Marketing and Communications Manager

About the role

The Marketing and Communications Manager is part of a team that creates and executes property-level communications for a hotel in Doha, Qatar. Reporting to the Director of Marketing and Communications, the role promotes on-brand messaging across traditional, digital and social media channels to enhance the hotel's image, build direct marketing plans and campaigns, and support the property's sales and revenue strategy. It also contributes to public relations and covers a wide range of marketing and communications tasks.

Key responsibilities

• Execute the annual marketing plan within budget, in consultation with the GM, F&B and operations leaders and the marketing and eCommerce teams, and partner with Operations, F&B and Sales to run promotions for in-house guests.
• Act as liaison with the advertising agency on creative and media plans, manage F&B media schedules and verify correct offer loading and brand-aligned digital advertising.
• Run email marketing and display advertising, and maintain active engagement with the cluster eCommerce manager on online program performance.
• Manage social media content, run F&B, weddings, spa, rooms and conference promotions, and handle online reputation management.
• Develop quarterly PR plans, maintain a list of local media contracts, write and distribute press releases, manage media accounts and external vendors, and coordinate photography for advertising and PR.
• Coordinate and execute hotel and F&B printed materials and collateral, manage inventory, and ensure compliance with brand standards.
• Help publish the hotel newsletter, assist in joint F&B promotions, and provide marketing leadership and training to GMs, sales and revenue leaders.

Required profile

• 2-year degree in Marketing, Public Relations, Business Administration or a related major, with 4 years of experience in sales, marketing, digital or a related field; hospitality marketing or digital advertising experience preferred.
• Alternatively, a 4-year bachelor's degree in a related major with 2 years of experience; agency experience preferred.