Marketing Manager (Egyptian Only)

About the role

Kempinski Hotel Soma Bay in Safaga, Egypt is looking for a Marketing Manager (Egyptian speakers only) to assist the Director of Sales & Marketing in positioning the hotel and its outlets as market leaders through marketing activities while ensuring compliance with the Kempinski brand. The post is permanent and full time.

Key responsibilities

• Create the hotel media and marketing plan under the supervision of the Director of Sales & Marketing, implement it and coordinate with agencies
• Determine the overall marketing campaign ROI and monitor response rates to take corrective action
• Help develop the marketing budget and maintain budget control
• Plan, coordinate and run direct marketing online and offline, and maintain the guest database for mailings
• Liaise with F&B to promote outlets, and create, coordinate and maintain give-aways and collateral
• Maintain picture storage and distribution systems (Picture Park and VFM Leonardo) and provide content and images for websites in line with Corporate Identity
• Act as brand custodian, ensuring all creatives are reviewed and approved by Corporate Marketing in time, and keeping colleagues updated on Corporate Marketing guidelines
• Coordinate with internal departments (sales, PR, web) and external agencies, and contribute to promotional events, themes and invitation lists
• Promote rooms, food and beverage, banquets and conferences, and proactively promote current and upcoming activities
• Share marketing best practices with my.kempinski, conduct competition checks and benchmarking, and recommend improvements to the Director of Sales & Marketing
• Follow sales and marketing results, take part in training programmes, and provide administrative support to the Marketing office when the coordinator is absent

Required profile

• Minimum of 3 to 4 years of experience in a hotel marketing department, preferably in an international, luxury five-star hotel
• Fluency in Arabic and English, with excellent oral and written skills
• Proven experience developing and running marketing campaigns and analysing them
• Proven project management skills

Required skills

• Proficient understanding of marketing fundamentals, concepts, tools and practices
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills
• Creative software such as Photoshop and InDesign is a plus