Marketing Executive

Give A Grad A Go; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary £28,000

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Monthly socials and team outings

Job summary

Tourism Western Australia is seeking a Marketing Executive to drive awareness and visitation through consumer and trade campaigns, in collaboration with distribution partners and airlines. You will plan and implement travel trade engagement and events, with a base in the UK and travel across Europe and Australia.

Reporting to the Country Manager, you will educate the trade through training, manage events and sales visits, and build strong partner relationships to grow distribution.

Qualifications

• 2.1 or above from university
• Excellent presentation and training skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication with attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills with ability to juggle several projects
• Prepared to travel in the UK, Europe and Australia
• Willingness to work flexible hours for events and training
• Strong work ethic and team player
• Minimum of two years in a similar role or in front-line travel sales

Responsibilities

• Educate the travel trade through training sessions and regular meetings on the destination and clients you represent
• Plan and manage operations for events
• Manage in-market client visits and trade shows
• Build and manage relationships with key partners of the travel industry to increase distribution in line with key strategies
• Work alongside amazing team members to deliver varied projects including marketing campaigns, affinity partnerships and media relations
• Maintain and grow a database of engaged Tourism Western Australia agents communicating with them regularly via e-newsletters
• Arrange and manage trade familiarisation trips taking responsibility for the execution from start to finish
• Manage stakeholder relationships
• Provide robust reporting

Skills

Presentation skills

Training skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Team player

Travel industry knowledge

Education

2.1 or above university degree

Job description

• Hybrid
• Clear progression plan
• Flexible schedule

Company profile - Travel

This company connects people in travel to inspire life-changing experiences. By providing the vital connection between tourism products, the travel trade and the media, this company aims to inspire customers to travel to its destinations and works with the travel trade to make booking that life-changing trip as easy as possible.

Job description - Marketing Executive

This company has seen great growth in visitors from the UK over recent years, with exciting plans for 2023 and beyond, they seek to strengthen their team with a Marketing Executive to help them deliver growth. Working with the Country Manager, this role will help drive awareness and visitation through executing consumer and trade-focused cooperative campaigns in conjunction with distribution partners and airlines plus the planning and implementation of travel trade engagement and events.

Key responsibilities - Marketing Executive

In this Marketing job, your responsibilities will include:

• Educate the travel trade through training sessions and regular meetings on the destination and clients you represent
• Plan and manage operations for events
• Manage in-market client visits and trade shows
• Build and manage relationships with key partners of the travel industry to increase distribution in line with key strategies
• Work alongside amazing team members to deliver varied projects including marketing campaigns, affinity partnerships and media relations
• Maintain and grow a database of engaged Tourism Western Australia agents communicating with them regularly via e-newsletters
• Arrange and manage trade familiarisation trips taking responsibility for the execution from start to finish
• Manage stakeholder relationships
• Provide robust reporting

Job requirements - Marketing Executive

• 2.1 or above from university
• Excellent presentation and training skills
• Ability to use own initiative to solve problems and be proactive
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to juggle several projects simultaneously
• Prepared to travel in the UK, Europe and Australia
• Willingness to work flexible hours for events and training
• Possess a strong work ethic and be a team player
• Minimum of two years in a similar role or in front-line travel sales

What else might help?

• Knowledge of destination marketing
• Events management experience
• Copywriting skills
• Passion for travel
• Creativity
• A sense of humour, fun and curiosity

Benefits of the job - Marketing Executive

• A competitive starting salary of £28,000
• Work alongside experts in the field
• Monday - Friday (9 am- 5.30 pm)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Monthly socials and team outings