Bespoke Hotels – Sales and Marketing Director

Job Details

Dumbleton Hall is undergoing a full refurbishment and is set to reopen in early 2025. There is a fantastic opportunity for someone to lead the sales and marketing strategy for this new venture. Experience with hotel pre-openings is beneficial but not mandatory. The ideal candidate will have local experience to leverage commercial insights and seize emerging opportunities. Extensive experience as a Director of Sales in the country house hotel sector is preferred. This role requires active involvement from pre-opening to welcoming our guests through the doors.

Marketing:
Creative responsibility for the marketing proposition, delivering all marketing activities across the marketing mix, working with in-house and outsourced teams.
Strategy and implementation of growth marketing
Responsibility for ecommerce / social media / showroom marketing including new product launches, promotions and events.

Sales:
Managing the sales team, you will lead by example and create a high performing team, driving additional customers and improving sales conversion rates:
Commercial Savvy: Excellent commercial understanding with the ability to drive new business and grow market share.

Proactive Attitude: A self-starter who can independently drive results.
Sales Expertise: Strong grasp of sales processes, methodologies, and best practices.
Communication Skills: Outstanding communication skills to engage with clients and team members.
Hospitality Experience: Preferred but not essential. We’re looking for passion and drive above all.
Experience in the wedding market and exclusive use of the property.

Bespoke Benefits… What’s in it for you?

At Bespoke Hotels, our people are our biggest asset. We focus on engagement and individual development, working with natural strengths and supporting education from a commercial perspective. We create pathways so our people know the direction their careers will head.
We believe that great hospitality can only be delivered by a happy, motivated and engaged team; so this is at the heart of our culture and of our ‘Be-Attitude’ values.
We are proud to provide equal opportunities for our team members, encouraging inclusive and creative culture, providing long-term careers, supporting community and assisting in environmental matters.
At Bespoke, we ensure meaningful relationships with our colleagues, guests and third-party suppliers, positively celebrating diversity and inclusion within our teams, encouraging collaboration and creativity.
We offer competitive salaries, incentives, ample scope for personal development and discounted hotel stays for you, your family, and friends.

Being Bespoke:

Bespoke Hotels was founded in 2000 and has consistently grown to the point where we now manage over 9,500 hotel rooms, 8,000 employees and £815 million of assets.

We stand today as the UK’s Largest Independent Hotel Group, owning a number of hotels and partnering with an ever-increasing portfolio alongside this. Every agreement we have is Bespoke by name, and bespoke by nature. Our properties range from specialist golfing hotels, to award-winning spa resorts and chic city centre properties.

We pride ourselves on a diverse roster and a unique, individualised management style, with over 90 management agreements across the UK, alongside a further 30 management consultancy services, and 100 hotels with sales & marketing services only.