Job Description
Reporting to the Cluster Director of Sales & Marketing, the Digital & E-commerce Assistant Manager supports the execution of digital marketing and e-commerce initiatives to drive direct revenue, enhance brand presence, and optimize the hotel's digital channels in line with brand standards and commercial objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Digital Strategy & Campaign Management
- Assist in developing and executing the annual digital marketing strategy aligned with hotel business objectives.
- Plan, coordinate, and monitor digital campaigns across paid search, display advertising, email marketing, social media, and remarketing platforms.
- Work closely with the Marketing & Communications team to ensure brand consistency across all digital channels.
- Support content creation, photography, video, and promotional campaigns to drive engagement and revenue.
Website & Booking Engine Management
- Manage and maintain the hotel's website and booking engine, ensuring content accuracy, brand compliance, functionality, and timely updates of promotional offers, landing pages, and seasonal campaigns.
- Monitor website performance and user experience, recommending and implementing improvements to increase traffic, engagement, conversion rates, and direct bookings.
- Monitor online travel agency content accuracy, rate parity, and promotional opportunities.
- Collaborate with Revenue Management to optimize online merchandising and conversion strategies.
- Ensure all digital channels reflect current hotel offerings, pricing, and brand standards.
Performance Analysis & Optimization
- Recommend improvements to increase traffic, engagement, and conversion rates.
- Monitor digital performance metrics including website traffic, conversion rates, booking pace, campaign ROI, and online revenue.
- Produce regular reports and dashboards with insights and recommendations.
- Analyze guest behavior and market trends to identify opportunities for growth.
Social Media & Reputation Management
- Support social media planning and campaign execution in collaboration with the Marketing team.
- Monitor online guest reviews and reputation platforms.
- Assist in implementing initiatives to improve guest engagement and online reputation scores.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Revenue Management, Sales, Reservations, Operations, and Corporate Marketing teams.
- Liaise with external agencies, media partners, and technology vendors where required.
- Support hotel promotional events and marketing activations.
Digital Analytics & SEO
- Manage Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and other reporting platforms to monitor website and campaign performance.
- Support ongoing SEO initiatives including keyword optimization, SEO recommendations, and content optimization to improve organic visibility.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Digital Marketing, Hospitality Management, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in digital marketing, e-commerce, or hospitality marketing.
- Experience in the hospitality industry is highly desirable.
- Hands-on experience with Google Analytics, Google Ads, Meta Business Suite, SEO, and email marketing platforms.
- Strong analytical and commercial mindset.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
- Creative thinking and problem-solving ability.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced luxury hospitality environment.
Additional Information
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of AI-powered tools and emerging design technologies.
- Ability to create engaging short-form video content for social media platforms. Familiarity with basic animation or motion graphic tools is an advantage.
- Knowledge of hotel booking engines, CRS, CMS platforms, and OTA management is an advantage.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills across departments.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced luxury hospitality environment.
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