Regional Travel Trade & Project Lead — Hybrid, 26 Days

Reed Group (United Kingdom); Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Company pension scheme including life-

Hybrid working with 2 days in the офис

Cycle to work

Simple Health employee membership

Job summary

West Midlands Growth Company is seeking a proactive Travel Trade & Project Executive to drive regional tourism initiatives. You will coordinate visits, build stakeholder relationships and ensure smooth delivery of travel trade activities across the West Midlands.

Regional travel is required with occasional national/international travel for trade events and education visits. You will contribute to funded projects, manage itineraries, and develop partnerships that showcase our region's

Qualifications

• Experience in tourism, the visitor economy, travel trade, or a related field.
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across a wide range of partners.
• Experience coordinating projects involving multiple stakeholders and delivering against deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of a funded tourism project creating bookable, multi-destination visitor experiences across England.
• Coordinate project activity, monitor milestones and help ensure funding and reporting requirements are met.
• Work closely with internal teams, destination partners, suppliers and stakeholders to maintain project momentum and effective communication.
• Assist with procurement processes, budget monitoring, reporting and maintaining audit trails.
• Respond to travel trade enquiries and support international market development activities.
• Organise familiarisation visits and develop itineraries that showcase the region's visitor attractions and experiences.
• Produce and maintain travel trade sales materials and website content.
• Maintain CRM records and engagement data, ensuring accurate reporting and performance tracking.
• Represent the region at trade exhibitions, workshops and networking events when required.
• Support the development of new partnerships that strengthen the West Midlands tourism offering.

Skills

Tourism industry

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Travel trade coordination

Organisational skills

CRM systems

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

West Midlands Growth Company is seeking a proactive Travel Trade & Project Executive to drive regional tourism initiatives. You will coordinate visits, build stakeholder relationships and ensure smooth delivery of travel trade activities across the West Midlands.

Regional travel is required with occasional national/international travel for trade events and education visits. You will contribute to funded projects, manage itineraries, and develop partnerships that showcase our region's