Marketing Manager

The MGallery Hotel Collection features boutique hotels, each with its own original design and unique stories to tell. Choosing to join MGallery is choosing to live and experience Memorable Moments.

MGallery Nairobi Gigiri will feature 105 rooms and suites; four restaurants, including an all-day dining venue, a signature dining experience, a pool bar, and a rooftop restaurant and bar; meeting rooms and a business centre; and wellness facilities spanning a gym, pool and spa.

With a prime location on Gigiri’s Limuru Road, fairly close to Nairobi’s city centre and Village Market, it will attract UN and NGO delegates, consultants and contractors, as well as diplomats, leisure visitors and the local community.

• To assist the Director of Sales and Marketing in developing and implementing effective PR and advertising strategy.
• To liaise with appointed advertising agency with design and layout coordination and production of stationary, collateral, ads, brochures and graphics.
• To maintain the hotel library and photographic image filing.
• To track and maintain information about competitor’s marketing and communication activities in the market (promotions, offer, articles, advertising, collaterals) and to develop and update a filing system for all information.
• Act as the liaison between the hotel and the appointed PR agency to generate awareness and write ups of the hotel according to the marketing objectives.
• To assist the Director of Sales and Marketing to create property press kits, press releases and creative communication of newsworthy items with the PR agency.
• To continuously update press kits and develop and maintain active contacts with the press and key overseas media people
• To build a database of key media contacts, opinion makers and local “VIP’s”.
• To assist the Director of Sales and Marketing to ensure adequate targeted publicity and coverage of the Hotel’s positioning, promotional programs, corporate image building and other activities.
• To ensure the hotel’s web pages are up to date and advice on keeping site dynamic for Internet related exposure and advertising.
• To ensure the correct policy and brand standards are followed by the hotel in all marketing collateral, advertising and eCommerce.
• To ensure that an efficient and accurate filing system, both manual as well as electronically is maintained at all times.

• Candidate must possess at least Bachelor’s Degree/Post Graduate Diploma/Professional Degree in Marketing, Mass Communications or equivalent
• At least 3 years of working experience in the related field is required for the position
• Required Skill(s): Excellent communications skills both orally & in writing, meticulous, self-driven with high levels of initiative, multi-task, deliver quality work within tight deadline, self-starter with an analytical and creative mind
• Knowledge and ability with IT systems including core MS Office packages (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access)

Should be eligible to live and work in Kenya.