Job Description
We Inspire People To Go Places
Join our team as a Sales and Marketing Account Director where you willbe part of a dynamic team working on one of our flagship Middle Eastern clients, ensuring the successful implementation of sales and trade marketing activities. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have the confidence to operate successfully under your own initiative as well as collaboratively alongside the wider MMGY Global team, we invite you to bring your experience to our innovative team and make a lasting impact on our clients’ success.
Inclusive. Empowering. Curious. Creative. Transformative.
At MMGY Global, we’re more than 600 passionate individuals, spread around the globe, who share an unwavering love for travel. When we say we inspire people to go places, we mean everyone. We are currently in search of a motivated, resilient and team-oriented individual to join our team based in London.
Key Responsibilities:
●Proactively take initiative to develop, direct and implement strategic and creative activities, using agreed measurement criteria, for sales and trade marketing to achieve optimum promotional awareness, raise the client’s market profile, increase sales and change perceptions within UK and Irish market
●Support Senior Account Director position with development of strategy and vision for client within the UK and Irish market
●Develop and maintain excellent relationships with a wide range of relevant bodies, including key customers and trade contacts, suppliers, airlines, tour operators and hotels to ensure that the client’s maximum sales potential is realised
●Oversee all audience segments for client, including leisure and umrah
●Oversee annual plan of tactical activity including familiarisation trips, sales missions, roadshows, trade events, travel trade training, head office visits, trade marketing etc
●Oversee client financial year and track budget to ensure delivery of KPIs within budgets
●Support wider Sales & Marketing department with industry knowledge and experience
Skills and Experience required:
●Middle East destination experience is required (for example, tour operator product department or tourism board experience)
●Knowledge of umrah segment of travel industry is a plus
●A minimum of 7 years tourism industry experience, with at least 2 years in a senior capacity
●In-depth knowledge within the travel sector
●Experience of managing people, marketing activities and budgets
Your employment benefits:
●A hybrid work schedule of 4 days in office and 1 day at home
●Generous annual holiday package including 25 days of annual leave, 3 personal days and year-end holiday break over the Christmas period.
●Private medical insurance and pension scheme contribution from the company
●Lively social calendar with numerous activities and events to take part in.
●Weekly Office Pantry fresh fruit boxes
●Dog friendly office: your dogs are warmly welcomedhere
●Cycle to workscheme
●Season Ticket Loan