Director of Brand

Job description / Role

Director of Brand

The Director of Brand Marketing is responsible for facilitating brand marketing for Accor's brand portfolio in IMEA region with a strong specialization in campaign strategy and hotel opening support. The ability to comfortably interact with key departments, combined with excellent time management skills, multi-tasking abilities and attention to details are essential criteria for this position.

Responsibilities :

Reporting to the Regional Director of Brand Marketing, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

- Manage all activity within the IMEA marketing department, ensuring all brand guidelines and standards are followed.
- Be responsible to contribute to the commercial performance, related to key KPI's on conversion, content and reach.
- Prepare Annual Marketing Plans for the brand portfolio he/she in charge of.
- Serve as the primary brand ambassador for the assigned brand portfolio, ensuring that brand guidelines are in place and reviewed regularly as global standards.
- Work closely with the strategic hotels across IMEA region to support optimizing their marketing performance and output.
- Manage hotel positioning workshops and processes for newly opened hotels.
- Develop and execute brand and tactical marketing campaigns in conjunction IMEA Commercial Strategy to ensure profit growth and right levels of brand exposure.
- Work closely with Regional Partnership team to build brand partnerships and generate consumer event activations.
- Research, analyze and monitor financial, technological and demographic factors so that market opportunities may be capitalized on.
- Prepare and deploy hotel toolkit for tactical and planned marketing campaigns.
- Plan and oversee the hotel's pre-opening activities, including print, electronic, radio, and direct mail.
- Develop promotional materials, which including printed and digital collaterals
- Liaise with the head office on projects to support ACCOR & ALL regional campaigns and initiatives.
- Develop and deliver insightful strategies and presentations to key internal & external stakeholders where appropriate.
- Manage marketing, creative and media agency resources and suppliers for planned and ad hoc projects and campaigns.
- Update and regularly review all hotels' and brand content across the region .
- Work with digital marketing to develop compelling consumer and trade content.
- Submit quarterly reports and presentations outlining return on investment (ROI) and brand awareness results of key activities.

Requirements

Qualifications:

- Minimum 5 - 8 years of experience in Digital/marketing/communications, preferably in a hotel or travel industry environment.
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills required.
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, and Database management software.
- The successful candidate will be an extremely organized, detail-oriented, professional, and a self-motivated team-player with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work well under pressure and manage stakeholder expectations of from each property.
- University education preferred.
- Experience with/contacts within UAE/GCC/Africa media marketplace are an asset.
- Arabic language and written skills is an asset.
- Marketing, media or creative agency experience is an additional asset.
- Understanding loyalty and customer relationship management.
- Strong communication skills across variety of platforms and on all levels.
- Market research capabilities for competitor reviews.
- Outstanding English skills in written and verbal.
- Dynamic and confident individual.
- Good time management and prioritising capabilities.
- Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
- Team player with positive attitude.
- Strong attention to detail and the production of high quality work.
- Should display personal drive to succeed and achieve.
- Project management skills.

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We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

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About the Company

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