong prioritisation skills and the ability to apply clear, logical thinking to creative projects to ensure everything is delivered on time and to a high standard.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting the Senior Marketing Manager in all tasks to drive revenue and brand awareness
• Managing and scheduling content across social platforms (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok).
• Assisting with website updates (Wordpress)
• Creating and designing newsletters, maintaining audience databases (Mailchimp or similar).
• Prioritising tasks effectively, often under tight timelines, while keeping a close eye on detail.
• Contributing to new ideas and trend-based content, balanced with logical, brand-aligned execution for the audience
• Coordinating with broader hotel teams and partners to execute campaigns and activations.

So, we are looking for someone who has…

• Experience with social media platforms and content creation, with an understanding of trends and best practices.
• Strong organisational skills – able to juggle competing priorities and deliver at pace.
• A logical approach to problem-solving and applying structured thinking to creative briefs.
• Good technical knowledge for social media content, web updates and collateral design: experience video editing and basic design skills (Adobe Premiere Pro, InDesign, Photoshop, Edits, Canva), website CMS (WordPress), and newsletter platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to adapt to different tones of voice.
• Understanding of licensing, copyright, brand guidelines and platform policies.
• A good understanding of luxury hospitality and familiarity with Edinburgh’s cultural scene, communities, influencers and trendmakers is strongly preferable and a brilliant network to match
• Enthusiasm to learn, grow and take the next steps in your marketing career.

You’ll be joining a supportive team where there’s plenty of opportunity to gain hands-on experience across multiple channels and campaigns, while building the skills and confidence to progress.

We can offer you…

• Salary – Between £27,000.00 – £31,200.00 per annum across a 40hr week, with paid overtime, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, subsidised unsocial hour travel support. enhanced sick pay and the potential for commercial bonus. Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Colleague perks - worldwide discounted room rates and discounted F&B whilst on employee rate (IHG has over 6,000 hotels and growing), plus generous friends and family rate. Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal.
• Hotel specific benefits – complimentary stay for you+1 in our Hotel upon successful completion of probation, generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel plus Spa and gym membership discounts at our Kimpton property.
• Growth and development – you’ll be part of a supportive marketing community across IHG Hotels and Resorts in the UK and Europe, with access to work and learn from senior marketing, brand and PR leaders, training opportunities in luxury hospitality, and two paid volunteering days each year to support a cause of your choice.
• Wellbeing – generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 and access to mental health first-aiders

Does this sound like a team you would love to be a part of? If so, please apply today!

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

As the world’s first and most global luxury hotel brand, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has pioneered international travel since the 1940s, we are passionate about sharing our renowned international know-how and cultural wisdom in truly impressive surroundings. We all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental®️ brand and to be part of the brand you will have a thirst for travel, passion for culture and appreciation for diversity. We create inspiring experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.

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