Social Media and Marketing Manager

At Fairmont Grand del Mar, We make special Happen. Discover a soulful sanctuary where finding yourself comes naturally. Magic sits around every corner and within every conversation. It enchants through the charm of Los Peñasquitos Canyon and the sunshine of San Diego. It’s where classic meets cool, the fine unwinds into fun, and inspiration leads to immersion. 

Bask in the San Diego sunshine and enjoy our five-star setting at Fairmont Grand Del Mar. Immersed in nature, the resort hosts 249 elegantly appointed guestrooms and suites, an 18-hole private Tom Fazio-designed golf course, a five-star spa and offers two dozen weekly outdoor activities across the 400 acres of dramatic canyon scenery including yoga, meditation and archery. The Grand includes six different dining venues, including San Diego’s only three-Michelin starred restaurant, Addison.  

Growth and advancement are not only accessible but actively encouraged. We promote a balanced life for our colleagues and continually seek new ways to enhance our environment and support our beautiful home of San Diego. 

What is in it for you:

• Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide for you and your family
• Learning programs through our Academies designed to sharpen your skills
• Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities
• Career development opportunities with national and international promotion opportunities. The sky is your limit.
• Salary Range: $75,000.00 to $80,000.00 Gross Annually.

The Social Media and Marketing Manager will work closely with the Sales, Marketing, Revenue, and Communications teams and reports to the Director of Marketing & PR. This role is a highly creative, visually driven position focused on storytelling, brand image, and digital presence for Fairmont Grand Del Mar.

The ideal candidate is a content creator, storyteller, and designer at heart, with a strong understanding of luxury branding, social media trends, public relations, and visual communications. This position leads the creation of compelling social media content, PR-driven storytelling, and graphic design assets, both digital and print, ensuring the hotel’s experiences are consistently aspirational, on-brand, and highly shareable.

This role plays a key part in shaping how Fairmont Grand Del Mar is perceived across social platforms, media outlets, partnerships, and guest touchpoints, while supporting revenue growth, brand awareness, and community engagement.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and execute comprehensive and social media strategies that engage local, national, and international audiences.
• Lead content creation across platforms including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, hotel blogs, and emerging channels.
• Create visually compelling and elaborate posts, stories, reels, short-form videos, and campaigns that reflect the hotel’s luxury positioning appealing to a sophisticated demographic. 
• Own the social content calendar, ensuring alignment with brand initiatives, seasonal campaigns, robust programming and revenue goals.
• Monitor trends, platform updates, and cultural moments to keep content fresh, relevant, and innovative.

Graphic Design & Visual Assets

• Design high-quality digital and print marketing assets using Adobe InDesign (required), including social graphics, media kits, event collateral, brand presentations, signage, and in-room/guest facing promotional materials.
• Collaborate with Marketing, PR, and Operations teams to produce on-brand creative assets that support campaigns, events, and partnerships.
• Maintain brand consistency across all visuals while introducing creative concepts that elevate the brand.
• Support layout, formatting, and design needs for press materials, presentations, leaflets, and internal communications.

Public Relations & Influencer Marketing

• Partner closely with the Communications team to support PR initiatives, media storytelling, and brand visibility.
• Coordinate influencer, media, and journalist collaborations, including making reservations and host stays, content creation, and asset delivery.  Must be available to work on weekend and during evenings if needed. 
• Participate in and support media photo shoots, video shoots, and branded content productions with external partners.
• Assist in the creation of press-ready visuals, media assets, and storytelling content for earned media opportunities.

Paid Social & Campaign Support

• Develop and execute hotel-specific paid social campaigns.
• Support campaign creative, audience targeting, and optimization across platforms such as Meta, LinkedIn, Google, Pinterest, and YouTube.
• Track campaign performance, engagement, and ROI, reporting insights and results to leadership.

Analytics, Reporting & Optimization

• Track and report on social media growth, engagement, reach, and campaign performance.
• Set annual social media and engagement goals and develop strategies to achieve them.
• Leverage insights to refine content, creative direction, and posting strategies.

Reputation Management

• Oversee online reputation management, including monitoring and responding to guest reviews within 24 hours and social media comments with a consistent, luxury-focused brand voice, while collaborating with internal teams to address feedback and enhance guest satisfaction.

Collaboration & Partnerships

• Work cross-functionally with Marketing, PR, Food and Beverage, Revenue, Reservations, and Operations teams.
• Support community partnerships, programming, events, and brand collaborations through content creation and promotion.
• Manage vendor and agency relationships related to public relations agencies and partnership initiatives.

Work Environment

• Luxury resort and hotel setting, including events, activations, and on-property content capture. 

Competencies

• Strong storytelling skills with a luxury-focused mindset
• Excellent visual and creative judgment, including video and photography capture
• Highly organized with strong project management skills
• Ability to balance creative execution with performance-driven results
• Collaborative, adaptable, multitask and comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever changing hotel environment

Physical Demands

• Requires extended periods of sitting, standing, and walking throughout the property

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in social media, PR, content creation, or creative marketing
• Photography and/or videography capture or creative direction experience
• Proficiency in Adobe InDesign for design and layout production
• Strong knowledge of digital marketing, social media platforms, and content best practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and visual aesthetics
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Preferred Experience

• Luxury hotel, lifestyle, or hospitality marketing experience
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva)
• Social media management tools (Hootsuite, Dash Hudson, or similar)
• Familiarity with hotel systems such as Opera or CRM platforms

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor?
We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.
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