Regional Marketing Consultant

Salary: £26,400 – £30,000 per year

My client is experiencing a significant increase in bookings due to a huge surge in demand for UK holidays. As such they are undergoing one of their biggest periods of growth to date and are actively seeking the best and brightest local talent to join us in their journey to connect 3 million happy holidaymakers with 35,000-holiday homes by 2023!

Position: Regional Marketing Consultant

Location: Bangor, Wales OR any other regional Wales based office

Salary: 22k-25k Pounds per annum

The Regional Marketing Consultant will fill a newly formed position in the business and regional brands. The role can be based at any of the regional offices across Wales or Middle England.

Working as part of the regional marketing team you will be responsible for working closely with the regional marketing team, regional brands and head office in implementing relevant, brand-specific marketing campaigns. 

You will also be required to work closely with the property recruitment teams to offer the highest level of service and product for our potential new owners as well as ensuring a high level of conversion from lead to contract.

As part of the passionate wider Marketing Team, you will work closely with the other Regional Marketing Executives and the marketing team in head office to support other regions as required and utilise additional resource/expertise to the business where appropriate. The role is perfect for someone looking to carve out a career in marketing within one of the UK’s leading holiday cottage groups.

Please note: Whilst this position will be based in the Regional Brands across Wales, this will include occasional travel to additional Regional Brands as and when required

Responsibilities:

As the newest Regional Marketing Executive, you will be reporting into the Regional Brand Marketing Manager and you will be accountable for the following areas of responsibility:

– Implement the day-to-day marketing activity and campaigns across different brands in line with business objectives and targets
– Management of brand social media presences
– Creating targeted marketing campaigns through a variety of online/offline channels
– To develop and cultivate relationships in the local communities to recruit new potential owners
– Working with other departments within the group to bring marketing campaigns to fruition
– Development of the brands local presence across the region
– To professionally represent all of the regional brands in order to maximise opportunities for the business
– Build significant commercial relationships and communicate effectively the benefits of the local brands and the Sykes family marketing strength
– Ability to build and manage relationships with third parties (owners, land agents, estate agents and developers)
– Work closely with Managed Services team to promote services where appropriate.
– Liaising with property owners over marketing strategies and promotions as required.
– Working with third party suppliers
– Content writing
Any other duties within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by your line manager

Must-Haves:
– Experience of working as part of a team
– Previous marketing experience
– Outstanding communication skills – both written and verbal
– Strong problem-solving skills
– Excellent negotiation skills with a commercial mindset
– Able to build, manage and maintain strong relationships
– IT literate and able to learn new skills
– Ability to understand and Market the Unique Selling Point of individual Brands.
– Full Driving Licence

Hybrid Working: Across the business with a mixture of remote and office working available and will be discussed at the interview

Benefits: Pension

Working hours for this position will be 37.5 per week to be worked Monday – Friday, 9 am-5.30 pm.

Contact Person: Elvis Eckardt