Marketing Manager

Highgate; Saint Pete Beach (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Highgate Hotels in Saint Pete Beach, FL is seeking a Marketing Manager to create and maintain marketing strategies that enhance the hotel's image and drive guest engagement.

You will evaluate customer feedback, market conditions and competitor information, coordinating advertising, promotions, social media campaigns and print materials to support revenue growth and brand standards across properties.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years’ experience in Marketing and Communications; hospitality industry experience essential.
• Proven ability to develop and implement marketing strategies for hotels, including ROI / KPI metrics.
• Strong presentation and communication skills; proficiency with relevant design and content tools.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with internal contacts and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage brand agencies for collateral design, printing and promotional needs.
• Organize special events to generate press and PR.
• Research co‑marketing partners to complement the hotel brand and create buzz.
• Create and curate lifestyle programming with hotel operations for PR and social media.
• Oversee PR agencies daily, ensuring objectives and roadmaps are met.
• Coordinate with Revenue to align branding with e‑Marketing and online ads.
• Support website blogs and manage content strategy with Revenue Director.
• Develop promotions and packages from PR and marketing initiatives.
• Create monthly campaign reports and branded presentation materials.

Skills

Marketing Strategy

Brand Management

Event Coordination

Social Media Marketing

Tools

Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Premiere Pro

After Effects

WordPress

Job description

Compensation Type

Yearly

Employer

Highgate Hotels

Overview

The Marketing Manager is responsible for creating and maintaining marketing strategies that meet objectives and enhance the image of the hotel. The manager will evaluate customer feedback, market conditions, and competitor information to implement marketing strategies, and will help coordinate and execute all marketing, advertising, promotional activities and social media campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Manage the brand agencies for additional collateral design, printing and any other promotional requirements.
• Organize special events that will generate great press and PR.
• Research and identify co‑marketing companies that will complement the hotel brand and institute programs or events that will generate buzz.
• Create and curate unique lifestyle programming in coordination with the hotel operations team that can then be used in PR articles and social media activity.
• Manage the PR agencies on a daily basis, ensuring objectives, strategies and road maps are executed in a timely manner.
• Monitor in‑hotel Marketing and Brand Standards to ensure compliance.
• Coordinate with Director of Revenue integrating branding efforts to e‑Marketing and paid online advertising strategies (e.g., PPC keyword submissions, e‑Blasts, e‑Brochures/modules, e‑Proposals) throughout all other communication vehicles (social media, PR, blog content, direct mail, etc.).
• Support website blogs and manage the content strategy in conjunction with Director of Revenue.
• Develop relevant promotions and packages as a result of PR and other marketing initiatives.
• Manage marketing plans (advertising offline) and coordinate on online marketing activity if required with Director of Sales & Marketing and Director of Revenue.
• Assist with the development of marketing budgets.
• Oversee hotel photo shoots and manage photo libraries.
• Develop and implement property marketing partnership opportunities and continuously focus on marketing initiatives to create customer loyalty and increase market share.
• Manage online reputation management and messaging on 3rd‑party sites to ensure communications are as per the brand and drive online content social media opportunities.
• Provide support in strategic planning, market research, presentation development and any other additional requests as per Senior Management.
• Create monthly reports to track the success of campaigns.
• Create all branded presentation documents, ensuring they are in the appropriate brand format.

Qualifications

• At least 1 to 3 years’ experience in Marketing and Communications (hospitality industry experience essential)
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful marketing strategies for individual hotels, including ROI / KPI metrics
• Strong presentation and communication skills, proficiency with programs such as Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain relationships with external and internal contacts (GMs, Directors of Sales, Directors of Revenue, Regional Team, Media Representatives, PR firms)
• Strong Creative Mind
• Ability to organize exclusive events
• Knowledge of social media marketing and content creation in programs such as Shortstack, Offerpop, Hootsuite, WordPress, etc.
• Ability to deliver strong print and collateral marketing materials
• Ability to work proficiently and quickly in a high‑pressure, fast‑paced environment
• Exceptional with details and follow up
• Maintain a warm and friendly demeanor at all times
• Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and written, with all levels of employees and guests in an attentive, friendly, courteous and service‑oriented manner
• Must be able to multitask and prioritize departmental functions to meet deadlines
• Maintain regular attendance in compliance with Highgate Hotel Standards, as required by scheduling, which will vary according to the needs of the hotel
• Maintain high standards of personal appearance and grooming
• Comply with Highgate Hotel Standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations
• Maximize efforts toward productivity, identify problem areas and assist in implementing solutions
• Must be effective in handling problems, including anticipating, preventing, identifying and solving problems as necessary
• Must be able to understand and evaluate complex information, data, etc. from various sources to meet appropriate objectives
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information
• Perform other duties as requested by management