Suffolk
Pay: £45,000 pa
Full-time, Permanent
The Hotel Folk has a unique opportunity for a Head of Marketing to join our Head Office team reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer.
The marketing agenda is extremely varied and exciting. This role covers:
the management of all areas of the marketing mix including aspects of brand management,
website development,
direct marketing,
creation of exciting propositions for the individual hotels,
creative and media planning.
Working in a modern marketing department, this role also includes reviewing and development of our guest facing IT systems to ensure they are fit for purpose to provide a smooth online guest journey and efficient for operational colleagues to use.
Responsible for the marketing team, this role also sits on the executive team alongside peers such as hotel managers and other head office department managers. This role is also responsible for ensuring communication from hotel and department managers are translated and provided to the marketing team to action, ensuring they reach our guests on time.
The successful candidate will be CIM level 6 qualified and have a minimum GCSE grade A-C in maths and English, or equivalent. You will have a minimum of 8 years’ recent previous experience similar role of Head of Marketing or Marketing Manager in retail or hospitality, in a similar size organisation. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, be a proficient people manager and have well-honed analytical skills such that you are able to maximise revenue generation opportunities at any given site. You will have a current driving license and be able to travel across our sites in the beautiful Suffolk countryside and coast.
Hours of work are 40 per week. The role also benefits from 33 days holiday per annum.
Benefits of Working for as a Food and Beverage Manager:
Free Golf at our Thorpeness Golf Club
50% off Treatments & discounted rates on Products at our Weavers' House Spa
50% off dining in all our Restaurants
Free meals when on duty
B&B in any of our hotels for only £50prpn
Employee Assistance Programme – Hospitality action
Free car parking
33 days annual leave
Company pension scheme
About The Hotel Folk:
The Hotel Folk is a group of luxury hotels and businesses located across the beautiful county of Suffolk. Founded in 1996, we have grown to comprise six unique and individual hotels, a Country Club, and luxurious Spa. Whilst all our properties are charmingly individual with their own unique personality, the thing they all have in common is the people; a community of Folk obsessed with looking after our guests and delivering a blow-your-socks-off hospitality experience.
Please note that you must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this role as we cannot offer sponsorship.
If you would like to apply for this role, click apply now, attach your CV and use the job role as the subject title, we look forward to hearing from you.
